In cooler light

Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, well... laser was, naturally, thought to be a superheater. But, soon it will be used as …

Identity? No more crisis

A new version of the memory cards could spell a radical shift in our notions of identity cards, passports or quite simply any kind of …

IEEE infuriates

Lend me your ears

Hitachi, the Japanese electronics corporation is admirably manipulating the wonders of science for the much ignored field of telecom for the deaf.…

Watch your step

Heat watch

Knock, knock

Count the stars

Bringing the cinema home won't be easy

Electronic companies worldwide, who are trying to develop a new generation of televisions, are finding the going tough

Rushing into cyberspace

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Face to face

Leading firms are using various technologies to grab a share of the gigantic market created by the need to provide the Indian electorate with …

On the verge of a breakthrought

The electronics industry is poised for a quantum jump as a group of Indian scientists claim to have developed a silicon-based, light-emitting diode.

Chip off the new block

Researchers try enhancing the capacitance of microelectronic capacitors

Cleanliness drive

Slimming down

A revolutionary technology could make ultralight -- and utrathin -- laptops and TVs a reality

Gizmo salve

In-depth viewing

New stereoscopic systems hope to popularise 3D viewing again

Motion pictures from zeroes and ones

After compact discs, it is the turn of videos to adapt to the digital- the format of tomorrow.

Will MNCs displace the domestic industry?

MNCs are virtually shutting out indigenous manufacturers from the urban slice of the telecom pie, but the fault is not entirely theirs.

Fine conductors

Ultra thin carbon wires may be the revolutionary form of wiring for miniature circuits

Return of the tube

Announcing the second coming of vacuum tubes, which were wiped out by transistors and integrated circuits

Diesel engine makers generate discontent

Manufacturers of diesel engines for generator sets are a divided lot today. Battlelines have been drawn between those who have complied with the …

The lords voice

Ozone conundrum

Refrigeration and air-conditioning industry has switched to ozonefriendly hydrofluorocarbons. But these are super global warming gases and need …

Encounter with the future

The newly-discovered method of lasing in conjugated polymer microcavities may herald bright possibilities for the electronics industry