Samsung has finally unveiled its Galaxy Note 3 Neo phablet, without revealing the price details. The news was confirmed via Samsung Poland, which also announced that the Galaxy Note 3 Neo will be available in two variants: a 3G and an LTE model dubbed Galaxy Note 3 Neo LTE+. The press note by Samsung Poland […]
A team of scientists, led by an Indian-origin researcher Sibani Lisa Biswal, has developed a faster method to catch unwanted microbes before they can make people sick with food poisoning. The Rice University scientists used an array of tiny ‘nanomechanical cantilevers’, anchored at one end, kind of like little diving boards. The cantilevers have peptides […]
Facebook Inc delivered its strongest revenue growth in two years, beating Wall Street targets as the Internet company’s mobile ad sales continued to accelerate. Shares of Facebook surged 12 percent to $59.98 in after-hours trading on Wednesday. The world’s largest social networking company said that revenue from mobile ads represented 53 percent of its total […]
HTC has expanded its Desire range with the unveiling of a new mid-range smartphone, the Desire 310. HTC had on Wednesday temporarily listed the new smartphone on its European site without pricing and availability details. Soon after, the HTC Desire 310 page on the site was pulled, and is currently still down, with no word […]
NASA wants to produce its own water on the Moon and oxygen on Mars – not for the sake of fun, but to drastically cut the operational costs of missions to the earth’s satellite and the red planet. The initiatives are part of an evolving space exploration strategy that relies on indigenous resources, primarily to […]
Robotic floats armed with sensors will be launched in the Indian Ocean as part of a new India-Australia research partnership to study the Indian Ocean, authorities said Wednesday. Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) made the announcement, reported Xinhua. The Indian Ocean contains vast fisheries and mineral resources that are of strategic importance […]
Led by an Indian-American student Apoorva Kiran, scientists at Cornell University here have 3-D printed a working loudspeaker – seamlessly integrating the plastic, conductive and magnetic parts – and ready for use almost as soon as it comes out of the printer. The thrilling discovery means that rather than assembling consumer products from parts and […]
You may not like to wear this thing in public as this bra pops open the moment it realises you are in true love! Japanese Lingerie Company Ravijour has introduced a high-tech lingerie that comes undone only when you reach a true lover’s state. Billed as ‘True Love Tester’ bra, this has sensors embedded inside […]
India’s spices exports jumped by 32 percent to $1.39 billion in the April-November period of the current financial year, according to data released by the Spices Board of India. In terms of US dollar value spices exports rose by 32 percent in the first eight months of the current fiscal while in rupee term the […]
Here comes an app to keep track of your daily smartphone digital diet! Install and see how much time you are spending on the phone or which apps or games you are hooked to. Scientists at University of Bonn, Germany, have developed Menthal that runs on Android 4.0 – or newer – version. “If you […]