Technology

Energy From Seaweed

With increasing fuel prices over the past two decades, there has been growing interest in using biofuels as suources of energy. Biofuels are fuels that derive their energy by conversion of carbon dioxide to organic compounds, …

Micro-rocket--in your stomach

Micro-rockets powered internally by hydrogen, shooting through your stomach at super fast speeds of 100 body lengths per second, carrying with them urgently nedded drugs, and releasing them at the diseased sites-- it sounds li…

Flying in Water--"ghosts"

Stealth flying machines-- but flying through water! They use the principal of "supercavitation" to reduce the friction while flying through water. Supercavitation involoves creating a bubble of gas inside a liquid th…

Portable remote body scanners

Given the security situation in Pakistan, there is urgent need of technology that will allow scanning of bodies for concealed weapens to be carried out from a distance. This will prevent criminals from coming too close with we…

Biochips for diabetics

The measurement of sugar levels in blood by diabetics cab be a painful experience involving pricking the fingers with a needle once or several times a day. Now a new technology is being developed by scientists at Rhod Island …

Tiniest solar system discovered

Kepler spacecraft has been searching for planets in a particular region of our galaxy. It does this by monitoring the change in brightness of these stars when planets cross in front of them. In December 2011, Kepler discovered…

Robot Air Purifiers

Air purifiers are commonly used in offices and homes in the west to remove particles of dust and make the air cleaner to breath. They are particularly useful for asthmatics who may be allergic to certain types of air-borne imp…

A Bycycle? No—a self-balancing unicycle!

Most of us have ridden bicycles some time in our lives. Now a new kind of cycle has been developed—a monocycle (so called since it has just one wheel). Monocycles have been known for decades but they never gained popularity be…

Warm Clothes—From Coffee!

Clothes made out of ground coffee? Yes. This is what a Californian sports clothing company, "Virus" has succeeded in developing. The "Stay Warm" lines of clothing developed by the company does just that—kee…

Robotic Helicopters For Army Supplies

The office of Naval Research in USA has announced a $98 million programme to develop the Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) that will allow soldiers to instantly order supplies through robotic helicopters by using…

Super Fast Chinese Trains (500km/h)

China has been progressing at breathless speeds in technology developed and exports. The world markets are flooded with chine's shoes, clothes and electrical appliances. Now china is joining the "big boys" in th…

Neutrions Are Faster Than Light

Scientists working at CERN laboratories in Switzerland have recently fine-tuned and repeated their findings of September last year in which they found that neutrions could travel at a speed slightly faster than light. Interes…

Data Storage—Using Salmon DNA

Storage of information can be carried out in many ways. Hand – written material, gramophone records, magnetic tapes, computer chips and neurons in the human brain—all are various forms of storage devices—but could you imagine …

Data Storage—Using Salmon DNA

Storage of information can be carried out in many ways. Hand – written material, gramophone records, magnetic tapes, computer chips and neurons in the human brain—all are various forms of storage devices—but could you imagine …

Insect cyborgs

Tiny little creatures, half-insect half-robot, have been developed under a project funded by the US defense agency DARPA. The electronics are incorporated into live insects in the early stages of the insects' growth (metam…

Walls between Net and conventional TV crumbling

YouTube’s new premium content push featuring the likes of Madonna and Ashton Kutcher   spurred speculation that the Google-owned site is issuing a direct challenge to the television industry. That suspicion was given further c…

Google’s Schmidt blast Internet copyright bills

Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt blasted proposed legislation to tighten online copyright regulation, saying the bills would lead to censorship of the Internet. Intended to combat the trade in pirated moves and music…

Half of Swedish three-year olds have been online

“The internet continues to spread to younger and younger children,” according to the study on Swedish online habits, conducted by Internet infrastructure foundation. In 2000, half of Swedish children had begun suing the Intern…

Release your Tension!

Work normally for a while. Suddenly look amazingly startled by something on the screen and crawl underneath the desk. Ask the person next to you if they know how to tap into top-secret Pentagon files. Bring a …

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