New Delhi The Archaeological Survey of India and Google allowEnthusiasts to now explore 360 degree online imagery of 30 Indian heritage sites, including the TajMahal, QutubMinar and Red Fort. The launch was the result of Google and ASI’s joint initiative to make 100 of India’s most important heritage sites more accessible for the world to […]
A woman in China, who spent many hours peering at her smartphone in the dark, found that her right retina had become detached. Liu felt her right eye had been “veiled” since last week. Liu habitually plays with her smartphone for two to three hours each day in the dark, Xinhua reported Saturday. “When the […]
Yes. It’s possible as engineers have developed a way by which your smart phones battery would recharge itself without the need for an electrical cord. Incorporated directly into a cell phone housing, the team’s nano-generator could harvest and convert vibration energy from a surface into power for the phone. “We believe this development could be […]
London, Feb 20 Do you turn on ‘beautiful but sad’ music when in sad mood? You do the right thing as this can help people feel better when they’re feeling blue. The research probed the effects of Self-Identified Sad Music (SISM) on people’s moods – paying particular attention to their reasons for choosing a particular […]
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 20 World-renowned physicist Rajendran Raja, who passed away Feb 15 at his home in Illinois in the US at the age of 68, was a simple person and one who loved Kerala culture, according to his family. In a chat with IANS, his first cousin Sathy Varma said he was indeed the global […]
Toronto, Feb 20 The attraction lies in the voice, not the face. People prefer those who have a similar accent and voices that sound like their own, say researchers. Men with deeper voices and women with slightly higher voices were thought to sound more attractive, because they suggest a bigger or a smaller body. “There […]
London, Feb 20 Want to know which tweet is real or fake? Scientists are developing an online lie detector that can tell fact from fiction in just 140 characters or less. Called ‘Pheme’, it will scan tweets from news outlets, individuals, and automated ‘bots’ to see if their posts are as truthful as they claim. […]
New Delhi, Feb 20 Telecom service provider Bharti Airtel is not satisfied with the Feb 14 judgment of the Lagos Court of Appeal and will lodge an appeal at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, a company statement said here Thursday. The ruling of the court means Bharti Airtel will now have to pay up $3 […]
Apple has slashed rates of their base iPhone model in India, the iPhone 5C. The phone which was launched at Rs 41,990 is now available for Rs 5000 less at Rs 36,899. Add various online schemes and promotions and the phone costs even lesser. Definitely good news for the Apple fanboys. However, despite the price-cut, […]
An accidental encounter of scientists in Iceland with molten lava has opened possibilities of harnessing under surface heat to produce power. A geothermal borehole project in Iceland a few years ago accidentally struck magma – the molten rock that flows out of volcanoes – and it spewed superheated steam for two years. This superheated steam, […]