IIT-D-built sensor could prevent elephant deaths on railway tracks

New Delhi (IANS) Elephant deaths on railway tracks may be averted when a sensor built by a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (IIT-D) is put to test. If all goes well, it may be installed along the tracks frequented by elephants…

Indian rocket lifts off with country's HysIS, 30 foreign satellites

Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) (IANS) Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) lifted off successfully from here on Thursday with the country's Hyper Spectral Imaging Satellite (HysIS) -- an earth observation satellite -- and…

Facebook expands tool to connect users to local news

San Francisco (IANS) Facebook has started expanding its "Today In" section for local news and community information to make it easier for people to find news and information from their local towns and cities.

"It is…

Mars touchdown: Safe landing for NASA's InSight spacecraft

Los Angeles (IANS): NASAs InSight spacecraft touched down safely on Mars on Monday, kicking off a two-year mission to explore the deep interior of the Red Planet.

NASA's online live broadcast reported InSight touched down on Mars at…

Social networking sites operate for profit, need for proper control: Australian cybersecurity expert

New Delhi (IANS): There is need for proper control of services provided by social networking sites as their nature is to make profits and not improve the world, an Australian cybersecurity expert has warned, noting that countries such as China and…

New quantum technology to counteract GPS hacking

Toronto (IANS): As GPS or Global Positioning System is getting vulnerable to hacking, US engineers are working to harness quantum sensing technology to reduce current reliance on the world's most ubiquitous navigation technology and introduce…

7-nation panel to grill Facebook over data scandals

San Francisco (IANS) After attending grilling sessions this year with lawmakers over data breaches and failure to tackle political interference, Facebook is again set to face an international committee consisting of 22 members from seven countries.

Apple acquires AI startup Silk Labs

San Francisco (IANS) Apple has acquired a Startup called Silk Labs that work on Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based personal assistant technology for smartphones and smart home devices.

According to a report in The Registrar,…

IIT-H developing ML-based sensors to check for milk adulteration

Hyderabad (IANS): In view of various reports claiming chemical adulteration in milk, researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad (IIT-H) are developing a novel smartphone-based sensor that deploys machine-learning (ML) algorithms…

World's first total-body scanner produces incredible 3D images

New York, Nov 20 (IANS) The world's first medical imaging scanner that can capture a 3D picture of the entire human body at once in as little as 20-30 seconds has produced its first scans, say scientists, noting that the…