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Talking Japanese space robot back on Earth
AFP, Published on 12/02/2015
» TOKYO - A pint-sized Japanese robot that became the first android to converse with an astronaut in space has returned to Earth after 18 months in orbit, project organisers said Thursday.
Europe tests space plane in step to strategic goal
AFP, Published on 11/02/2015
» Europe on Wednesday said it successfully launched and brought back to Earth a prototype space plane in a strategy to join an elite club of space powers.
Big US defense blimp stirs privacy jitters
AFP, Published on 11/02/2015
» ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND (UNITED STATES) - On a crisp winter's day, a tethered blimp almost as big as a football field slowly rises into the blue Maryland sky, casting its radar eye over greater Washington and well beyond.
'Dashcams' catching everything from scammers to disasters
AFP, Published on 06/02/2015
» The terrifying footage of a plane clipping a bridge in Taiwan and crashing into a river this week highlighted the popularity of "dashcams" that are capturing everything from crime to natural disasters through the windscreen.
Putin oversees successful rocket launch
AFP, Published on 23/12/2014
» President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday oversaw the successful test-launch of Russia's newest heavy-class Angara rocket, a rare piece of good news in a week dominated by the economic crisis.
A year of sore thumbs
Life, Published on 17/12/2014
» Life's resident game fanatics pick their favourites of 2014.
Battle of the notebooks
Life, Komsan John Jandamit, Published on 19/11/2014
» Playing on extremely fast hardware is the dream of any gamer. Now, we have two of the top-tier gaming notebooks (available in Thailand) fighting to show who's the boss in today's gaming notebook realm.
Web of possibility
Life, James Hein, Published on 19/11/2014
» A decade ago the PC was the primary way that millions of people, mostly running a Windows operating system, interacted with companies and applications. At that same time many used Microsoft Office for building documents and Internet Explorer was the browser king of the era after deposing Netscape.
ZUI Days
Muse, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 15/11/2014
» Humans are obsessed with time. We are always wondering "how long has it been?" and "how long do we have left?" about practically everything in our lives. How long has it been since we were together? How long have I been working at this place? How many days do we have until Christmas? How long have we been alive?
Ebola spread boosts British 'Plague Inc' online game
AFP, Published on 12/11/2014
» LONDON - The Ebola epidemic has led to a boom in downloads for the online game "Plague Inc", prompting its British developer to launch a charity initiative and offer it as a teaching tool.