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
Network
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
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 …