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Indian virtual reality makers gear up to create 'rift' for the masses

​New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) The heat is slowly picking up in the burgeoning VR gaming market and Indian VR players are set to jump on the bandwagon. The $599 Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) device is now being shipped. The $799 high-end HTC Vive is set to hit the global market later this year and Sony's $399 fully-immersive PlayStation VR is

Human-like robots to soon treat social disorders

​London, April 12 (IANS) Humanoid robotics and computer avatars may help rehabilitate people suffering from social disorders such as schizophrenia or social phobia in the near future, finds new research.

Stephen Hawking joins Chinese social media platform

​Beijing, April 14 (IANS) Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has opened an account on Chinese social media platform Sina Weibo, amassing over 2 million followers within 24 hours.

Facebook unveils new research lab, hires ex-Google executive

​New York, April 14 (IANS) In a fresh bid to connect the world better, Facebook has announced a new research lab to build hardware products based on its software and has hired a former top Google executive to achieve its goal.

App spots respiratory illness as you cough into smartphone

​Sydney, April 10 (IANS) An Australia-based digital health solution provider has developed an app that can diagnose respiratory diseases like pneumonia, croup and asthma with high accuracy through a cough into a smartphone, a media report said.

Robots programmed to talk with gestures can be understood better

​London, April 5 (IANS) British scientists have found that by getting robots to "talk with their hands", we can understand them as well as we do our fellow human beings.

In a study aimed at improving communication with robots, Paul Bremner from the University of the West of England and Ute Leonards from the University of Bristol focused on

WinMagic introduces security solution for virtual machines

​New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Data security company WinMagic on Wednesday introduced a security software that encrypts virtual machines running on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platforms in India.

3D printing to soon tackle pollution

​New York, April 4 (IANS) In a first, a team of US researchers used 3D printing technique to create a handheld sponge-like structure that could help in mitigating pollution.

Led by chemistry professor Matthew Hartings from American University, the researchers demonstrated how to use commercial 3D printers to create a structure with active

Teach your kids animal sounds with Google Search

​New York, April 4 (IANS) Internet giant Google has released a new feature, Google Search, that will enable parents to teach children about different noises that animals make.

A quick search for "animal noises" on Google returns illustrations of animals, their names and a sample of what sound do they make, Mashable tech website reported.

Crowd funded app for kids goes live

​Hyderabad, March 29 (IANS) Hyderabad based start-up Bulbulapps announced on Tuesday that its first crowd funded learning app "TUK-TUK goes to Hyderabad" has gone live.

The app is now available for download in Apple, Google and Windows app stores. The $2,000 app project was backed by over 60 backers.