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Now, smartphones to take your pulse

Written on 18 Mar, 2013 at 15:09 in Tech | viewed 160 times | 0 Comments

Tokyo: A new technology that will enable smartphones to take your pulse within five seconds – just by looking at your face – has been unveiled in Japan. The technology developed by Fujitsu Laboratories measures a person’s pulse in real time... (Continue reading)

Pluto may have 10 more undiscovered moons

Written on 17 Mar, 2013 at 16:14 in Tech | viewed 174 times | 0 Comments

New York: Pluto’s orbit may host a formation of 10 or more tiny undiscovered moons, which would each measure just 1 to 3 kilometres across, astronomers say. This preliminary finding could make life even more difficult for the team planning NASA’s... (Continue reading)

Cruise missile Nirbhay deviates from flight path

Written on 12 Mar, 2013 at 14:58 in Tech | viewed 221 times | 0 Comments

Balasore (Odisha):India’s first indigenously developed sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay today failed to hit the target in its maiden test-firing as it had to be terminated mid-way after deviating from the flight course. However, the DRDO said the missile “successfully” met the... (Continue reading)

Cruise missile Nirbhay deviates from flight path

Written on 12 Mar, 2013 at 14:30 in Tech | viewed 197 times | 0 Comments

Indigenously-developed sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay test-fired

Written on 12 Mar, 2013 at 12:58 in Tech | viewed 157 times | 0 Comments

Balasore (Odisha): For the first time, India today test-fired its indigenously developed medium range sub-sonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’ from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur. “The missile blasted off from a mobile launcher positioned in the launch pad 3 of the... (Continue reading)

Astronomers pin down distance to Milky Way’s neighbour galaxy

Written on 7 Mar, 2013 at 13:19 in Tech | viewed 187 times | 0 Comments

London: Astronomers have for the first time accurately measured the distance to one of the Milky Way’s neighbouring galaxy – and it is just 163,000 light-years away. Scientists using telescopes at European Southern Observatory’s La Silla Observatory in Chile as well... (Continue reading)

Now, a smartphone battery that lasts for weeks

Written on 4 Mar, 2013 at 17:45 in Tech | viewed 161 times | 0 Comments

Melbourne: A new smartphone with a battery that only needs recharging after several weeks has been developed by researchers. The smartphone made headlines at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week where its prototype was unveiled. E Ink, the manufacturer of... (Continue reading)

Internet banned aboard Titanic II!

Written on 3 Mar, 2013 at 16:08 in Tech | viewed 2,315 times | 0 Comments

London: No Twitter and Facebook for Titanic II passengers! Social media and other Internet facility including e-mails will be banned on board the replica of the doomed Titanic liner to give passengers a chance to relax and talk to each... (Continue reading)

India puts world’s first smartphone in space

Written on 27 Feb, 2013 at 17:14 in Tech | viewed 242 times | 0 Comments

London:India has become the world’s first country to launch a smartphone into space – loaded with a number of experimental ‘Apps’, some serious and some just for fun. The British-built Strand-1 spacecraft, developed by scientists in Surrey, was sent into orbit... (Continue reading)

PSLV-C20 launches 7 satellites

Written on 25 Feb, 2013 at 19:05 in Tech | viewed 185 times | 0 Comments

Sriharikota (AP): Indo-French oceanographic study satellite ‘SARAL’ and six foreign mini and micro spacecrafts were succesfully launched today by ISRO’s PSLV-C20 rocket from this spaceport. Indian Space Research Organisation’s(ISRO) workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV) lifted off from the first launch pad... (Continue reading)

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