There is an all new alternative for the traditional fossil fuels, that drive our cars, bikes, trucks and other transport vehicles. A group of researchers at a Belgian renewable energy company have designed, developed and successfully tested a car that, believe or not, runs on animal fat.
The researchers at Electrawinds have announced that, they have [...]
The current ongoing operations in Afghanistan by the United States armed forces are specifically being led by the special operation units of the U.S special forces and is now being aided by a technological edge of PDA (Personal Digital Assistant). One of the principal defense contractor to the U.S Department of Defense, Lockheed Martin has [...]
The most renowned name at the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Media Labs, Pranav Mistry revealed his latest visions and creations in the field of SixthSense technology at the TedIndia 2009 convention, that creates a bridge between the real world and the virtual world. Along with his successful advancements in the technology, Pranav Mistry also [...]
By now, the world has already realized that the dreaded pandemic-level disease called swine flu, also known as Influenza A (H1N1) ‘isn’t as contagious and deadly as feared.’ Unfortunately for Big Pharma and vaccine manufacturers who want to cash in on the intended pandemic paranoia (remember HIV/AIDS?), ‘the initial fear that swine flu is a [...]
TIME has picked its choices for best inventions of 2009. Those that got the votes range from best new gadgets to best new breakthrough ideas of the year. Here are some:
The breeding population of the highly migratory southern bluefin tuna has dipped to more than 90 percent since the 1950s. It seemed that the southern [...]
Fatty and refined foods, or a diet of processed foods, worsen the risk of depression by as much as 58 percent. This is the conclusion of a recent study conducted by British scientists on 3,500 adults over a period of five years.
The findings show that ‘those who ate mainly fried, processed, refined, high-fat foods had [...]
NASA is pretty renowned for screw ups that only it can manage to pull off and after re-recording on the moon landing tapes its reputation has been on a one way trip down the spiral. With the International Space Station (ISS) in eternal need of repairs and pare parts and the space shuttles at NASA’s [...]
The same invisibility cloak that made Harry Potter invisible ans rendered his opponents defenseless against the teenage wizard’s powers, could soon become a reality, if the researchers and scientists at the Imperial College have their way. This bunch of genius academics have stated that, they are close to devise a material that would manipulate light [...]
Neuronetics’ NeuroStar TMS which is, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy system had last year, become the first such device to get FDA clearance, for treatment of depression, and offered an approach different from drug administering.
The design hitch of the machine, was its similarity to a dentist chair, giving a rather less positive feel. But trials on [...]
Their reputation of being man-eating ferocious animals precedes them most of the time, making them tourist-drawing museum pieces. However, the famed Kenyan duo of man-eating lions may not really be that human-hungry. The infamous Tsavo lions credited with 135 kills ate just 35 humans, making them not as ravenous as legend creates them to be.
The [...]