Posts Tagged ‘device’

A London bakery has started using the Internet messaging system Twitter to inform customers when the latest batches of bread hit the shelves. Skip related content Related photos / videos A bakery has started Twittering when its fresh bread is ready Enlarge photo Web-savvy regulars at the Albion bakery and cafe in east London no longer need to sniff the air to find out when the fresh batches ... Full story

San Francisco, April 9 (DPA) Taipei-based company Elan Microelectronics has sued Apple for the alleged infringement of two of its touch screen patents in the iconic US technology company's iPhone and other devices. The suit was filed Tuesday in the US District Court in San Francisco, close to Apple's Silicon Valley headquarters, court papers posted Wednesday showed. Elan, which makes touchpads, claims it owns the patents covering ... Full story

Washington, April 7 (ANI): Researchers at North Carolina University, US, have developed a device that controls electron spin at room temperature. The researchers have designed a magnetic semiconductor memory device, using GaMnN thin films, which utilizes both the charge and spin of electrons at room temperature. This is a major breakthrough, as previous devices that used magnetic semiconductors (GaMnAs) and controlled electron spin were only functional ... Full story

Washington, April 6 (ANI): Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a religious application that alerts Muslim mobile users when it's time to perform the five daily prayers called salat. The application known as Sun Dial is currently being discussed this week at the human-computer interaction conference, CHI, in Boston. "We have to understand religion because it's such a central part of peoples ... Full story

Kabul, April 6 (Xinhua) Fourteen militants have been killed by the Afghan army and US-led coalition forces in Qalat district in southern Afghanistan, the army said in a statement here. 'The Afghan National Army (ANA) led force conducted a combat reconnaissance patrol in an area of known militant presence when they were attacked by armed militants with heavy small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire,' it said Sunday. It ... Full story

Washington, April 2 (ANI): A scientist has identified an exoplanet that went undetected in Hubble images taken in 1998. The scientist, David Lafreniere of the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, detected the planet that was hidden in Hubble images taken with the telescope's Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) in 1998. The planet, estimated to be at least seven times Jupiter's mass, was originally discovered in ... Full story

London, April 2 (ANI): In what may lead to a change in the way air pollution is evaluated, scientists at Lund University in Sweden have shown that the tiny particles from traffic fumes are far "stickier" than other smoke and dust particles. Research leader Jakob Londahl came to this conclusion after measuring how many airborne particles stay behind in the lungs. For that purpose, the researchers ... Full story

London, Mar 31 (ANI): It's time to bid adieu to those traditional washing machines that required you to make multiple rounds of the bathroom carrying that basket of dirty clothes, thanks to a Wi-Fi washing basket that would do all your laundry on its own. The ... Full story

Washington, March 31 (ANI): Researchers at Tel Aviv University (TAU) in Israel have developed a device, dubbed a 'bionic nose', which can be used to detect microscopic signs of cancer, bombs and impure water. Both cancer cells and the chemicals used to make bombs can foil detection because they appear in trace amounts too small for conventional detection techniques. But now, scientists at Tel Aviv University have ... Full story

Changki (Nagaland), Mar 29 (ANI): First Aloe Vera Distillation Unit of the northeast was recently inaugurated here in Nagaland to cater to internal as well as external consumer. The Rs. 28.5 million Aloe Vera Processing Plant comprises of washing unit, extractor, juicer, storage tank, filtering device, cosmetic processor, powder unit section, tray, drier, boiler and ... Full story

London, March 27 (ANI): Scientists have used a virtual model to investigate options to save the Earth from an asteroid impact. According to a report in New Scientist, the model was developed by a team led by David Dearborn of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, which modelled the impact of a nuclear explosion ... Full story

Washington, March 20 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Illinois have moved a step closer to realising higher speed electronics and higher performance electrical and optical integrated circuits, for they have successfully created a microwave signal ... Full story

Washington, Mar 20 (ANI): A novel device implanted inside the spinal cord might offer an effective treatment against Parkinson's disease, according to a study. Researchers at Duke University Medical Centre have developed a prosthetic device, which applies electrical stimulation to the dorsal column ... Full story

Washington, March 19 (ANI): A University of Florida researcher that paralysed people can be enabled to control their limbs in more precise and life-like manner by combining computer learning technology with electrical stimulation, a simple technique that has been in use for decades to prompt muscles to contract. Warren Dixon, an associate professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, agrees that his research is still exploring the ... Full story

Washington, Mar 18 (ANI): Scientists have developed a new technique for growing slimmer copper nanorods, a breakthrough that can pave the way for advanced integrated 3-D chip technology. The researchers have found a new method to grow slimmer copper nanorods, which can be used as a low-temperature bonding agent for holding together the layers of next-generation 3-D integrated computer chips. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered ... Full story

Washington, March 18 (ANI): Israeli scientists have developed a new device enables plants to send a text message when they need a drink. According to a report by Fox News, Israel Agricultural Ministry plant physiologist Dr. Eran Raveh and his earth-scientist partner Dr. Arie Nadler spent seven years perfecting the hammer-shaped sensor that gauges moisture levels in plants and trees and sends real-time alerts to mobile ... Full story

Washington, Mar 17 (ANI): With the cost of bringing high-speed Internet to rural areas proving to be too high, a new research has shown that a high-powered laser can do the job at a low-cost. In the 21st century there was a big push to close the digital divide that separated people in the cities from people in rural areas, and even though the divide has ... Full story

London, Mar 13 (ANI): A thin film device which turns an appropriate shade of pink to alert wearers of sunburn has been developed by University of Strathclyde researchers. The work could be worn as a wrist band to warn wearers they risk receiving a potentially harmful dose of ultraviolet rays. A chemical reaction in the indicator is triggered by UV rays, releasing an acid into a dye, ... Full story

Washington, March 12 (ANI): An International team of physicists has been able to prove the existence of a "spin battery", a battery that is "charged" by applying a large magnetic field to nano-magnets in a device called a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ). Developed by researchers at the University of Miami and at the ... Full story

London, Mar 12 (ANI): Apple has launched a tiny iPod that shouts out song titles. The face-lifted Shuffle, which is half the size of the current version, is believed to be the world's smallest music device. However, owning to the toy's smallness, there is no room for a screen. The device reads out loud the names of 1,000 songs and artists stored on it, letting listeners choose their ... Full story