Category Archive: Science&Technology

Oct
12

German video effects company builds camera drone for the Red Epic

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The sort of geek math you can’t help but wish you’d come up with yourself. German VFX company OMStudios decided to mount Red’s super-camera into a custom Octocopter to record footage in resolutions up to 5K. As cool …

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Aug
31

Reliance Intros An All New 3G Tablet

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Reliance entered the tablet war with a 7 inch Android pad. It’s powered by an 800 MHz processor coupled with a healthy 512 MB RAM. It also supports voice calling and SMS; runs on Gingerbread or Android 2.3 …

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Aug
29

Facial recognition software for Olympics

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The Metropolitan Police are in the process of testing facial recognition software ahead of next year’s Olympics. The software is currently being put through it’s paces as Police try to identify rioters and looters after the recent trouble …

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Jul
27

New Scientist – Electric dolphins: cetaceans with a seventh sense

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One extra sense isn’t quite enough for Guiana dolphins. In addition to echolocation, they can sense the electric fields of their prey – the first time this has been seen in true mammals. Wolf Hanke at the University …

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Jul
19

Successfully launches latest communication satellite GSAT-12

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India on Friday successfully launched its latest communication satellite GSAT-12 onboard a powerful variant of homegrown Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, PSLV-C17 , from the spaceport here. GSAT-12 was injected into an elliptical Transfer Orbit of 284 km perigee …

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May
19

Indian communication satellite to be launched May 21

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Chennai: All the preparatory activities connected with the launch of advanced communication satellite GSAT-8 on board an Ariane-V rocket May 21 are progressing satisfactorily at Kourou in French Guiana, India’s space agency said Tuesday. The Indian Space Research …

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May
19

Heaven is a fairy tale, says physicist Hawking

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London: Heaven is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking said in an interview published on Monday. Hawking, 69, was expected to die within a few years of being …

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May
19

Scientists succeed in ’decoding’ brainwaves

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London: One of the most enduring sci-fi fantasies — a ‘mind-reading machine’ that can display mental images — is now a step closer to reality after scientists were able to decode brain signals relating to vision. Researchers from …

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