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 …
A case of tolerance
Studies on heat shock protein synthesis in mosquitoes leads on to significant pointers to pesticide use and transmission of diseases
Lasers on a platter
After radios, tape recorders 'and TV's the Japanese are now working to reduce the size of high-power lasers
Back to nature
Computer scientists are resorting to help from a highly unlikely source to solve the software design problems they frequently encounter: nature. …
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
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 …
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 …
Material in, metal out
A recently produced ceramic is likely to replace metals used for various purposes and increase efficiency
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
Life in one dimension
The missing links to the awe-inspiring blooming of an embryo into an adult animal may be at hand
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
In search of the axion
The existence of an elusive atomic particle, crucial to the theory of the origin of the universe, may soon be established
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
A cleaner start
A device consisting of a series of metallic discs will considerably reduce pollution caused by a car immediately after it starts
A universal problem
Sure answers for the emergence of structure in the universe are hard to find, but cosmologists may be close to the truth
A small revolution
Refinement in the probe tip of the scanning tunnelling microscope would help in manipulating matter at the atomic level
Deep dwellers
Life-forms have been found even inside the Earth's crust, a region previously thought to be barren
Right here, right now
Remote navigation by satellite rules out all chances ofgetting lost in our technology-driven world
Little brother's tale
Cog and Kismet are brothers, who are helping scientists learn a thing or two about artificial intelligence
An applet a day
...might soon be the root of all your computer troubles. Get ready as a new breed of virus comes of age
Drink your glasses empty
US scientists have developed a device that eliminates allcarcinogenic additives from groundwater reserves