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Water tractor beam can control flow patterns

Last Updated: Monday, August 11, 2014, 13:25

In a first, Australian physicists have created a tractor beam on water - a radical new technique that could confine oil spills or manipulate floating objects.

`Spin` technology boon for future electronic devices

Last Updated: Monday, August 11, 2014, 11:23

Exploiting the electron`s tiny magnetic moment or `spin`, scientists have discovered a new method to efficiently generate and control currents based on the magnetic nature of electrons in semi-conducting materials - offering a radical way to develop a new generation of electronic devices.

How habits are formed and changed revealed

Last Updated: Sunday, August 10, 2014, 20:33

A new study has revealed how we form habits and change existing ones and that they emerge through associative learning.

Soon, edit photos with text commands

Last Updated: Sunday, August 10, 2014, 20:03

Struggling with photo editing software? Switch to a new technology that changes weather, time of day, season or other features in photos with simple text commands.

Wearable band that tracks your toddler

Last Updated: Sunday, August 10, 2014, 19:53

Worried about your toddler`s activities all the time? Fear not as these wearable bands loaded with sensors will track your baby`s every move in the house.

Hawaii to get massive floating fish farms

Last Updated: Sunday, August 10, 2014, 15:20

A US firm has started work on huge floating cages that will hold 1,000 tonnes of fish in the deep sea off Hawaii`s coast.

Whatsapp-equipped smartphones to catch corrupt policemen

Last Updated: Sunday, August 10, 2014, 10:58

The next time a police officer seeks a bribe or harasses you, don`t feel frustrated. Help is at hand, literally in the form of your smartphone equipped with chat application Whatsapp.

Google `polluted Internet` with classified material: Rao

Last Updated: Monday, August 11, 2014, 12:16

After registering a Preliminary Enquiry against Google for alleged mapping of classified areas, CBI has sought help of Survey of India which has alleged that the Internet giant continued to "pollute" the web with classified material despite being warned against it.

Mobile apps help doctors treat patients via smartphones

Last Updated: Saturday, August 9, 2014, 18:56

Many medical phone apps have recently gained popularity that allows doctors to diagnose their patients through text messages or video-chat on smartphones.

Soon, tell stories with `sense of touch`

Last Updated: Saturday, August 9, 2014, 18:34

The touch vibration on your smartphone or in console game controllers gives a sense that the task has been done. Soon, tell stories to your kids with a sense of touch or "haptic" effect.