A portable, noninvasive, low cost device that helps in pre-screening of five eye major diseases; a solution that allows the farmers to remotely control the agricultural motor using his mobile or land line through an interactive voice response system; is nothing but a device that mechanizes the tedious process of pattern-weaving on the ‘Tie & Dye’ Pochampalli silk saree (Laxmi … [Read more...]

The winners for Nikon’s Photo Contest International 2010-11 was declared recently. The Grand Prix award went to Indian photographer, Debarshi Duttagupta His photo, ‘Learning to Fly’, along with the other award winners will be displayed on the Nikon Photo Contest Judging Results page. (http://www.nikon-npci.com).The 33rd edition of this contest invited submissions in two … [Read more...]

Fujifilm Corp. aims at a new group operating profit record in FY2013 to end March 2014 by boosting overseas sales and beefing up medical and other business operations. The new goal of generating roughly 250 billion yen (US$3.125 billion) in group operating profit in fiscal 2013 translates to an 83 percent jump from fiscal 2010. In the same period, the company aims to bolster … [Read more...]

Canon Inc. reported that its net profit for the fiscal second quarter dropped 20 percent as supply disruptions after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami hit the domestic production sites. The company, whose earnings are seen as a lead indicator for major Japanese precision equipment makers, said that its net profit during the April-June period dropped to 53.8 billion yen … [Read more...]

Sony announced a new range of Cyber-shot compact cameras to be available in the market by August-September. The models to be introduced are WX30, TX55 and W550.The WX30, a successor to the present WX7, features super resolution technology and a touch-screen LCD panel that adds to the model’s looks. The Super Resolution technology makes the 5X zoom lens of the camera to … [Read more...]