In this edition of the Worldwide Wrap, a hosting provider accidentally deleted his company and a woman has been charged with streaming the rape of a teenage girl.
Man deletes company with coding mistake
Hosting provider Marco Marsala accidentally deleted his company after typing in a line of bad code.
But while most people are often rescued by the quick 'control+z' command - seeing their entire document return to the screen after inadvertently deleting it all - there was no such saving grace for Marco Marsala.
Via: Irish Independent
Woman accused of live-streaming rape
A woman from Ohio has been charged with streaming the rape of a teenage girl via Twitter's live video app Periscope.
The offence is alleged to have occurred two months ago and was brought to the authorities' attention by someone who said they had seen the broadcast.
Via: BBC
Implant helps paralysed man
In a world first, a quadriplegic man can once again move his fingers after a chip was implanted in his brain.
Ian Burkhart from Ohio in the US can even move individual fingers to play a guitar-based computer game.
BBC
Mattress reports cheating
The Spanish-designed 'smartress' allows mistrusting spouses who are away from home to check their smartphones to find out if the mattress is in use and how many people are on it.
Its 'Lover Detection System' generates a 3D map to show which areas are receiving greater pressure and what movement is taking place, all in 'real time'.
Via: Daily Mail
Naked Labs' 3D fitness Tracker
Naked Labs has developed a 3D fitness Tracker, a one of its kind. The tracker works with a very unique style as it scans the user's complete body through mirror and a scale and captures the user's weight and the outline of their body.
The information is then used to calculate the amount of fat the user has and unveils whether the user's efforts to come into shape are showing results or not irrespective of the fact the user is losing or not.
Via: NH Voice
Phone-friendly cinemas on the way
MC Entertainment (AMC), a cinema company in the US, has decided to introduce phone-friendly screenings for young people who don't like spending two hours away from their phone.
Adam Aron, CEO at MC Entertainment, says AMC needs "to reshape our product in some concrete ways so that millennials go to movie theatres with the same degree of intensity as baby boomers went to movie theatres throughout their lives".
Via: Telegraph
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