UNESCO launches digital library
24 April 2009

The World Digital Library (WDL) has been launched on Unesco's Paris headquarters on 21 April 2009. This global digital library will provide a one-stop shop for researchers, teachers and schoolchildren seeking to find items on one topic together in one place.

Mobile equipment vehicle sensors
21 April 2009

TURCK India Automation Pvt. Ltd. has introduced a new family of inductive proximity sensors for use on mobile vehicle systems. The sensor is designed to detect the position of doors, ladders outriggers, gates and booms. The Mobile Equipment Sensor Series delivers sensing solutions for agriculture, construction, commercial and utility industry mobile equipment applications.

Smart card material to help computers switch on instantly
21 April 2009

Soon smart cards will instantly switch on the computers with the help of Ultra-thin ferro-electric materials fused in it. Researchers led by Darrell Schlom at Cornell University, US took strontium titanate and deposited it on silicon, the main component of most semiconductors. Schlom and his team then integrated circuits in such a way that the silicon squeezed it into a ferro-electric state.

Bengal plans to speed up district IT network
02 April 2009

In order to promote IT education and provide employment for IT graduates, the West Bengal State Information Technology Department was planning to set up directorates in each districts to involve freshers in the implementation of the government’s e-governance projects.

UN develops new online tool shows food prices in poor countries
20 March 2009

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has developed the 'National Basic Food Prices Data and Analysis Tool' as part of its response to high food prices that shows the prices of different food commodities in local currencies or dollars and local measurements as well as standard weights.

New mobile phone runs on solar power
20 March 2009

A solar-powered mobile phone that allows consumers without using electricity recharge their mobile phones will be launched by the next month. The first phones to be manufactured will be sold in Papua New Guinea, Tonga and Vanuatu in June.