Chinese scientists have grown mouse embryos in space – paving the way for humans to colonise other planets. They have become the first group in the world to overcome the biological hurdles of reproduction in orbit. The experiments were carried out aboard China’s SJ-10 recoverable satellite. Before and after pictures show how two-cell mouse embryos developed into blastocyst just 80 …

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has likened the fear of cyber crime to the levels of panic seen during Cold War. Speaking in Sydney, Australia, he said: “We used to fear the atomic bomb when I was young, and you used to come home from school and sirens would go off for a test on every corner. “Now we fear all …

A miniature fuel cell costing as little as a £1 can generate electricity from urine. The microbial fuel cell could be a lifeline for people in remote areas – creating a renewable and carbon-neutral way of generating power. The technology was developed by researchers at the University of Bath, Queen Mary University of London and the Bristol Bioenergy Centre. The …

HTC the Taiwanese tech company is set to roll out big in this year. With its feature phones, excellent designs HTC has always fascinated youth in some or the other way, not long ago it launched a phone which had 13 MP back and 13 MP front camera, that too particularly in India. The phone made waves, and it was …

SpaceX has successfully landed and recovered a rocket on an ocean platform for the first time, after launching a cargo ship to the International Space Station. About two-and-a-half minutes after Friday afternoon’s liftoff from Cape Canaveral in Florida the main part of the two-stage booster separated. The Falcon 9 craft turned around and headed toward a so-called drone ship – …

It may sound like something from a far-fetched sci-fi novel – but soon you could be able to use your skin like a touchscreen. Scientists in the UK have managed to create tactile sensations on the palm of a human hand using ultralight beams. The hand is seen as a potentially ideal display extension for future smartwatches, but current ideas …

NASA scientists are scrambling to save the planet-hunting Kepler spacecraft after it slipped into a state of emergency. The ageing spacecraft – which has detected almost 5,000 planets – is around 75 million miles away from Earth. Scientists discovered that it had entered emergency mode at some point last week. The last time they made normal contact with it was …

A teardown press report by research firm IHS reveals that for Apple, it costs only Rs. 10,563 to manufacture the iPhone SE. Apple priced the 16GB iPhone SE at $399 in the U.S., and has a margin of $230 to tackle logistics, distribution, and other expenses and profits. In India, a price of Rs. 39,000 leaves a margin of Rs. 29,000 …

At Nvidia’s GTC developer conference, Continental demonstrated the next generation of heads-up display that “paints” information on the road. The demo reminds us of Iron Man’s visor, on which Jarvis shows important, relevant information. In current HUDs, information like turn-by-turn direction and signalling to ‘slow vehicle speed’ is projected on the lower portion of the windshield, helping drivers to be …

GoPro has unveiled its new virtual reality rig called the Omni. The device resembles a hollowed out cube with six GoPro Hero4 cameras, one for each side. The video from all six cameras are then stitched together to create a single 360 degree video. The company hasn’t yet revealed the price of the device. This isn’t the first VR camera …