B4U India: Technology


Sony''s e-book reader threatens to kill the paperback
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ANI India on 02 September, 2008 11:53:00
 
With Sony launching its electronic book reader that can store upto 160 tomes
including classics by Charles Dickens and Jane Austen, experts are arguing that

New high-tech camera phone can give digicams a run for their money
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ANI India on 02 September, 2008 11:52:00
 
The new Samsung i8510 promises to give competition to most of the compact
digital cameras, say experts.   With an eight-megapixel image sensor producing
images

Organic wine is twice as good for the planet
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ANI India on 02 September, 2008 11:51:00
 
A new research has indicated that organic wine is twice as good as the
non-organic variant for the planet, as the former is more eco-friendly.

Giant furnace opens to reveal “perfect” telescope mirror
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ANI India on 02 September, 2008 11:51:00
 
Astronomers and engineers have said that the single-piece primary and tertiary
mirror blank cast for the LSST (Large Synoptic Survey Telescope) by a giant
furnace,

Even watching games can boost the brain’s sports language skills
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ANI India on 02 September, 2008 11:49:00
 
Playing, and even watching, sports improves brain function, says a new research.
  According to the study, being an athlete or merely a fan improves

‘Space airbags’ may help protect helicopters in emergency landings
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ANI India on 02 September, 2008 11:48:00
 
A technique used in many NASA Mars rovers could be used to protect helicopters
in emergency landings, by placing airbags on the underside of the

Soon, a positioning system for the entire solar system
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ANI India on 02 September, 2008 11:47:00
 
A former NASA consultant has suggested the development of a Solar System
Positioning System (SSPS), which involves the placement of satellite-like base
stations on various

Prehistoric funerary precinct excavated in northern Israel
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ANI India on 02 September, 2008 11:47:00
 
Excavations in the north of Israel by a team from the Hebrew University have
revealed a prehistoric funerary precinct dating back to 6,750-8,500 BCE.