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Philips has developed a lightbulb that connects to broadband networks and then lets iPhone users change the colour and brightness with an app.The Philips ‘Hue’ lightbulb, which cost 179 pounds for a starter pack that includes broadband connection equipment and three bulbs, screw into existing sockets and use just 20 percent of the energy of conventional bulbs.Users are then able to turn lightbulbs...

An autonomous flying robot that is as smart as a bird when it comes to manoeuvring around obstacles has been developed by an Indian-origin scientist and his colleagues.Able to guide itself through forests, tunnels or damaged buildings, the machine could have tremendous value in search-and-rescue operations, researchers say.Small flying machines are already common, and Global Positioning System (GPS)...

Google unfortunately had to cancel its Nexus event in NYC today, but not snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays this Google from the swift announcement of its appointed products. Android 4.2 Jelly Bean (not Key Lime Pie, as some had previously pontificated) has arrived. The software update will debut on the Nexus 10 tablet and the LG Nexus 4 smartphone, the latest devices to join...

Researchers, including an Indian origin scientist, have developed a new technique to mass produce dramatically smaller and faster carbon nanotubes that can replace silicon chips in computers.A carbon 'chip' with more than ten thousand working transistors and made of nano-sized tubes could replace silicon in computer chips to create smaller, faster circuits."These carbon devices are poised to replace...

The Sony Xperia TL, is tipped for a release by AT&T later this November 2nd. AT&T has set the asking price of the Sony Xperia TL to be $99.99, where it will come with a new two-year agreement. The Sony Xperia TL will be featured in the upcoming 007 film, Skyfall, as part of Sony’s marketing campaign.The Sony Xperia TL boasts of Sony’s best HD capture and viewing experiences, not to mention...

Being part of the newest member of the Nexus family, the LG Nexus 4 will be available from next month onward in select markets. This also marks the first time that Google has worked with LG to build a Nexus device, having first partnered with HTC for their first Nexus, followed by the good people over at Samsung.The LG Nexus 4 is no pushover in terms of hardware specifications for sure, where it will...

The unmanned SpaceX capsule returned to Earth today after successfully delivering its first commercial payload to the International Space Station commanded by Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams.The Dragon spacecraft parachuted into the Pacific at 0052 IST after an 18-day mission to resupply the station with payload including hardware, supplies, and a GLACIER freezer packed with scientific samples.The...

It could be decades before man steps foot on Mars, but scientists have warned that if he ever does, he'll bring with him trillions of tiny invaders that pose danger of contaminating the Red planet.Scientists say a swarming mass of 100 trillion microbes will travel with every astronaut who may land on Mars.While these microbes have evolved over thousands of years to help humans do everything from digesting...

Researchers have designed a new ball camera that can produce a 360-degree view of a place and could help fire-fighters or security teams scout out the potentially dangerous environments they are about to enter.Researchers from the Boston-based startup Bounce Imaging, developed a device containing a clump of cameras, electronics and LEDs packed into a rubber shell the size of a tennis ball.The device...

Three in four teachers worry that easy access to hardcore pornography through mobile phones and the internet is “damaging” their students, a research has revealed.According to research, girls as young as 11 are dressing like “inflatable plastic dolls” while young boys are developing “almost pathological” attitudes to sex as a result, the Daily Mail reported.Some boys even admitted to being unable...