Enter the booth

Japanrsquos airports train stations and office foyers are making room for telecubes to help people who are working remotely These selfcontained pods were first reported about in 2019 when Mitsubishi Estate announced plans to start rolling them out The idea was to have microoffices available everywhere to make it easier for people to work near home or on business trips With the COVID19 pandemic the rise in video conferencing over facetoface meetings has fuelled the demand for making video calls on the goThese soundproof boxes are approximately two metres high and one metre wide and are equipped with VCube desk seating PC power outlets and video conferencing software They can be set up indoors as well as outdoors and come in both a solo format and a model designed for multiple individuals in cases where facetoface meetings are necessaryEach Telecube can be booked and accessed via a smartphone app and there is a 24x7 support service for users To register you have to pay a minimum amount of 250 yen Rs 173 for 15 minutes which most people donrsquot mind paying if it helps them get the job done After each usage data and browsing history from the PC is cleared to maintain business confidentialityRapper shows off his bindiAmerican rapper Lil Uzi Vert recently shocked his fans by posting photos of him with what he claims is a 24 million pink diamond embedded in his forehead Lil Uzi Vert whose real name is Symere Woods had announced plans to have the ultrarare and expensive pink precious stone embedded in his forehead last weekAn ancient soundA large conch shell which was overlooked in a museum for decades is now producing a deep plaintive bleat like a foghorn from the distant past The shell was found during the 1931 excavation of a cave with prehistoric wall paintings in the French Pyrenees and assumed to be a ceremonial drinking cup Archaeologists from the University of Toulouse invited a French horn player to play it The horn produced clear C C sharp and D notes The researchers estimate it to be around 18000yearsoldGhost of my loverSouth Korean docu show is using VR to reunite people with the departedA South Korean TV documentary is using stateoftheart VR gear and software to reunite people with their loved ones who have passed on The show I Met You first made headlines when it enabled a reunion between a heartbroken mother and her young daughter who had passed away of haemochromatosis In the second season 51yearold Kim Jungsoo signed up as the protagonist of the show just to see his beloved wife one more time even in the virtual space The South Korean television network reportedly spent six months putting together the immersive VR experience making sure that it was as convincing as possible They hired an actress to best recreate the mannerisms of Kimrsquos wife in VR When Kim finally reunited with his spouse his eyes were filled with tears The manrsquos children also got emotional watching the reunion Man swallows earbud while sleepingA man from Worcester Brad Gauthier accidentally swallowed his earphones while falling asleep earlier this week He realised that something had got stuck in his throat when he couldnrsquot sip water An Xray at a local emergency clinic revealed that the small plastic device had lodged itself in his lower esophagus Whatrsquos surprising is that Gauthier said he never experienced more than a minor discomfortTot releases LP of jam session in wombAn American toddler Luca Yupanqui is getting ready to release her first music album which is also the worldrsquos firstever LP with sounds she created inside the womb The 10track album was produced with the help of Biosonic MIDI technology Electrodes were placed on her mumrsquos abdomen and the vibrations of the foetus were translated into sound using synthesisers The LP has been named Sounds of the UnbornThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever