National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has conducted a survey on Household Social Consumption: Education as part of 75th round of National Sample Survey (NSS). Prior to this, surveys on the same subject were carried out during 64th round (July 2007- June 2008) and 71st round …
Shock absorbers made from chocolate could soon be a reality, according to researchers at Michigan State University, US. If an electric current is applied to a milk chocolate bar, the chocolate immediately becomes a thick gel that acts as the perfect shock absorber. Once the electric current is taken away, …
THE video cassette recorder (VCR) may never achieve the historical status of the steam engine, printing press or the PC, but there is no denying that it is one of the great inventions of the 20th century. Since the VCR's introduction in 1975, more than 520 million have been sold …
THE days of pointing at a phrase book and loudly asking the way to the railway station in a foreign city - hoping someone would know your language - could soon be over, thanks to a translating computer that Siemens of Germany is set to unveil next month. The Siemens' …
INITIALLY developed for electron microscopy, holograms have found a range of applications from gift shop CHIJositics to identification labels on credit cards, Recently, a new application Was added to this list - holographic data stora-e. R H Berg and his collaborators at the Riso National Laboratory in Deninark have investigated …
Germany has developed a new computer which projects an image of a pc desktop on a plain, flat background. Users select files and applications by holding their hand above the flat surface and pointing to the command they want to activate. These movements are picked up by a camera mounted …
TAKING help from a computer for solving a crime was something considered breathtaking futurism just about 30 years ago. That was the past. Today, it is fairly routine for law enforcement authorities to use computers in order to locate hidden clues and patterns in heaps of data about complex criminal …
computation might take a giant leap in its race against time, by storing data in single molecules that can transmit signals in femtoseconds (fs; 10 -15 seconds). Even the fastest of today's silicon-based computers rely on switches a million times slower, registering information in nanoseconds. Although there are some experimental …
indian computer manufacturers are vying with each other to obtain transfer of technology collaborations from Japan for local manufacture of machines that can
computers are making their mark even in the field of environmental studies. Simulations of air, water and soil contamination are becoming popular methods for studying the environment. Such models are known to be precise and cheap. Recent work in the Chesapeake bay, in the us , indicates that computers can …
sunny prospects: In a bid to boost the sale of solar energy for residential purposes, Kyocera, the Japanese producer of high-performance ceramics and electronic compo-nents, has split its solar energy business to form a separate company, Kyocera Solar Corporation. This would allow the parent company to concentrate on research and …
Equipment stolen or mislaid is a constant cause for heartburn in large organisations. Newmark Tech nology, a UK-based security company, has now designed a radio tagging system to help companies keep track of computers and other valuable equipment. The system automatically tracks the tagged assets at distances up to 100 …
computer scientists are on the verge of producing chips that hold 1,000 times more information and are 10 times quicker than today's devices. The new generation of superchips could vastly enhance the processing power of computers, enabling devices to be commanded by voice and hold as much information as the …
saving stitches: India will have the first indigenously-produced bio-adhesives for suture-less surgery. Nectar Laboratories Ltd, based near Hyderabad, is all set to manufacture these adhesives and suppositories for paediatric and geriatric use. These products will be manufactured using technology developed by the Hyderabad-based Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, a premier …
technologists at Battelle, a research institute based in Ohio, us, believe that the next 10 years will usher in amazing technology-based products that will alter our way of life forever. They will change the way we work, take care of ourselves and interact with others. Many of these new products …
MAX MARTIN and N RAGHURAM cray, the American supercomputer which was denied to India seven years ago is now hitting the market. The new Crays, offered by Silicon Graphics-Cray Research tie-up, are much more advanced than the Cray- xmp , the limited power supercomputer the us grudgingly sold under strict …
Branching outThe Tree of Life (TOL) is being rated as the most worthwhile thing on the web by biologists. Planted by the Maddison brothers of the University of Arizona, US, on the World Wide Web, the TOL is growing fast and far to reach institutions around the globe. The tree …
the slightest spark in a forest could turn into a major inferno, engulfing the entire vegetation in flames. This happens when the forest fire heats the air above it and fierce, high-speed winds cause the flames to spread. But surprisingly, scientists who study the behaviour of fires have rarely collaborated …
thanks to the recent developments in virtual reality and multimedia technology, the interface between human beings and machines has become more personal. Now, instead of concentrating on the physical aspects of such interface
