Scientists solve dinos’ tree-top eating riddle
August 5th, 2012 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) Scientists have worked out how giant Diplodocus, a dinosaur weighing 12 tonnes and 170 feet long, stripped entire treetops and branches of their leaves by clamping ... Read more...
Posted in Environment |
High tech demystifies giant dinos’ feeding habits
July 17th, 2012 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 17 (IANS) Technology employed in designing racing cars and airplanes also helped researchers demystify the feeding habits of giant dinosaurs 150 million years ago.A team of researchers, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Star Trek-like hologram to revolutionise video conferencing
May 6th, 2012 - 5:06 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, May 6 (IANS) Researchers have created a Star Trek-like human-scale 3D video conferencing pod that allows people in different locations to communicate as if they are standing in front ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Kate Middleton’s teeth deliberately unaligned
November 27th, 2011 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 27 (IANS) Kate Middleton's teeth have been deliberately made "not too perfect" which helped her in giving a "natural, healthy smile, but not an artificial one", a French ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
First man in space to get statue in London - 50 yrs after his UK visit
March 23rd, 2011 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 23 (ANI): Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who became the first person to travel in space, made his historic voyage on April 12, 1961.Three months later, Gagarin was in Manchester ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Doctors perform India’s first CT scan-based knee replacement
January 22nd, 2011 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 22 (IANS) A 53-year-old woman from Delhi was operated for India's first CT scan-based custom-fit total knee replacement surgery at Fortis Hospital in Mohali, near here. Even as knee replacement ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
3D mapping portable laser backpack to revolutionize defense missions
September 9th, 2010 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sept 9 (ANI): Researchers at University of California, Berkeley, have developed a portable, laser backpack for 3D mapping, which is capable of producing fast, automatic and realistic 3D mapping of difficult ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists recreate Shakespeare’s image
September 5th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 5 (IANS) Scientists have created the first true image of William Shakespeare -- with help from the latest 3D computer technology.
The likeness depicts every wrinkle on the Bard's face, ... Read more...
Posted in World |
425 mn-year-old sea creature revealed in 3D
August 5th, 2010 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 5 (IANS) It might not look like much, but a bizarre green blob that lived in the ocean approximately 425 million years ago was one of the earliest living creatures ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
World’s first 3D camcorder for home movies unveiled
July 28th, 2010 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 28 (IANS) The 3D revolution has so far been all about Hollywood blockbusters and major sporting events. But now, the cutting-edge technology is coming closer to home.
Treasured moments such ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Now, mobile phones to offer X-ray vision
March 10th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, March 10 (ANI): Researchers at the University of South Australia have developed mobile phone software that can offer X-ray vision to see what's on the other side of the building in ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Heart surgery by robotics one step closer to reality
December 12th, 2009 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 12 (ANI): Scientists have come one step closer to the day when computers may actually start performing surgery with the development of a computerized 3D model that lets surgeons to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Robotic hand facilitates rhythmic surgery on beating heart
December 11th, 2009 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 11 (IANS) A computerised 3D model will facilitate heart surgery in synchrony with its beats, thanks to a novel robotic hand.
The robotic technology predicts the movement of each heartbeat, enabling ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
3D structural model of critical protein produced by swine flu virus developed
May 23rd, 2009 - 11:54 am ICT by ANI
Washington, May 23 (ANI): Scientists at the Singapore-based Bioinformatics Institute (BII) have developed a computational 3-dimensional (3D) structural model of a critical protein produced by the swine flu virus.Writing about his team's ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
3D computer modelling to help design sexier lingerie
March 14th, 2009 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
Tokyo, March 14 (IANS) Researchers are building a computerised 3D model of the female body to enable designers make more sensuous, comfortable and better fitting lingerie.
Identifying body shape components is critical ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Maths to open doors for sexier lingerie, perfect-fitting clothes
March 13th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 13 (ANI): Do you think that your newly bought lingerie doesnt fit you well, or isnt really sexier enough? Well, the solution to the problem lies in mathematics, according ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New 3D software to count tigers for conservation
March 13th, 2009 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 13 (ANI): A new software developed with help from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) will allow researchers to rapidly identify individual tigers by creating a three-dimensional (3D) model using ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
3-D virtual models of crime scenes to revolutionise forensic probes
January 12th, 2009 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 12 (ANI): Forensics experts would no longer have to visit the site of a crime again and again for their probe, thanks to Kiwi researchers who have developed a ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Now, 3D snowflakes on your desktop computer
January 18th, 2008 - 1:45 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 18 (ANI): A team of mathematicians from UC (University of California) Davis and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) has developed a 3D computer model of snowflakes.Snowflakes grow from water ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |