Category: Technology

Chinese doctors have saved a man’s severed hand by grafting it to his ankle, it is reported.

By Laura Poppick Today (Dec. 21), those living in the Northern Hemisphere celebrate the mark of increasingly longer days, those in the Southern Hemisphere will transition to shorter days, and those at the equator won’t notice much of a difference…

A floating vessel that is longer than the Empire State Building is high has taken to the water for the first time.

Sustainable promotion of raised-bed technology in the farming field has become an urgent need for boosting crop production to feed the gradually increasing population.

By John Aziz Anyone who has watched cell phones change from huge brick-like blocks into sleek touchscreen smartphones knows that we are living in an era of massive, swift technological change. But bigger changes are coming.

Online businesses are one of the fastest growing sectors of Bangladesh in 2013/14. Economists envision that this is going to be the next major economic sector of Bangladesh after clothing, ship building, agriculture and jute. There are several reasons behind…

Sony has filed a patent application for “SmartWig”, as firms jostle for the lead in the wearable technology sector.

Apple has purchased PrimeSense, an Israeli firm that specialises in making 3D motion detection technology.

By Paul Rincon Scientists in Spain have received funding to test whether an extinct mountain goat can be cloned from preserved cells.

Mashed, boiled, baked or fried? You probably have a preference for your potatoes. Haim Rabinowitch, however, likes his spuds “hacked”.

A US company has unveiled build-your-own toy robots that can drive, wiggle and react to the world around them.

The man who invented molecular gastronomy – the adventurous style of cooking popularised by chefs including Heston Blumenthal – has developed a new concept which he claims will solve the challenge of feeding an overpopulated world.

India has successfully launched a spacecraft to the Red Planet – with the aim of becoming the fourth space agency to reach Mars.

By Dan Seifert Wearable technology is an exploding market. A trickle of devices ranging from fitness trackers, to smartwatches, to identification tools are rapidly turning into a flood, with many more expected for 2014.

By Aaron Souppouris Researchers have developed software that could let you measure your pulse using nothing more than your earphones and a smartphone.

By Douglas A. McIntyre Apple Inc. (AAPL) will release what is likely to be several new versions of its wildly successful iPad on Tuesday.

Wi-fi connectivity from a light bulb – or “li-fi” – has come a step closer, according to Chinese scientists.

The company will close its plasma screen factory in Amagasaki and put it up for sale next year, Nikkei business daily and Reuters have said.

By Jacob KastrenakesThe Coca-Cola Company is beginning to set up one-stop shops for vital resources inside of developing communities.   

Cube-shaped robots that can flip, jump and assemble themselves into different shapes have been unveiled by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

By Elizabeth Landau At the edge of the heliosphere, you wouldn’t know by looking whether you left the cradle of humanity behind and floated out into interstellar space.