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Indian engineer develops a remote-operated machine to control violent elephants

2009-11-14T12:04:45+00:00

An Indian engineer, Zachariah Mathew, designs and develops a remote-operated device to control violent elephants.

THRISSUR, KERALA, INDIA (NOVEMBER 12, 2009) ANI- To control the violent elephants in India's southern Kerala, an engineer from western ...

First hotel in space on schedule to open in 2012

2009-10-30T12:26:25+00:00

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Fancy a weekend away? The company behind plans to open the first hotel in space predict a holiday in orbit will soon become a realistic travel option. Galactic Suite say their space station hotel ...

Chinese farmer makes over 100 musical instruments

2009-10-26T08:44:48+00:00

China's philharmonic farmer Jiang Yuzheng, who has invented and made more than 100 unique instruments without spending a penny over four decades, brings fun to the countryside with his folk band.

BEIJING, CHINA (OCTOBER 18, ...

Groundbreaking gene therapy allows blind child to see

2009-10-24T21:59:18+01:00

Results of a study using gene therapy to reverse the effects of blindness in patients with a rare genetic disease have been unveiled in Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 22, 2009) REUTERS - It ...

Scientists on a three year mission to help unravel the mysteries of the deep

2009-10-18T15:31:45+01:00

A scientific study aiming to circumnavigate the globe over the next three years hopes to reveal secrets of the evolution of life.

BARCELONA, SPAIN REUTERS - On its fourth stop on a three year circumnavigation ...

Swedish Design Student Wins Electrolux Design Lab 2009 with His Concept “Cocoon”

2009-09-28T11:26:11+01:00

BLOOMINGTON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rickard Hederstierna from Lund Institute of Technology in Sweden is the winner of the Electrolux Design Lab 2009 competition for inventing Cocoon, the meat and fish maker.

Electrolux, a global leader in home ...

Contest Seeks Innovation In 4G Wireless Broadband

2009-09-27T08:15:50+01:00

Educators To Be Rewarded For Creative Ideas

RESTON, Va., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two organizations -- one a non-profit leader in education and the other a commercial leader in 4G wireless technology -- have teamed ...

Moscow lab creates mice with human gene, aims to mass-produce key breastmilk protein which protects new-born babies

2009-09-24T12:36:38+01:00

Russian scientists breed mice capable of producing human breastmilk protein, which could lead to mass-produced protein for newborn babies.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA REUTERS - On a leafy suburban street in Moscow, the Russian Institute of Gene ...

World heritage sites to undergo a revolutionary laser survey to protect them

2009-09-16T16:55:58+01:00

Some of the world's most familiar faces are about to studied in minute detail.

Mount Rushmore, the U.S. National monument and one of the most famous World Heritage sites, is to undergo laser scanning to ...

Dr. Kai-Fu Lee Leaves Google, Starts Innovation Works

2009-09-07T09:34:03+01:00

Supported by Industry Giants, Plans $115 Million Investment to Enable Chinese Entrepreneurs to Develop Next Wave of High-Tech Companies in China

BEIJING--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Innovation Works, a business creation platform focused on establishing the next wave of ...

Cambodian teacher invents country's first solar car

2009-09-05T16:52:15+01:00

A Cambodian mathematics teacher has invented the country's first solar car, which he hopes to sell in the motorcycle obsessed local market.

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA REUTERS - Kong Pharith, a former teacher in Cambodia has ...

Israeli university researchers develop new computer programme to decipher previously unreadable ancient texts

2009-09-03T19:26:29+01:00

Israeli university research team develops software that uses algorithms to extract previously unseen text from ancient documents. The researchers say the software should also allow them to identify more authors, and connect pages of books, ...

Researchers shed light on GDP of developing countries

2009-09-03T09:51:43+01:00

This is a satellite image of the world at night. These types of images have been used for decades by scientist to better understand the world we live in - everything from analysing weather patterns ...

Last season's fashion could drive next generation cars

2009-09-03T09:50:07+01:00

Swedish scientists have come up with a way to make bio-fuel from old clothes. They've managed to separate cotton from synthetics to enable production of car fuel from the cotton.

BORAS, SWEDEN (AUGUST 24, 2009) ...

Fast-food tax among ideas to curb childhood obesity in the US

2009-09-02T19:21:59+01:00

A team of distinguished healthcare professionals in the United States has come up with a 58-point action plan to curb the growing problem of childhood obesity. Among their suggestions is the implementation of a tax ...

Argentine couple to give birth to first baby conceived as a result of a new sperm filtering technology

2009-08-28T01:13:17+01:00

Argentine doctors are the first in the world to successfully impregnate women using new sperm filtering technology.

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA (AUGUST 26, 2009) REUTERS - A group of Argentine doctors said on Wednesday (August 26) ...

New glasses allow users to change focus on the fly

2009-08-27T22:49:21+01:00

A California inventor is marketing what he calls a breakthrough design in glasses for those in the over-40 crowd who are forced to wear bi-focals or progressive lenses. With their lens technology, the new glasses, ...

Solar lamps light up Kenya slums

2009-08-27T19:44:54+01:00

Kenyans in the country's capital Nairobi are being taught new skills.

With soldering irons in hand they're making solar-powered lamps from diodes, fuses, bulbs and solar panels.

The idea for this project came from an ...

Video advertising comes to print media

2009-08-26T21:55:31+01:00

A Los Angeles company creates a video player that can be installed in the pages of a magazine.

Don't be surprised if the next time you try to read a magazine, you end up watching ...

Japanese robot company re-invents the wheelchair

2009-08-26T13:33:13+01:00

A Japanese robot research centre unveils a futuristic and rider-friendly wheelchair for the nation's growing elderly population.

TOKYO, JAPAN (AUGUST 26, 2009) TV TOKYO - Japanese robot research centre unveiled on Wednesday (August 26), an ...

A British pub owner has invented a baby sleep suit that will change colour when an infant's temperature reaches a dangerous level

2009-08-26T12:09:21+01:00

A British pub owner has invented a baby suit that changes colour when an infant's temperature reaches a dangerous level, acting as an early warning system to parents.

LONG MELFORD, SUFFOLK, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (AUGUST ...

Israeli biotech company says human DNA can be easily fabricated and placed at crime scenes

2009-08-19T21:14:15+01:00

An Israeli biotech company says a person's DNA can be fabricated from a sample, or even from scientific information, and placed at a crime scene. But the former chief of Israel's crime laboratory says if ...

Fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of the life-saving three-point safety belt is celebrated

2009-08-19T15:01:00+01:00

An invention that has saved more than one million lives is being celebrated this month. It's fifty years since the first car with a three-point safety belt as a standard feature was delivered to a ...

Virtual technology set to make trucks safer in the future

2009-08-17T18:14:31+01:00

EU-funded research is helping to make the trucks of the future safer. A digital co-pilot is being designed, acting as a virtual guardian angel that can help out or take over should the driver lose ...

Global warming may have helped Incas flourish

2009-08-16T14:51:36+01:00

Scientists believe a period of global warming contributed to the rise of the Incan Empire in what is now Peru, by allowing the ancient Incas to plant crops at higher altitudes and bump their food ...

Robotics industry provides window into an unmanned future

2009-08-13T23:47:02+01:00

From huge government contractors like Lockheed Martin to tiny start-ups, the world of unmanned vehicle technology has come together in Washington DC for its annual conference and exhibition. The week-long show provides and an eye-popping ...

Kenya launches solar-powered phone, will plant 7.6 billion trees

2009-08-13T17:41:19+01:00

Kenya's leading mobile network operator Safaricom has launched a cheap solar-powered mobile phone aimed primarily at users in rural Kenya. Hit by drought, power outages and water shortages, Kenya also aims to plant 7.6 billion ...

Chinese scientists hail lab-made mouse as model for ethical cloning reearch

2009-08-13T14:38:16+01:00

This mouse has some rather unusual parents -- these Chinese researchers, who created it from reprogrammed skin cells.
Nine-month-old Xiao Xiao, or Tiny in English, is in good health, its creators say.

The technology offers ...

Exlpoding droplets explain why raindrops are different sizes

2009-08-12T20:09:11+01:00

The traditional view of why raindrops are different sizes is overturned with the discovery that raindrops explode as they fall.

AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY, MARSEILLE, FRANCE AIX-MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY - Why raindrops are different sizes has exercised scientific ...

Kenya set up for wind energy production

2009-07-23T18:37:33+01:00

Rising fuel prices, drought, falling water levels -- clean wind energy is one way to go, says Kenya's power generator.

NGONG, KENYA (JULY 17, 2009) REUTERS - At the top of the Ngong hills in ...