Tele-monitoring is just one example of connected health - that is where a patient, while being cared for in their own home, can be observed from a hospital or health centre.

BBC: NI ministers in Brussels to share ideas

They have worked out the exact amount of extra speed that should be observed when they analyse the data from a slingshot last November, which involved a craft called Rosetta.

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If they are mentally disturbed and are a danger to themselves or others they have to be removed from the streets, treated, and observed.

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As the inimitable Mark Steyn has observed, everyone imaginable will be invited to attend - from the Arab League to the European Union to the Chinese and Russians to the UN.

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But a rarer beast can be observed in late August, when a herd of 100 or so central bankers and economists from around the world gather for the annual symposium of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City (see article).

ECONOMIST: A guide to the future

"This is a crucial milestone for us, it will be the first array of tidal stream turbines, " observed report co-author Professor AbuBakr Bahaj from the University of Southampton.

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