Articles By Ranina Sanglap

Russia Plans to Send Man to the Moon by 2030

Russia Plans To Send Man To The Moon By 2030

Russia set forth an ambitious space strategy where the country plans to send Russian cosmonauts to the surface of the moon, send unmanned probes to Jupiter and Venus and build a network of research stations on Mars and the Russian space agency plans to do these by 2030.

ARM Announces Cortex-MO+, The World’s Most Energy Efficient Microprocessor

ARM Announces Cortex-MO+, The World’s Most Energy Efficient Microprocessor

ARM has announced the ARM Cortex-MO+ which the British chip designer boasts is the world's most energy efficient microprocessor and would help usher in wirelessly connected devices in the so-called "Internet of Things".

Creepy Crawlies: Scientists Develop Cyborg Snails

Creepy Crawlies: Scientists Develop Cyborg Snails

The ordinary garden snail is now being recruited into the military as hi-tech spies. Scientists have turned the snail into a data-gathering cyborg spy that will gather and transmit intelligence back to its handler on a military base. It may sound like a plot to a Hollywood movie but it's actually happening in a research lab in New York.

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Scientists Plan To Use Nuclear Bomb to Save Earth From Asteroid

The threat of big asteroids hitting Earth has made for entertaining Hollywood movie fare but as NASA astronomers discover more asteroids that could spell real-life Armageddon for Earth could there be a way to save the planet from these gigantic cosmic killers? Turns out that Hollywood had the soluti...

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Scientists Turning to Baby Brains to Make Computers Smarter

While the most advanced computers today can perform the most complicated tasks and calculations than average humans but computers still fall short in learning ability. However scientists are looking to remedy this by learning from "the greatest learning machines in the universe": human babies.

Joseph Kony 2012: Invisible Children, Celebs and Neo-Colonial Campaign Controversy

Kony 2012: A Lesson in Viral Video Marketing

The video "Kony 2012" a 30-minute documentary about Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony is an unlikely video to reach the status of the most viral video in history. Uploaded on March 5 the video has been viewed by more than 76 million users on YouTube as of Tuesday, March 13 and has been shared across other social media sites.Kony 2012: A Lesson in Viral Video Marketing.

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Firefox, Chrome in Development for Windows 8

Microsoft's Windows 8 users will have choice in web browsers as both Google and Mozilla are working on versions of their web browsers Chrome and Mozilla to work in the Metro environment.

Microsoft’s Universal Translator Translates Your Own Voice in Other Languages

Microsoft’s Universal Translator Translates Your Own Voice in Other Languages

Who needs months of lessons in foreign languages when one handy app can get you talking in Mandarin or French without an ounce of effort? Microsoft Research has developed new software that translates your speech into another language but with your own voice.

Growing New Organs Could Solve Donor Shortage, Doctors Says

Growing New Organs Could Solve Donor Shortage, Doctors Says

Hospitals face a perennial lack of organ donors that many patients die waiting for kidneys, hearts and livers but an international group of researchers may have found a way to solve this by proposing that doctors could grow fully-functioning organs for their patients.Growing New Organs Could Solve Donor Shortage, Doctors Says.

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Lenovo Recalls Fire-Hazard PCs

Lenovo has issued a worldwide recall of its ThinkCentre all-in-one PCs as the company warns users to unplug their computers because of a potential fire risk. The fire hazard is due to a faulty power supply.