Scientists construct carbon nanotube device that can detect colors of the rainbowMay 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories, US, have constructed a carbon nanotube device that can detect the colours of the rainbow, by identifying the entire visible spectrum of light, a feat that could soon allow scientists to probe single molecule transformations. Carbon nanotubes are long thin cylinders composed entirely of carbon atoms.
Wow! Motion Sensing Doors and Windows to Work as Security Guards, Catch IntrudersMarch 18th, 2009 WASHINGTON - German scientists have come up with a technology that can enable windows and doors to sensitise any suspicious movements, and sound an alarm. Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Polymer Research IAP in Potsdam-Golm and for Computer Architecture and Software Technology FIRST in Berlin say that the heart of their technology is a motion sensor and a special coating.
Brit woman ends 30-year throat agony with non-stick frying pan coating!August 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A 70-year-old great grandmother has got rid of her 30-year hacking cough with the help of non-stick coating in frying pans. Helen Butterwick, 70, has become the first person in the UK to have her throat rebuilt with Teflon.
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Lasers can be used to lengthen quantum bit memory by 1,000 timesJune 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Physicists have found that lasers can be used to drastically prolong the shelf life of quantum bit memory, the 0s and 1s of quantum computers, by 1,000 times. These precarious bits, formed in this case by arrays of semiconductor quantum dots containing a single extra electron, are easily perturbed by magnetic field fluctuations from the nuclei of the atoms creating the quantum dot.
Who is Übermensch?January 23rd, 2007 Übermensch is often incorrectly translated in English as Superman. The word Superman lacks the German connotation of mastery of a sphere beyond human knowledge and power.
Brazil's Power.com sues Facebook over access to users' informationJuly 10th, 2009 Power.com sues Facebook over access to users dataNEW YORK — A small Web company is handing the world's biggest online hangout a counterpunch. Power.com has sued Facebook, saying the site doesn't follow its own policy of giving users control over the content they share.
Punjab offers uninterrupted power supply to IT firmsAugust 19th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Punjab government is offering various sops to information technology (IT) companies operating in the state, including a 24-hour uninterrupted power supply, in order to boost the sector, a government official said here Wednesday. "No economy can grow only on the shoulders of agriculture and we have to give a boost to the IT and service sector.
Hacking the 'smart grid': New generations of meters could be vulnerable to attackJuly 31st, 2009 Security researchers offer caution on smart gridsLAS VEGAS — The race to build a "smarter" electrical grid could have a dark side. Security experts are starting to show the dangers of equipping homes and businesses with new meters that enable two-way communication with utilities.
British firm to provide technology services to Gujarat plantFebruary 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Britain-based IT and consulting firm Invensys Process Systems (IPS) Monday signed a deal with China's Shandong III Electric Power Construction Corp (SEPCO), which is setting up a 3,300-MW power plant in Gujarat, for providing software solutions. IPS will implement its Foxboro I/A Series distributed control system (DCS) technology in SEPCO's plant, being built in Kutch district of Gujarat, a company statement said.
10 Weirdly Geeky Keyboards May 5th, 2009 Geeks do everything differently. Be it from their life style to gadgets, they have statements of their kinds.
Energy breakthroughs could be the next big thing, but how many jobs can they generate?October 6th, 2009 Where's the next boom? Maybe in 'cleantech'SAN FRANCISCO — Our economy sure could use the Next Big Thing. Something on the scale of railroads, automobiles or the Internet — the kind of breakthrough that emerges every so often and builds industries, generates jobs and mints fortunes.
Transmitting data 16 times faster @ 640 billion bits per secondFebruary 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Every second, millions of phone calls and cable TV shows are dispatched through fibres as digital zeros and ones formed by chopping laser pulses into bits. This slicing and dicing is generally done with an electro-optic modulator, a device for allowing an electric signal to switch a laser beam on and off at high speeds.
Chinese and Russian Hackers are Breaking into US Cyber SystemApril 8th, 2009 Chinese and Russian cyber spies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials.
Bodhtree partners with CompanyStore for centre of excellenceJuly 14th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Bodhtree Consulting, a leading consulting and technology provider, has forged a strategic software partnership with CompanyStore.IN for its centre of excellence (CoE) for SaaS and Cloud computing. CompanyStore.IN is a well known logo merchandising company that leverages technology to support marketing and branding for some of the biggest names of the industry.
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