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Nokia offers augmented reality job search

2013-07-26T14:19:00.0000000

Mobile phone giant Nokia is enlisting Britain’s young entrepreneurs to build new businesses using its career services app, JobLens. Launched in June, JobLens is a Windows Phone 8 app that helps users search for jobs in their local area.

Antarctic ice-flow map reveals clues to climate change

2011-08-29T14:26:00.0000000

A new map of Antarctica illustrates for the first time how ice moves across the continent.

Experimental plane reaches 13,000 mph

2011-08-29T14:23:00.0000000

The US Department of Defense's innovations arm, known as DARPA, has released test-flight video of its experimental hypersonic aircraft travelling at a speed of Mach 20, about 13,000 miles per hour.

Scientists develop new weapon against bird-strike at airports

2011-08-25T16:10:00.0000000

New Zealand scientists have developed a designed to reduce the number of bird strikes at airports.

Taiwanese researchers introduce first erasable electronic paper

2011-08-08T08:30:00.0000000

Taiwanese researchers are taking recycling to a new level with "i2r e-Paper", a rewritable electronic paper that can be re-used up to 260 times. The developers say their e-paper will soon replace the conventional paper used for signs and posters.

Transplant patient takes heart from pioneering surgery

2011-08-04T16:09:00.0000000

A British man is preparing to leave hospital after pioneering surgery to install an artificial heart implant. The implant is powered by a portable driver worn in a shoulder bag and is designed to keep Matthew Green alive while he waits for a heart transplant.

Wireless car technology promises charge-free future for motorists

2011-08-05T16:06:00.0000000

Wireless car technology promises charge-free future for motorists While electric-powered cars are rapidly gaining momentum as a viable alternative to conventional petrol-driven vehicles, there are now moves afoot to produce cars that can be charged wirelessly. The technology behind wireless electric cars could herald an idyllic future for motorists in which they can drive as far as they like without ever worrying about recharging.

20 million year-old fossil found

2011-08-04T16:04:00.0000000

A twenty million year-old fossil, thought to be from a distant cousin of modern apes, is discovered in Uganda.

Virtual reality helps ready surgeons for the operating

2011-08-03T16:08:00.0000000

Forget scrubbing up, a new virtual surgery simulator uses the latest computer technology to train surgeons for laproscopic surgery, dramatically decreasing the need for practice on human patients.

Scientists warn of Planet of the Apes science

2011-08-01T16:27:00.0000000

A group of British scientists have expressed concerns that experiments on primates could give rise to a 'Planet of the Apes' type scenario.

South Korea classrooms to go fully digital by 2015

2011-07-29T15:05:00.0000000

South Korea is pushing forward with a plan to completely digitize its classrooms by 2015.

Controversial new blood test that offers clues on the speed of ageing goes on sale

2011-07-27T16:20:00.0000000

A blood test that determines the length of telomeres, the protective caps at the ends of chromosomes that wear down as we get old, are now on sale to the public. The researchers who developed the test say it will allow people to get a sense of how fast they are ageing.

Solar revolution transforms remote corners of Bolivia

2011-07-25T16:04:00.0000000

On the windswept high plains of Bolivia, an energy revolution is under way. Small communities, never connected to the power grid, now have access to electric power for the first time through solar and wind power systems, introduced one village at a time by engineers at a Cochambama University.

Singing robot finds its voice at Tokyos Robotech

2011-07-19T09:59:00.0000000

A robotic mouth may not seem like a must-have accessory for your robotic workforce but Japanese researchers say that future human-robot communications may well depend on such devices. The mouth was just one of many robotic innovations on display at this year's Robotech expo in Tokyo.

Munich scientists set to electrify Frankfurt Auto Show

2011-07-18T15:37:00.0000000

Scientists from Munich's Technical University will be joining the world's major car manufacturers at the Frankfurt Auto Show later this year, with an electric vehicle they have designed and built themselves.

Flying sphere goes where man fears to tread

2011-07-14T17:06:00.0000000

Researchers from Japan's Ministry of Defense have developed an unmanned aerial vehicle with a difference.

Solar windows offer solution to brighter future

2011-07-14T10:00:00.0000000

An Israeli company hopes to revolutionize the green solutions market with solar windows that combine electricity production, energy reduction and transparent design.

Vest technology brings new hope for the blind

2011-07-04T13:58:00.0000000

Guide dogs and white canes have, for years, helped the blind and visually impaired navigate the world around them but soon, technology may also have an important part to play.

NASA brings heat to hovering robotic lander test

2011-06-30T09:29:00.0000000

Infrared video released by US space agency, NASA, shows how future robotic landers might hover and land autonomously on asteroids or lunar surfaces. The agency has been testing the compact vehicles for missions to airless environments where parachutes will not work.

Capsule-cam makes stomach exams easy to swallow

2011-06-28T10:11:00.0000000

Small fin-propelled robots may soon be plunging in to the depths of the human body, helping patients find checkups easier to stomach.