Smartphone can save lives in natural disasters
January 9th, 2012 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 8 (IANS) A smartphone software could quickly and accurately locate missing people, identify victims of malnutrition and effectively head people towards safe zones.The smartphone system developed by Gavin ... Read more...
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Germany makes micro-miniature steam engine
December 14th, 2011 - 1:39 pm ICT by IANS
Berlin, Dec 14 (IANS) German engineers have successfully made a micro-miniature steam engine with its width at only a few thousandth of a millimetre wide, a media report said Tuesday.
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German scientists create the world’s smallest steam engine
December 13th, 2011 - 8:22 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Stuttgart, Dec 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A group of German scientists have come out with the world’s tiniest steam engine which is just a few micrometers long. The steam engine, regarded as one ... Read more...
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Drug-carrying microbot roams through eye
March 11th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 11 (ANI): A new system that effectively delivers drugs to the eyes, using a microbot, could offer hope to thousands of patients who suffer from conditions like age-related macular degeneration, ... Read more...
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Now, an ‘anytime universal intelligence’ test to tell how smart you are
January 28th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 28 (ANI): Researchers at University of Valencia have developed an 'anytime' intelligence test that gives a more accurate idea of the intelligence of the test subject if there is a ... Read more...
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New test measures intelligence more accurately
January 28th, 2011 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 28 (IANS) A new test measures both human and artificial intelligence more accurately - provided it is spaced out over a longer period."It can be applied to any subject... at ... Read more...
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Soon, ’self-adjusting’ electric wheelchairs to detect hazardous terrain
January 4th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 4 (ANI): Life may soon get a little easier for those stuck to wheelchairs. Researchers are working on technology that will enable electric-powered wheelchairs to detect hazardous terrain and automatically ... Read more...
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Robots designed with insect instincts
June 29th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 29 (IANS) Making leaps in the field of artificial intelligence, an engineer has created a grasshopper-inspired jumping robot.
Mirko Kovac, a young robotics engineer from the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at ... Read more...
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Now ‘bacterial’ microbots to help find cures
April 20th, 2009 - 3:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 20 (IANS) Researchers have created the first ever microbots that look like real bacteria and can carry medicines to predetermined targets in the body, remove plaque deposits in the arteries ... Read more...
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The tiny jumping robot thats inspired by the grasshopper
May 22nd, 2008 - 12:19 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 22 (ANI): Swiss researchers have developed a new robot inspired by grasshopper.The miniscule seven grams robot unveiled by researchers from Laboratory of Intelligent Systems at EPFL at the IEEE ... Read more...
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