Weekly overview
A portrait of 30 of the most important women in Danish politics has been unveiled at the Parliament. Take this quiz and find out how well you know them.
Telecom companies have received permission to read your text messages. An SMS firewall will be activated soon to read the text messages and prevent reception of the ones that contain potential fraud. The idea is inspired by Finland, where it reduced the amount of fraud attempts via text messages by 95%. An algorithm will read the messages.
Half of the population has life-threatening habits related to charging electronics. Three main issues have been raised by the National Safety Agency (Sikkerhedsstyrelsen) and the National Emergency Management Agency (Beredskabsstyrelsen). Using non-original chargers, continuing to use chargers after being damaged, and charging at night. Last year, there were 131 fires connected to bad charging habits.
The youth innovation competition at Nordborg Castle was won by two 10th graders, Arav Jha and Isabella Hollensen, who invented a medicine dispenser with multiple purposes that will make the lives of chronically ill people easier. They won against a chip that can alert the emergency center if you crash on a bike and a device that regulates light level based on how much sunlight enters the house.
Researchers at Copenhagen University developed a patch that can make psoriasis treatment easier and more effective. The technology behind it has the potential of being used to treat other inflammatory skin diseases. Psoriasis affects 5% of the population in Denmark and is one of the most widespread skin diseases in the world.
Cemeteries have become cultural centers. People go there for a run, to read a book on the benches or in the grass in between the tombstones, and for many other activities. As fewer people are buried (cremation is very popular), there is a lot of space that can be used differently. What has been done so far? Beehives, orchards, sleeping shelters, and large events like the “Day of the Dead” in Vestre Kirke (Aarhus).
“No one should be alone at their funeral,” said a priest after seeing that no one signed up for the funeral of Henny Lillian Hansen. Thankfully, a Facebook message was shared by thousands, and all of a sudden there were people at the funeral. A story of humanity.
8,402 weapons have been delivered to the police in the first 12 days of the “no punishment for illegal gun possession” campaign.
