A young crescent moon will align with Venus in the evening twilight on Friday, offering one of the month’s most visible naked‑eye sights if skies are clear. The event takes place after sunset, when the sun has set but the sky remains bright with summer twilight. Observers facing west around 10 p.m. BST can see the two bodies close together. The chart shows the view from London, but the alignment can be seen from any location with a clear western horizon. The moon appears as a thin crescent, while Venus shines brightly as the brightest object in the evening sky. The two bodies will stay near each other for several evenings before gradually separating.
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Milya Mohd Asyraf, a 22‑year‑old University of Plymouth engineering student, has created a £30 device that translates speech into text and projects it onto glasses.
Milya Mohd Asyraf, a 22‑year‑old University of Plymouth engineering student, has created a £30 device that translates speech into text and projects it onto glasses. The device was developed over six months as part of her electrical and electronic engineering degree. It uses a microphone to capture speech, an AI model to translate the audio in real time, and a microcontroller to send the text via Wi‑Fi to a small screen attached to a clip‑on box. The screen displays the text through a mirror, lens and reflector, appearing as subtitles in the user’s field of view. Accuracy improves when the system is programmed for a specific language, and the device also provides transcription for people who are hard of hearing. Asyraf said the design relies on affordable recycled materials and aims to avoid collecting personal data. She hopes the technology will help people overcome communication barriers without the high cost of existing smart glasses. When asked for advice, she recommended that aspiring designers begin immediately with simple ideas and write them down. Further testing will determine how widely the prototype can be applied.