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News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

EgyptAir investigation, TD defends company liquidation, and former GAA president Joe McDonagh dies – it’s the Evening Fix.

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round-up of today’s news.

21/05/22016. Garda - Memorial Day for Deceased. Pi Garda Commissioner Noirín O'Sullivan and Taoiseach Enda Kenny pictured at a memorial day for deceased members of An Garda Síochána at Dublin Castle today Sam Boal Sam Boal

IRELAND

WORLD

Mideast Egypt Plane The remains of a plane seat from the crashed EgyptAir flight 804 AP AP

#EGYPTAIR: As the first pictures of the crashed airliner emerged, reports suggested that the front of Flight 804 had smoke in it prior to its crash near Greece last Thursday.

#FRANCE: One of the gunmen from last November’s terror attacks has been buried six months after his death.

#UKRAINE: Relatives of victims of the MH17 Malaysian Airlines flight shot down last year are to sue Vladimir Putin for €21 million.

#MELBOURNE: A bizarre rescue unfolded off the coast of the Australian city as a hot air balloon ran out of fuel with nine people aboard.

INNOVATION

  • The world’s first 3D-printed motorbike has taken its bow.
  • This cordless mouse wants to be your next keyboard. Hmmm… [Geek]

PARTING SHOT

Well it wouldn’t be Saturday night without an optical illusion headache. To wit, there’s two differently-coloured spirals working their way through some pink ones here right?

sprials Akiyoshi Kitaoka Akiyoshi Kitaoka

Right?

Nope, they’re both the same colour:

head

Ouch. Our heads hurt. This (along with many, many others like it) is the work of Akiyoshi Kitaoka, a professor of psychology at the University of Kyoto in Japan.

You can view more of them here. Be warned, they’ll hurt your brain.

[H/T i100]

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