Riding an asteroid: China's next goal in space
After sending a probe to Mars in 2020, China plans to explore three asteroids and land on one of them to conduct scientific research, according to a Chinese asteroid research expert. The "China's Space
Scientific And Technical Development
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Info tangle
Six different broadcasting systems and five video tape recordh systems, incompatible with 4,10 another, currently functions al ovem the world. Unless one's video"26 VCR and TV are
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Automatic marvels
JAPANESE robots are getting better and better. Among the many showpiece robots is the one recently released by the NEC. It is a snake-like robot which can worm its way into tight spaces, such as
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Monitoring mothers to be
Named Baby Dopplex 3000 (or A Parturn Fetal Monitor), a hi-a foetal monitor has been devel" by UWs HNE Dignostics compa The monitor uses the advam Doppler technology, where c6q in
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Riding the wind
The Polclaw windpump set is a boon to developing countries
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The cool choice
Absorption cooling could be the answer to peak time electrical loads
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Developmental dilemmas
A TRAGEDY of Indian planners as also of those from some other developing countries is that they have considered agricultural development synonymous with rural development. Development is a
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Distinct identity
A mobile identity card issuing system
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Cleaning petrol pumps, soundly
Sound waves to break up oil droplets that contaminate Soil
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SMALL, SMALLER, SMALLEST
If you want to look at the world's smallest microscope, using your own eyes may not be enough: you would need another microscope to do that. This microscopic microscope has been developed by
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Standard solution
Keeping the standard kilogram - a 4 cm high and 4 cm wide platinum iridium cylinder in Paris - clean is a formidable task. The cylinder has to be kept free from dust and contaminants like