Chengdu, emerging technological highland in Southwest China

When the U.S. is preparing for its high-tech exhibition “Celebration 2030” in Shanghai’s World Expo, some of Chinese cities have already started building high-tech towns. Chengdu, the provincial capital of China’s southwest Sichuan Province, has launched the...

Life not worth living without internet, Hong Kong youngsters say

This does not sound very good for a "healthy" life style. " Life would be meaningless and not worth living without the internet, nearly one in seven Hong Kong youngsters said in a survey released Friday. ...

Report: Israel second in the world in technological exports

Israel is smaller in size then the State of New Jersey in the USA and yet it is now second in the world in export of Hi-Tech and Industrial products. "Israel is the world's no. 2 high-tech and industrial exports manufacturer, second only to Ireland, a Bank of Israel report...

Plans for naval blockade of Somali coast to stop pirates

The naval blockade of Somali coast is in the works to prevent pirate ships from heading out to the sea and hijacking vessels. This measure was suggested in the wake of escalated pirate attacks on foreign ships off...

NASA Successfully Tests ‘Interplanetary Internet’

" Although the crew of the spacecraft Endeavour experienced a glitch in the first space walk when an astronaut accidentally let her tool bag float away, NASA had a lot to celebrate as it announced success with a high-tech space program. NASA, along with Vinton Cerf, a...

Cyborg Lobsters Foil Poachers

Lobsters outfitted with special microchips easily allowed Canadian fisheries officers to catch some poachers in the act. The chips are emitters that are implanted in each lobster, who then wander into unmarked and...

High-Tech Toilets Flushed in Seattle

When you bring in a new tool, there's no telling how your users are going to use it. Case in point: robotic toilets. Pretty straightforward, right?Wrong.Seattle's high-tech and high-priced public toilets were...

A video game that kills real people

The use of unmanned aircrafts in modern combat has the future of warfare looking eerily close to a video game, as this recent column from Slate Magazine points out.There are already more than 1,000 unmanned...

Most Powerful Business Woman touts McCain on the Net

UPDATED  The Christian Science Monitor, has posted video of the event. Here's the link. When it comes to presidential politics, Barack Obama has all the buzz on the Internet. He has raised record amounts of money online. He hired a Facebook co-founder to help leverage...

Canada: Smokless Cigarettes Hit The Market !

Wow, Faux - bacco Cigarettes, whats next? Inflatable Women?"SMOKELESS BUZZU.S. entrepreneur Ron Macdonald hopes his 'faux-bacco' electronic cigarettes will help those jonesing for a nicotine fix in the new world...

House of Tomorrow in Brussels

Since I've posted nothing even vaguely robot-related today, here goes: a house of tomorrow! The term is a bit old-school, so Living Tomorrow, the Belgian builders of this beauty, are calling it "House of the...

Inside the Black Budget

"Skulls. Black cats. A naked woman riding a killer whale. Grim reapers. Snakes. Swords. Occult symbols. A wizard with a staff that shoots lightning bolts. Moons. Stars. A dragon holding the Earth in its claws.No, this is not the fantasy world of a 12-year-old boy.It is,...

Flowers & Hidden Camera Taken from Cemetery

"MACCLENNY, FL -- A Baker County woman was so set on finding the crooks that kept stealing her husbands' grave flowers, she bought a high-tech motion activated camera to catch them in the act. So was she...

US $5 bill turns purple

The US is finally smartening up and taking a page from Canada's currency playbook. Colourful money is not only pretty, it makes for lightning fast transactions and adds valuable seconds to our busy lives. (Insert...

3 Israeli Companies Top The EMEA 500 Fastest Growing Technology Companies List!

Deloitte announced the full list of EMEA’s 500 fastest-growing technology companies during the 2007 and there is A Huge achievement to The Israeli Hi-Tech! Israeli firms take first, second and third place! Deloitte also released the 2007 Technology Fast 500 EMEA CEO...

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