Inside the softly glowing room, I pace around a table with an iPhone to reveal an augmented-reality mystery. Digital characters on my screen drop breadcrumbs for me to follow back to the scene of a murder. As I trace their trail of clues, my movements make everything around me change — the lights, the scenes, the sounds I hear in my ears. 

While these two cars are easy to load, the Honda’s floor is lower than the Subaru’s, and there’s more space, measured up to the window line of the CR-V’s boot, but the Forester’s tailgate aperture is wider for loading bulkier items. At a volume of 522 litres of boot space the Honda has the edge, but the Subaru is not far behind at 498 litres – a decent figure for a four-wheel drive wagon of this size.

After a couple of years on the market, the Kia Niro still offers a compelling package. But with all-wheel-drive rivals like the Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid and the Toyota Prius AWD-e entering the market, the Niro might have to step up its game just a little to keep buyers interested.

With a production end date now within sight, expect the last shipments of GranTurismo and GranCabrio to land in Australia around mid-2020.

There were no injuries in the blaze, which could be seen for miles, but in a press release Huron OPP deemed the Glavin facility a complete loss with damages exceeding $2 million. The cause of the fire was undetermined at press time, but was not considered suspicious. The Office of the Fire Marshal was on scene investigating Jan. 17.

For a smart washing machine with all the bells and whistles you could wish for, and a 10kg capacity to boot, we recommend the Samsung WW10H9600EW 10kg freestanding washing machine (£879, Amazon) as the best buy. If you’re on a budget and looking for a small washing machine, but don’t want to compromise on quality, we point you in the direction of the John Lewis JLWM1407 7kg freestanding washing machine (£379, John Lewis). If you’re fan of Bosch appliances, we’d say go for the Bosch 9kg WAT28371GB freestanding washing machine (£399, John Lewis).

Additionally, the Subaru offers the comfort of climate control and Apple CarPlay/Android Auto connectivity, and the convenience of USB ports for the rear-seat occupants.

"It’s fun and everyone is super-friendly, helpful and respectful," Gray said. "It’s not like a commercial gym, where you expect the staff to put your weights back for you. It’s one big family."

Many stampers contend that they cannot guarantee that defective parts won’t come off the press, but they can guarantee the bad parts won’t go out the door. They check, double-check, and triple-check the stamped parts to screen out the bad ones.

“We’re thrilled to join the Flossmoor community,” second-generation owner Joe Buonavolanto Jr. said. “We think its residents will enjoy our family’s flavorful Italian beef. We make it ‘old school,’ spiced just right and free of additives and preservatives.”

My worldview is that climate change is the problem that all other problems report to. If we fail to mitigate climate change, there is no time left on the clock to work on any other problem. If climatic change is allowed to go to the worst extremes possible with inaction, no social, economic, or political system is going to fare well/survive. Historical precedents of what our future might be like include the Great Famine in China 1959-61 and the Dustbowl in the 1930s in the US. Or you can look to Hollywood to help wrap your head around what the future might look like — Mad Max is a super fun movie, but it doesn’t look fun to live in. Our mission at DroneSeed is to ‘Make Reforestation Scaleable.’ This mission and the opportunity to use technology to make a dent in an incredibly big problem is what I attribute to incredibly top notch talent joining our team.

His company, Swarm Robotics, has created a fleet of small robots that work in groups to achieve tasks once the domain of large tractors, sprayers or planters. The robots are already in use with farmers in the region, who rent them for a per-acre fee, and another 10 robots will be manufactured soon.