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A leisurely stroll could energise your cellphone Washington: Charging your cellphone by taking a leisurely stroll might not be all that utopian but something of a working reality in the near future — thanks to a wafer-thin device embedded in the sole of your shoe. The device, developed by scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National [...]
Budgetary pressures on science including planetary exploration are enormous. Mars is one of the primary goals of planetary exploration due to its closeness and many similarities to Earth. In fact, Mars is the only other planet in our Solar System where a future presence of humans can be considered. The Mars Science Laboratory is currently [...]
Underneath their rough exterior, some rocks on Mars may have sheltered life in the ancient past, according to a new study. An examination of data collated by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity reveals deposits that, on Earth, are only created by water moving through the rock. “There are plenty of places on Earth where organisms [...]
Internet revolution has bypassed rural India with less than half a percent of families having the facility at home as against 6 percent in cities, reveals a government survey. “At all India level only about 0.4 percent of rural households had access to Internet at home as compared to about 6 percent of urban households,” [...]
Dell today launched the Alienware M14x and M17x, laptops for gamers. The M14x features optional dual drive configurations, up to 16GB of memory for multi-tasking, a Blu-ray combo optical drive, Microsoft Windows 7 and an NVidia GeForce GT 650M graphics engine with GDDR5 graphics memory among other features. The M17 x is 3D-capable and comes [...]
Some analysts reckon that it sold more smartphones – 44.5m – in the first three months of the year than Apple’s 35.1m for its iPhone Samsung appears to have become the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, passing Finland’s Nokia, top since 1998, as Samsung Electronics reported record first-quarter results. Though the company did not reveal [...]
LG Electronics Inc. posted its first profit in three quarters, beating expectations thanks to a revival in its mobile business and demand for high-end TVs. The South Korean company Wednesday reported net profit of 243 billion won ($215 million) for the January-March period. It had a loss of 15.8 billion won a year earlier. Overall [...]