A mobile app helped Chinese authorities recover hundreds of missing children last year, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday, in a country where child trafficking is rampant. Continue reading Mobile app helps China recover hundreds of missing children
Monthly Archives: February 2017
Wanted: high-tech grads to work with Aussie farmers
Parts of Australia’s farming industry are rushing to recruit a new generation of tech-savvy graduates as the sector swaps its bucolic past for a future of drones, robots and automated sensors. Continue reading Wanted: high-tech grads to work with Aussie farmers
Facebook launches tools to encourage voting in India
As India gears up for elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur, Facebook on Thursday introduced two new tools to help encourage civic participation. Continue reading Facebook launches tools to encourage voting in India
Facebook’s new feature will tell your boss, strangers where you are
Facebook is one social networking platform that never ceases to surprise us! Continue reading Facebook’s new feature will tell your boss, strangers where you are
Pedal power revival as bike-share apps race for glory
Unlock them with an app, drop them off anywhere, and nip past lanes of stationary car traffic: the humble bicycle is seeing a revival in China as a new generation of start-ups help tackle urban congestion and pollution with fleets of brightly coloured two wheelers.
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With new hybrid, Nissan offers cheaper route to electric cars
Nissan Motor Co has taken a step back into gasoline hybrids with its Note e-Power model, which the Japanese automaker hopes will act as a gateway for drivers who will later shift to all-electric cars.
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This thin, flexible light-absorber gives you stealth feature
This thin, flexible and light-weight material can cool your room on hot sunny days, may give you stealth features by blocking thermal detection and absorb light from every angle.
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These gel-based robots can catch live fish
Engineers have fabricated transparent gel-based robots that move when water is pumped in and out of them and can perform tasks like grabbing and releasing a live fish.
Normalise heart rate with world’s smallest pacemaker
A pacemaker similar to the size of a nickel can be implanted in patients to restore the heart’s normal rhythm, when it is unable to pump enough oxygen-rich blood, experts have said.
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This robot mimics key flight mechanism of bats
A new self-contained robot that mimics the key flight mechanisms of bats has been developed by scientists.
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