A specially-designed iPad application for autistic children could aid them in their lessons and become an easy at-home means of therapy for such children, an NGO working for disabled children in the national capital said Thursday.


Special iPad application now for schooling autistic children


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Aakash is a series of Android-based tablet computers promoted as a learning tool by the Human Resource Development ministry.


New Aakash computers are about quality: Prof Jhunjuhunwala


Scientists have developed a nanofiber mesh that can efficiently induce natural death (apoptosis) of epithelial cancer cells, says a study.


Nanofiber mesh developed to treat cancer


When the world's cheapest tablet gets a new version, especially one attached to a government tender expected to be in the millions, there's always excitement. "Aakash 4 to have 4G and voice calling" went the news headlines today.


Proposed Aakash 4 specs are a step back (Comment: Special to IANS)


Global software major Oracle Corporation Wednesday unveiled its latest database server, which is 10 times faster than its earlier version for Indian enterprises across industry verticals.


Oracle unveils faster database server for Indian enterprises


Ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, one of the biggest political weapons of tghe Congress will be smartphones.


Smartphones to be Congress' poll weapon


An ambitious scheme to distribute free laptops and tablets to students who clear Class 12 and 10 exams in Uttar Pradesh may have run into rough weather, officials say.


Has Akhilesh's laptop scheme run into rough weather? (Lead, deleting figures in second last para)


An ambitious scheme to distribute free laptops and tablets to students who pass out of class 12 and class 10 pass in Uttar Pradesh may have run into rough weather, officials say.


Has Akhilesh's free laptop scheme run into rough weather?


The Indian space agency is awaiting the government's nod for one more vehicle/rocket assembly building at its second launch pad in Sriharikota at an outlay of around Rs.350 crore, said a senior official.


Indian space agency wants second rocket assembly facility


Global software giant Microsoft is seeking space in the Technopark campus here, a top official of the IT department said Wednesday.


Microsoft seeking space in Kerala's Technopark: Official


India Tuesday sought to play down reports of the US cyber snooping at diplomatic missions, including at the Indian embassy in Washington, and said it was merely a "computer study of patterns" and also cast doubts on the veracity of the revelations.


India plays down US cyber snooping reports


West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday said the people's privacy was in jeopardy with the central government developing the Centralised Monitoring System (CMS), an all-encompassing surveillance mechanism.


Mamata questions UPA's monitoring system


Researchers have found a potential target for therapy in a kind of adult brain tumour that promises to pave the way for treatment of other type of cancers as well, says a study.


New target for therapy found in brain tumours


Uttar Pradesh has begun drafting an online policy aimed at catering to news websites, portals and news wires, an official said Tuesday.


UP begins work on online policy


When India's first navigation satellite was successfully placed in orbit, an individual at the launch centre said this seemed to be the first time in the history of the Indian space agency that a mission literally took two days - Monday and Tuesday!


An ISRO mission that was spread over two days!


The Indian space agency has lined up a string of launches, including the silver jubilee flight of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-C25 (PSLV-C25) carrying the Mars orbiter, a top official said.


India plans string of satellite launches


Watching an "avatar", or a computer-generated image, that performs weight-loss actions in a virtual community might help women shed weight in the real world, says a new US study.


Virtual reality may encourage women to lose weight


The Indian space agency performed its role in the best possible manner during rescue operations in flood-hit Uttarakhand, a top official said.


'ISRO performed its role well during Uttarakhand floods'


Toronto, July 1 (IANS/EFE) Ford said it is using the same thermal imaging technology that security forces use in order to detect and repair air leaks in its autos, and in that way reduce the sound level inside the vehicle for a quieter ride.


Ford uses infrared images to soundproof its cars


Most advanced technologies of chemical devices will be on display for two days in China's Shanghai city in August.


China to hold biggest chemical equipment exhibition


A 15-year-old girl from Punjab has become the only Indian student to make it to the finals of the Google Science Fair, 2013, a company statement said here Saturday.

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