London : Scientists at Stanford University, California, have said that robots must be made as lazy as possible, in their gestures, if we want them to be more interactive.

London : Computer chipmaker Intel has announced its decision to support the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, which aims to put computers in the hands of poor children around the world.

London : Computer chipmaker Intel has announced its decision to support the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, which aims to put computers in the hands of poor children around the world.

Washington : The US military's research branch -- the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) -- which is based in Virginia, is reportedly funding a project to develop beta-voltaic batteries, or cells that generate current from radioactive materials that emit electrons (so-called beta emitters).

Washington : Two Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have invented a digital wand like instrument that allows people to give texture to their sound.

Sydney : Australian physicists have discovered a method that could see atoms being teleported between Sydney and Perth and, pave the way for possible Star Trek-like travel in the future.

Washington : The US military's research branch -- the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) -- which is based in Virginia, is reportedly funding a project to develop beta-voltaic batteries, or cells that generate current from radioactive materials that emit electrons (so-called beta emitters).

Washington : A nano-technology researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is working with viruses to build faster, better, cheaper and environmentally-friendly transistors, batteries, solar cells, diagnostic materials for detecting cancer, and semiconductors for use in modern electrical devices.

Washington : A team of two Chinese scientists from the Taiyuan University of Technology, Shanxi, have using two distinct software – a search agent and a meta search engine – built a new search engine that intelligently searches through other search engines to give a result most closely suited to the query.