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27 October 2011
25 October 2011
22 October 2011
World's tiniest camera perches on your fingerLondon: The one-square-inch camera that sits snugly on your finger can click two megapixel images and even shoot video.New York firm Hammacher Schlememr, which created the $100 camera, insists the 28-gram device works perfectly, despite being a little bigger than the fingertip.Hammacher's general manager Fred Berns said: 'Although 'The World's Smallest Camera' is only slightly larger than a marble, it...
17 October 2011
Brain scans used to detect paedophilia
In the study, which appears this month in the Archive of General Psychiatry, the scientists showed pictures of naked people of different ages to a group of diagnosed paedophiles and a normal control group. The researchers then scanned the subjects’ brains using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
The differences in brain activity could pinpoint who was a paedophile and who was not at a rate...
Designer creates clothes from milk
The proteins in the powder care for the skin,” said 28-year-old Anke Domaske, who has founded the QMilch line, explaining how she believes the technique she came up with in cooperation with the Bremen Fibre Institute could have applications for other industries, including medicine.
Of course it’s not just powdered milk that goes in the clothes, but the process could be a breakthrough for the fashion industry,...
16 October 2011
A brand new touchscreen device for every pocket
It has been a rough year for Sony after its PlayStation Network security breach this past spring. But it has enjoyed a bit of a respite after rolling out its new pair of tablets this past month, as well as showing off its forthcoming handheld game device, Vita, at Tokyo Game Show.
Flying under the radar somewhat, Sony also launched its brand new Walkman Z Series of audio players, which are sure to...
15 October 2011
Coming soon: Talking cars!
Coming soon: 'Talking' cars, say Italian scientists who claim to have developed a software that lets vehicles “communicate” with one another on the road.A team at University of Bologna says that the so-called talking cars wouldn't even require human-like facial features to communicate with another vehicle on the road, the 'BBC' reported.Similar technology had been used before but this time, cars would be able to “know”...
Now, bulbs can be used to broadcast household broadband!
Now,switch on your wireless Internet connection
at home by turning on the light bulb.
Imagine that by simply turning on the light bulb in your room, you can also switch on your wireless Internet connection at home.Well, it's a reality now, thanks to a leading British physicist of Edinburgh University who claims to have developed a technology which can send data through the same connection...
14 October 2011
IIT to develop early earthquake warning system
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-GN) have undertaken a project to develop a 'slight early' earthquake warning system.The institute has teamed up with California Institute of Technology (CIT), Pasadena, USA, to develop a system having dense network of low-cost motion sensors capable of sensing earthquake's early seismic activity."The goal of our project is to put in...
Coming soon: Sony Ericsson's Xperia Arc S that can take 3D pictures
Sony Ericsson has announced its new line of smartphones, which can take 3D panoramic images on a standard 2D camera – the first of its kind on the mobile phone market.Pictures taken on the new, top-of-the-range Xperia Arc S can be viewed on any compatible television set.The phone, however, will display them only in two dimensions. Nor will it be able to produce 3D video output,...
Humans are just modified fish: study
Humans are just modified fish, say scientists who claim to have discovered how the muscles controlling the pelvic fins of the marine species have paved the way for the evolution of back legs in higher animals.A team, led by Prof Peter Currie at Monash University and Dr Nicholas Cole at University of Sydney, says this innovation gave rise to the tetrapods, or four-legged creatures, along with human's...
UAE firm may replace low-skilled workers with robots
Abu Dhabi conglomerate Royal Group's robotics subsidiary has developed a life-size robot that could replace low-skilled human workers and plans to open a factory that will produce around a dozen of the robots every month, a news report has revealed.Barcelona-based company PAL Robotics, a part of Abu Dhabi conglomerate Royal Group, is a robotics company focused on the research, development and...
13 October 2011
PSLV-C18 puts four satellites in orbitIndia's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C18) demonstrated its reliability and consistency yet again when it put four satellites in orbit with aplomb on Wednesday.The satellites were: Megha-Tropiques, an Indo-French mission to study the weather and climate in the tropical regions of the world; SRMSat, built by students of SRM University, near Chennai; Jugnu, put together...
6 October 2011
4 October 2011
The 2010 Financial Management of the Nobel Foundation
Press Release - The 2010 Financial Management of the Nobel Foundat...
2 October 2011
GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS)
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