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 …
Software freedom
On Richard Stallman's personal homepage it says, "America means civil liberties. Patriotism is protecting them." Words that sum up the …
Why can't Indians access maps for 43 per cent of their country?
How is it that you can buy a map of India in Paris with details as fine as the location of all tyre puncture shops in Delhi (updated every six …
On Stygian shores
Technology is opening up new vistas for the world's underworld, as crooks learn to manipulate it to outwit their pursuers and captors
Flexible software
A new software which is less expensive, swift and easily adaptable will soon be used in computer-assisted clinical trials
Chip beats
The new computer-aided tabla (an Indian percussion instrument) may not give the human gurus a run for their money, but it is linking hi-tech …
You and your machine
The relationship between humans and machines has changed a lot in the past few years, but the success of a recent study would completely …
Brainy idiot-box
Hang it on your wall and do not worry about scanning for your favourite programmes. This new television knows what you are looking for
Hark, the drunkard
You may freshen up your breath, but cops will soon be equipped with a microphone that can catch you by your voice pattern
Back to nature
Computer scientists are resorting to help from a highly unlikely source to solve the software design problems they frequently encounter: nature. …
Virtual and real - but when?
The US government is, of late, Under pressure to pursue virtual environment technology aggressively. The outcome of the move could mean business …
Face to face
Scientists at Tubingen University, Germany, have dared to prove the impossible - that the human brain and its impulses could turn the …
Close relations
Understanding between humans and computers could develop with the emergence of interactive computers
Bidding farewell
The Morse Code, the communication link that held many an empire together, has finally been laid to rest
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.
Fingering the keyboard
Indian scientists are developing computers that can understand and respond to the spoken wordIndian scientists are developing computers that can …
Ants take the shortest route to success
An Israeli mathematician offers proof of how ants, without a bird's eye view of their terrain, are still able to follow a straight route to food
Learning Sanskrit on computers
A software programme project that will be a boon to those who want to learn Sanskrit is threatened by a lack of funds.
The magic eye
Sounds almost like a sci-fi movie, but there is light in the dark for those who have lost their eyesight. A high-tech curing device is on the anvil
Browsing for criminals
Orion Systems has come up with a new software that helps you to hunt for criminals on the intranet
Fast option
Researchers are optimistic of developing a superfast switch with the help of a hopping electron
Chipping in for smoothness
Researchers discover ways to facilitate flawless flow of information through chips of the future
Ten years hence
Computers that shop for you, satellites that prevent accidents and creams that actually remove wrinkles -- these are some of the technological …
On your palms
Better customer service, more convenience for the salesperson and on-the-spot deals are now possible with the help of palmtop computers
Archaeology goes hi-tech
Scholars need not touch ancient finds to study and store them, as computers take over the arduous task
