Posted in Technology on Jan 24th, 2008 No Comments »
Entrepreneur Richard Branson on Wednesday presented a model of the spaceship he hopes will be the first to get paying passengers into space on a regular basis as soon as next year.
Posted in Technology on Jan 17th, 2008 No Comments »
Developing camera lenses based on liquids is nothing new, but an venture by a Japanese giant in a small US firm promises that we could soon find fluid optics in our digital cameras and cellphones within a few years. Itochu of Tokyo and Osaka has decided to work with Holochip of New Mexico to commercialize [...]
Posted in Technology on Jan 17th, 2008 No Comments »
Japan’s company Panasonic is introducing an AA domestic battery that will maintain gadgets running 20 percent longer than rivals do. The new Panasonic Evolta alkaline battery, its name derived from evolution and voltage, has won the Guiness Long Record against products from Duracell and Energizer according to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., which makes Panasonic brand [...]
Posted in Technology on Jan 12th, 2008 No Comments »
A year ago China has destroyed a weather satellite out of orbit, and threw the international community into panic. Some figured the satellite-killer test was the indication of a future war in space, the type of conflict that might cripple a tech-dependent United States military.