Technology - general
Hollywood star Tom Hanks may switch on the LHC later this year
17 Feb 2009
Actor Tom Hanks has agreed to turn on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) once it has been fixed.
Samsung develops solar-powered touchscreen phone
13 Feb 2009
MTNL launches 3G mobile phone services in Delhi
05 Feb 2009
IBM to build supercomputer 20 times faster than the current No.1
04 Feb 2009
IBM has signed a deal with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) for building a new supercomputer with a computing power of 2 million laptops - equivalent to the combined speed of the 500 fastest computers in the world today.
Robots to soon start teaching in UK schools
10 Jan 2009
Continental flies Boeing 737-800 on biofuel for 90 minutes
09 Jan 2009
Continental Airlines yesterday conducted a test flight on a Boeing 737-800 for 90 minutes with one engine flying only on biofuel derived from algae and jatropha plants, with astonishing results
HCL Technologies: At the cutting edge
07 Jan 2009
HCL Technologies has developed proprietary technology that now allows it to offer image processing solutions for a whole range of applications, including high resolution images from satellites.
Toshiba enters solar photovoltaic systems
05 Jan 2009
PM wants private sector to boost scientific research
03 Jan 2009
Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today called upon the private sector to help boost scienific development in the country, by providing a "new wave" of investments.
Intel Develops new 32 nanometer Chip
11 Dec 2008
Intel developing self-sustaining sensors for the future
08 Dec 2008
Intel is developing self-powered microchips that could be implanted in the human body, a mobile phone, a building, or anyplace else where people wish to gather information
What doesn't GPS do?
11 Nov 2008
GPS can be effectively used in almost any business that relies on precise location information. B Ashok Kumar demystifies the popular technology
Water snails offer new propulsion possibilities
10 Oct 2008
Genencor, Goodyear in research collaboration
16 Sep 2008
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