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Smartphones will become obsolete within five years and would be replaced with artificial intelligence, according to a consumer survey by the Ericsson owned ConsumerLab. Half of the study’s respondents said they thought mobile technology would be redundant by 2021 as the growth of artificial intelligence starts enabling interaction with objects without the need for a phone or tablet, Sydney Morning …

Most people can tell if you are angry by looking at your face or behaviour but what if how you move a computer mouse can predict your anger or frustration? According to professor Jeffrey Jenkins from Brigham Young University, people experiencing anger and other negative emotions like frustration, confusion and sadness become less precise in their mouse movements and move …

Smartphones, tablets and e-readers should have an automatic “bedtime mode” that stops them disrupting people’s sleep, a study revealed. Researchers from Evelina London Children’s Hospital sleep medicine department, King’s College London and the University of Surrey, measured short-wavelength blue light devices like tablets (iPad Air), e-readers (Kindle Paperwhite first generation) and smartphones (iPhone 5s) emit when displaying text or a …

A 63-year-old man arrived here to participate in the first India International Science Fair (IISF) on Monday, using a self-developed solar electric-powered car to cover 3,000 km from Bangalore to Delhi. It took Syed Sajjan Ahmed 30 days to cover the arduous journey, that included crossing the Vindhyas. Born in Kolar, 70 km from Bangalore, the Class 12 dropout, says …

In a bid to promote Uttar Pradesh as an international bird watching destination, the state forest department, in collaboration with FICCI, will hold a three-day international festival on birds at the National Chambal Sanctuary (NCS) in Agra, an official said. The festival starts on December 4 and will end on December 6. As many as 25 top international bird experts …

If you are young and love Facebook, keep it to just “liking” and minimise your virtual circle of friends to cut the upcoming depression risk. According to researchers, the social networking site can have positive and negative effects on the levels of a common stress hormone in teenagers. The team found that having more than 300 Facebook friends increased teenagers’ …

Use of polyethene across Uttar Pradesh may be banned by this year end, an official said on Thursday. The Allahabad High Court (HC) has directed the state government to ban the use of polyethene across the state by December 31. Responding to the rap by the court with regard to delay in baning polythene sheets and bags, the government informed …

Delhi has very high concentrations of respirable particulate matter (PM), even crossing the safety limits prescribed by the World Health Organization. While for some reason, the highest PM is routinely reported from some areas in the east of the city, no place is safe in the Delhi National Capital Region. A rather startling fact which studies bear out is: Indoor …

Aimed at helping the common man protect himself from pollution and saving the environment, environmental consumer products company Nirvana Being has launched a bottle which filters water as you drink. Priced at Rs.950, the 550 ml bottle bobble uses active carbon filter to purify water and make it tastier. “Municipal tap water is fit for drinking but most of us …

US researchers said on Thursday they have created a plastic “skin” that is capable of distinguishing the pressure difference between a limp handshake and a firm grip and then transferring these sensory signals to the brain cells. For the many people around the world living with prosthetics, such a system could one day allow them to feel sensation in their …