Google's smart contact lens may arrive sooner than thought

Last Updated: Sunday, June 28, 2015, 16:36

The lens could potentially remove the need for diabetics to prick their fingers and draw blood to check their blood-sugar levels.

Mobile phones, cameras can co-exist, says Canon

Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 15:51

Digital imaging major Canon expects the market for single-lens reflex (SLR) cameras to double in India this year to 400,000 units, and saw the industry co-existing with mobile phones, despite losing some share in the lower segments.

Google tests prototype of diabetes-tracking ''smart'' contact lens

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 07:12

Google Inc said on Thursday that it is testing a new method for diabetics to monitor their blood-sugar levels by wearing a contact lens equipped with tiny chips and an antenna.

First ever gamma-ray study of gravitational lens conducted

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 10:18

Astronomers using NASA`s Fermi observatory, has made the first-ever gamma-ray measurements of a gravitational lens - a natural telescope formed when a rare cosmic alignment allows the gravity of a massive object to bend and amplify light from a more distant source.

Now, solar-powered car that follows the sun to maximize energy gain

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 19:59

Researchers have developed a solar-powered concept car that will follow the sun to maximize its energy collection.

Damage suffered by Curiosity`s aluminum wheels raise concern

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 14:02

Photographs obtained from Curiosity`s robotic arm-mounted Mars Hand Lens Imager have shown marked wear and tear on the rover`s front left wheel.

NASA`s Curiosity rover sends high-resolution pic of 1909 VDB penny

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 12:32

An instrument that is on NASA`s Curiosity rover has sent back an ultra high-resolution photograph of a penny that the rover carried to Mars.

Scientists generate world`s sharpest X-ray beam

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 1, 2013, 20:53

Scientists have generated a X-ray beam with a diameter of barely 5 nanometres, which is ten thousand times thinner than a human hair at the X-ray light source PETRA III, at DESY.

New hybrid camera combines human, insect vision

Last Updated: Sunday, September 22, 2013, 14:53

Researchers have developed a lens that combines the focusing ability of a human eye with the wide-angle vision of an insect eye to capture images with depth.

Dynamo Kiev signs Dutch international Lens

Last Updated: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 15:23

Ukrainian football club Dynamo Kiev has signed Dutch international striker Jeremain Lens from PSV Eindhoven.

New smart contact lens crammed with Google Glass-like tech

Last Updated: Wednesday, June 12, 2013, 17:05

Researchers have created a Google Glass-like device on a contact lens.

Woman damages famous painting in French museum

Last Updated: Sunday, February 10, 2013, 09:35

A young and apparently "unstable" woman used an indelible marker to deface renowned painting "Liberty Leading the People" by Eugene Delacroix, which was being exhibited at a branch of the Louvre in the northern French city of Lens.