Scientists Debut Swine Flu Robot in Japan [Vote Average: 4, Total Votes: 1, Hits: 70]
This robot was one of many disease-related devices unveiled at Security & Safety Trade Expo (RISCON) in Tokyo...
Tokyo | Japan
Updated On: 11/17/2009
Tags: Scientists Debut Swine Flu Robot, Swine Flu Robot In Japan, Human-sized Robot, Symptoms Of Swine Flu, Security And Safety Trade Expo, Tokyo, Japan, Sweating, Convulsing And Moaning, Human Bodily Functions
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Swine Flu Prompts ‘World Hand-Washing Day’ in Japan [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 5, Hits: 131]
The systemic fear of H1N1, known more colloquially as “swine flu,” has seized the world by the haunches...
Tokyo | Japan
Updated On: 11/7/2009
Tags: Hand Washing Swine Flu Prompts, World Hand Washing Day, World Hand Washing Day In Japan, H1n1 Virus, Swine Flu, United Nations, Tokyo, Japan, Hand Washing Instructions, World Health Organization, Ayako Uragami Of Japan Committe For Unicef, Universal Hand-washing Dance, Hidemi Kimura, Principal Of Takanawa Kindergarten, Swine Flu In Tokyo, Healthy Life
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Electric unicycle unveiled [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 3, Hits: 216]
An electric unicycle has been unveiled by Honda which says will revolutionise the way we get around...
Tokyo | Japan
Updated On: 10/10/2009
Tags: Electric Unicycle Unveiled, Electric Unicycle, Honda, Technology, Personal Mobility Device, Company Famous Asimo Humanoid Robot, Internal Balance Control, Forwards, Backwards, Brisk Walking Pace, Tokyo, Honda President Takanobu Ito, Human Transportation, Chief Engineer Yasuhisa Arai
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‘Patrick was touched by poverty in slums’ [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 13, Hits: 547]
Om Puri Recalls His Time With ‘City Of Joy’ Co-Star
Mumbai | India
Updated On: 9/15/2009
Tags: Om Puri, Death of Patrick Swayze, Roland Joffe City of Joy, Kolkata, Los Angeles, Patrick Swayze Suffering from cancer, American actor, Patrick a culture shock, Oberoi Grand, Soft towel rickshaw-pullers wear, Hollywood actor, Bollywood actor, Follower of Buddhism, Dirty Dancing star, London, Tokyo and Australia, Producer Jack Eberts, Australian visa, Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, Dirty Dancing star Swayze, Shooting Till The Last, Patrick Goes Down Fighting Against Cancer, Washington Post, Battling Cancer, National Institutes of Health, Houston, Son of Jesse Swayze, Choreographer Patsy Swayze, Golden Globe nominations, Houston dance studio, Stardom playing dance instructor Johnny Castle, USA
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Robots Flip Pancakes, Serve Sushi [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 69, Hits: 523]
Humanoid robots taking care of the drudgery of chores have been a dream of overworked humans since the dawn of this technological age.
Tokyo | Japan
Updated On: 8/17/2009
Tags: Japan Cooking Robot, Robots Flip Pancakes, Technological age, Japanese restaurants, Prototypes of pancake-flipping robots, Sushi-serving machines, International Food Machinery and Technology Expo, Tokyo, Tomio Sugiura, President of makers, Vegetable-chopping prototype Sugiura Kikai Sekkei, Japan robot industry, Multi-billion dollar industry, Narito Hosomi, President of company, Toyo Riki, Masanori Hirano of robot lab
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Sejwal draws Commonwealth Games inspiration from World Championship heartbreak [Vote Average: 4, Total Votes: 6, Hits: 338]
He missed out on becoming the first Indian swimmer to make the World Championship semi-finals...
New Delhi | India
Updated On: 8/13/2009
Tags: Indian swimmer, Sandeep Sejwal, World Championship semi-finals, Bigger splash, Commonwealth Games, Indian breaststroke swimmer, Olympics, Championship in Rome, Italy, Beijing Olympics, Silver medalist, 2007 Asian Indoor Games, Speedo LZR, Controversial new polyurethane suits, Asian Age Group Championship in Tokyo, Blue Seventy suits, High-risk sports, WADA anti-doping rules, Indian cricketers
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Five companies shortlisted for Commonwealth Games coverage [Vote Average: 4, Total Votes: 16, Hits: 589]
The companies, including Reliance-owned Big and Nimbus, will work in association with international media companies to produce content for the Games.
New Delhi | India
Updated On: 8/11/2009
Tags: Information and Broadcasting ministry, Companies for production, Coverage of Commonwealth Games 2010, Reliance-owned Big and Nimbus, International media companies, Produce content for Games, Extensive Experience, Covering major events, Olympics, World Cup, International Games Broadcast Services, HBS and IMG Media, FIFA World Cups, Event Management, Representation in golf, Tennis, European football, Action sports, Satellite Information Service Live, United Kingdom, Broadcast and Satellite Services Ltd, Data services, Ireland, Sky and ITV, Rugby World Cup, Nimbus Sports International Pte Ltd, Singapore, International Sports Broadcasting, USA, Nimbus Communications Ltd, Mumbai, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Reliance Big Broadcasting Private Ltd, Inter public Marketing Services Shanghai Ltd, Beijing branch, Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc, Japan
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New gadget translates dog barks [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 74, Hits: 795]
Japanese inventors have come up with a device they claim can detect how a dog is feeling from its bark.
Tokyo | Japan
Updated On: 7/22/2009
Tags: Japanese inventors, Bowlingual Voice, Japanese toymaker Takara Tomy, Analyses a dogs bark, Translates findings into human words, Joy and frustration, Japan, Technologically advanced version, Consists of a microphone, Dogs neck, Operating device, Synthesizer audibly informs, Wireless hand-held unit, Tokyo Toy Fair
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New robot displays human emotions [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 23, Hits: 667]
A robot which can express seven different human emotions has been unveiled in Japan.
Tokyo | Japan
Updated On: 6/25/2009
Tags: Robot, Seven different human emotions, Unveiled in Japan, Emotional Humanoid Robot, Named Kobian, Surprise, Sadness and dislike, Motors in its face, Move its lips, Eyelids and eyebrows, Various positions, Scientists at Waseda University in Japan, Hangs its head, Opens it mouth and eyes wide, Hand up to its face, Researchers, Waseda's Graduate School of Advanced Science, Engineering in Tokyo, Patients
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Cancer drug can erase fingerprints [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 71, Hits: 1017]
When a cancer patient from Singapore traveled to the United States last year, he discovered an unusual side effect of his medication: missing fingerprints...
London | United Kingdom
Updated On: 5/28/2009
Tags: Capecitabine, Xeloda, Treat head and neck cancer, US immigration officials, Annals of Oncology journal, Common cancer drug, Lymphomas and leukemias, Otis Brawley, Chief medical officer, American Cancer Society, Eng-Huat Tan, National Cancer Centre in Singapore, Traveling to US, Fingerprints, Tokyo, Cancer, Patient
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