Tantulum tantalises!

Tantulum, a metal that does not corrode, is sought for its incredible property

Faster relay

Traffic jam up there

Orbiting space junk poses a serious threat to future space exploration

An eye for computers

Lip reading

NET WORK

Coal, diamonds and fullerenes

Indian scientists can now produce fullerenes, a newly discovered form of carbon that has potential as a superconductor and catalyst.

Super storage

A new technology is set to boost the storage capacity of CD s by 1,000 times

In broad daylight

Now conferencing can be a lot brighter and lighter with the help of a new device that does away with dark rooms and bulks of paper

Riding on microwave

Microwaves can not only pave a path into orbit for spaceships but also make a trip to the moon an affordable reality

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 …

Top-of-the-desk stuff

Good news awaits the desk top publishing industry with the development of the FT-S700 image input system. Equipped with a high precision charge-…

Tele tracks on fast tracks

Fibre optic telephone lines which would deliver movies directly to the theatres are all set to stage a revolution if US movie moghuls' high-tech …

Paging or projecting

A new version of the pager is being developed so that the tiny device can now produce images several times its size

Better than the real thing

The Omnicamera can provide all-round vision and will be a boon for sports viewing and security systems

A cellular nightmare

A team of security experts crack the code, and digital cell-phones will never be the same again

Close relations

Understanding between humans and computers could develop with the emergence of interactive computers

Learning to Convey

With phones becoming more and more intelligent, their distinction with a computer is slowly becomingobscure

Solar power for weather conditioning

New solar panel will produce 60 times more electricity

Scared birds

Turmeric harvester

Do not disturb

Soon, rooms that restrict interfering signals

Hot wires

Matchbox laser