Small makes it big

Micromechanics, a field of engineering earlier considered to be fascinating but impractical, is now back with a bang. A host of applications are …

Battle cry

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

Exchange notes

Lean, not fall

Experts are now busy implementing an innovative technique for preventing the leaning tower of Pisa from going overboard

All for a hoist

Researchers in the US have developed an elevator software that will allow the dumb machines to act intelligently and decide where they have to go …

Brainy tyres

A case of tolerance

Studies on heat shock protein synthesis in mosquitoes leads on to significant pointers to pesticide use and transmission of diseases

Silky coating

Elevating solution

Lasers on a platter

After radios, tape recorders 'and TV's the Japanese are now working to reduce the size of high-power lasers

It's the smallest one

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Back to nature

Computer scientists are resorting to help from a highly unlikely source to solve the software design problems they frequently encounter: nature. …

Coat to conserve

Unsure about sugar

Old wings and new flights

Engineers are hot on the heels of a new supersonic commercial aircraft, while the untiring wings of the good old Concorde receive ageing monitors

Plane chute

Midget mobile

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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 …

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Face to face

Scientists at Tubingen University, Germany, have dared to prove the impossible - that the human brain and its impulses could turn the …