Website review: electronetwork.org

If you thought of electromagnetism as something that only served to light up your home and run a thousand gadgets, think again. Our reality, be …

Website review: www.changemakers.net

Is information invariably bound to perception? Let us try and answer it in the context of the worldwide conference on water currently online at …

OK Simputer

It's a drab piece of plastic, with a black-and-white screen and a few buttons -- features that hardly warrant a second look. Nevertheless, …

The man and his machine

Book>> The man who invented the computer • by Jane Smiley • Doubleday • Indian Price Rs 750

Ruby’s Benefactors

Computer Programming>>Crowd Funding • Finland

When technology waves its magic wand

EXPLODING FREEDOM Sam Pitroda Publisher: Allied Publishers Ltd, India Price: Rs 200

The making of a dinosaur

That is just what the Jurassic Park special, telecast by STAR Plus, was all about

The nature of malaria

A new project is analysing several natural parameters that aid the spread of malaria

Distinct identity

A mobile identity-card issuing system

Ready for Y2K

Snippets

E-waste from the West

Molecular computers

Irish study gives the green signal

A software to manage weed

An open source programme to help farmers

The wizards of IT

More than infrastructure, Indian cities need real politics

Doped and deadly

Maps of the world

Geographical Information Systems is revolutionising the present and portend a happier future. Or so we hope in the maps of our minds.

The super cars are coming

With aerospace technologies set to revolutionise engine and body design, today's cars could become as obsolete as dinosaurs.

Change in immigration rules flayed

A US government plan to simplify immigration procedures for professionals in 10 short-listed vocations has come under fire

Supercomputers map global ocean currents

Scientists have created the most realistic model of ocean currents yet and taken another step towards understanding global climate

'Scoot'ing for green lights on Delhi's roads

Policemen are trying to import software which will bring order to the chaos that is traffic in the Capital

Tapping into the source

These are the days of frenetic crossborder data networking. Electronic cilia have crawled into almost every nook in the world where information …

Website Review: http://www.wotr.org

The concept of water harvesting is catching like wild fire across the length and breadth of the nation. For those interested in knowing more …

How enabling is ICT?

In February, 100-odd people got together at the quaint little town of Baramati. All had a common goal: to exchange ideas on the use of …

Computers decontrolled