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Can technology help us improve upon reality?

Or imagine being able to diagnose and treat the diseases of people half way around the world while you remain in your clinic, or walking around a gallery and having your own holographic guide pointing things out to you on your smart glasses. These are just some of the exciting examples of what “augmented reality” (AR) technology is beginning to ... Read More »

IBM to cut 185 Brits’ jobs from Global Technology Services

IBM is to cut 185 jobs in its Global Technology Services division in the UK – the latest swing of its corporate axe over the last 24 months. The company started the 45-day redundancy notice period with GTS staff on 15 February after forming a Employee Consultation Committee earlier this month, as we revealed. According to the latest internal memo ... Read More »

The Slow Accumulation Of Technology To Make Ultra-Fast Microscopic Movies

The modern era is, as you probably know, a pretty amazing time to be alive and working in science. It’s not just the super-exotic stories likedetecting gravitational waves that move matter less than the width of a proton, either, but things that are fairly commonplace. It’s now a fairly routine matter to make pictures of materials with a resolution comparable ... Read More »

Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan Dedicates Systems for Detection of Adulteration and Analysis of Milk

The Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences and Vice President, CSIR Dr. Harsh Vardhan today dedicated Systems for Detection of Adulteration and analysis of Milk. He complimented the Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CEERI), Pilani of CSIR for developing this platform technology to tackle a national level health hazard due to adulteration in milk. The Minister said ... Read More »

How a Philadelphia union turned drone technology into a key tool for protest

“I think the transparency part of it is a big key to allow the public to participate in the use of drones as they are being integrated into the national airspace,” he added. However, some analysts point out that most drone usage in the US has not been for surveillance – either by government, police or individuals – but rather ... Read More »

Indian, US Navy hold talks on carrier technology cooperation

Top US and Indian Navy officials have concluded the second meeting of the Joint Working Group on Aircraft Carrier Technology Co-operation as India firms up the design and technology plans for an upcoming 65,000 tonne indigenous carrier. An 11-member delegation from the US side, headed by Rear Admiral Thomas J Moore, Program Executive Officer, Aircraft Carriers (United States Navy), visited ... Read More »

selling its internet businesses

Union Minister for Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises Kalraj Mishra along with Himachal Pradesh Chief MinisterVirbhadra Singh on Saturday laid the foundation stone of a Rs.102.32 crore technology centre to be set up in this industrial town. It would be commissioned under the Technology Centre Systems Programme of the central government. Speaking on the occasion, Mishra said the technology centres ... Read More »

How StealthMate Can Help You Catch a Cheating Spouse

If you have even the slightest bit of suspicion that your partner is cheating on you, then it is best that you look into the matter carefully rather than jumping to conclusions and ruining your relationship. A safe, convenient and reliable way of doing that is to use a spy app to keep tabs on their phone communications and whereabouts. ... Read More »

Technology Vision 2035

The Prime Minister recently unveiled the ‘Technology Vision Document 2035’ at the 103rd Indian Science Congress. The document foresees the Indians of 2035, and technologies required for fulfilling their needs. The Prime Minister hoped that the 12 Sectoral Technology roadmaps being prepared by Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council, (TIFAC), which is also the author of this ‘Technology Vision 2035’ ... Read More »

Delta Electronics plans to quadruple revenue from India

Taiwan-based Delta Electronics Inc expects to quadruple annual revenue from India over the next three years as it makes more power components in the country, in tune with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push to develop industry. Boosted by the rollout of India’s 4G broadband network, the company aims to generate about $700 million in revenue from the country by 2019, ... Read More »