Light information

Optic fibres enable transmission of information at the speed of light and without any interference

Cellular phones and shanties

Post-communist Siberia has hardly any paved streets, but is brimming with cellular phones and $40,000 jeeps

The computer plays postman

India seems ready to cash in on electronic mail, a cheap and fast way of communication in which messages are exchanged through computer networks.

Computer screens edge books off the shelves

More and more libraries are incorporating computer networks in their effort to reach the entire world.

Spin-off to space

The billion-dollar Star Wars programme lies abandoned, but the technology will now be used to combat asteroids

Cell phone to the rescue

Mobile App>> Road Accidents • Kenya

From the blurbs

Tap to know how well you are

Trend of using health-monitoring apps on smartphones catches up in India

A bond more than virtual

Internet>> Undersea Cables • Cuba/Venezuela

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Satellite talk-back

Plastic path to information

A new type of plastic cable developed in Japan could flood individual homes with information

Down to Earth

How to get those malfunctioning satellites back home?

Shifting Gs

Small-talk

Video doctor

A new antenna system can soon become a lifesaver for travellers taken ill

Handset falls

It's the bad word

India is patently way behind on 5G

Policy blocks and poor vision have held up 5G in India, while China’s breakthroughs are helping to set global standards

Computers set to conquer language barriers

Computers are poised to make it possible for people to speak to each other in their own languages.

Light show

A meteor shower will light up the sky like a Christmas tree. But electronic satellites may not enjoy it

Texts of prey

Cell Phone >> Financial institutions • The US

Talking of solar power

Launching business

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