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Toyota unveils cars with auto pilot

Toyota on Friday unveiled the next generation of cars featuring an auto pilot system that will swerve to avoid collisions and also keep to the middle of the road, all without drivers touching the wheel.

Toyota unveils cars with auto pilot
Internet technology becoming cyber chic

Models wearing Google Glass eyewear, Pebble smartwatches and other hot gadgets strutted a catwalk late Monday as Internet technology continued to merge with the world of fashion.

Internet technology becoming cyber chic
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Science ministers of Kazakhstan and China discuss cooperation

Kazakhstan Minister of Education and Science Aslan Sarinzhipov and Chinese Minister of Science and Technology Wan Gang discussed prospects of scientific and technical cooperation.

Science ministers of Kazakhstan and China discuss cooperation
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Risk calculator boosts odds of finding lung cancer

A new software tool may help doctors eliminate mistakes when judging whether a spot that turns up on a smoker's lung scan is cancerous or not.

Risk calculator boosts odds of finding lung cancer
A smartphone that's a sight for sore eyes in Kenya

Simon Kamau, 26, has been in almost constant pain since he was a playful three-year-old and accidentally pierced his eye with a sharp object, but smartphone technology now offers hope.

A smartphone that's a sight for sore eyes in Kenya
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Hon Hai sells 'wearable computing' patent to Google

Taiwan's Hon Hai group has sold part of its patent portfolio involving wearable computing to US technology giant Google.

Hon Hai sells 'wearable computing' patent to Google
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Researcher suggests new wind generators for Kazakhstan

A scientist has invented a new wind generator specially for Kazakhstan weather conditions.

Researcher suggests new wind generators for Kazakhstan
Death of letters spells tough time for biographers, says royal writer

The slow death of handwriting might be a boon for email-reading intelligence agencies but not for biographers, says the man entrusted by Queen Elizabeth II to write the biography of her mother.

Death of letters spells tough time for biographers, says royal writer
Mobile chip giant sees smartphone surprises ahead

Leading mobile phone chip maker Qualcomm said Thursday that the next generation of smartphones will take another stride forward as the company reported robust quarterly earnings.

Mobile chip giant sees smartphone surprises ahead
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'Intelligent' knife can tell tumor from healthy tissue

A new kind of surgical knife can tell cancerous from healthy tissue in seconds and may help improve tumor removal in the operating room.

'Intelligent' knife can tell tumor from healthy tissue
Human-powered helicopter wins US prize

A Canadian-built helicopter that is powered by a human riding a bicycle has become the first winner of a decades-old $250,000 engineering prize.

Human-powered helicopter wins US prize
Dolby helps 'Pacific Rim' thrill ears as well as eyes

Dolby sound specialists have given director Guillermo del Toro a way to put movie goers into the thick of battles between giant robots and fearsome monsters in "Pacific Rim."

Dolby helps 'Pacific Rim' thrill ears as well as eyes
New technique finetunes quest for life on other worlds

European astronomers said on Friday they had devised a technique to detect water in the atmosphere of planets orbiting other stars.

New technique finetunes quest for life on other worlds
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Gazprom abandons arctic gas project for now

Russia's energy giant Gazprom said on Thursday it was giving up development of the Shtokman natural gas field under the arctic Barents Sea until new technology made the project viable.

Gazprom abandons arctic gas project for now
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High-tech tombstones let loved ones live on, virtually

Rick Miller kneels in front of a grave and uses his cell phone to scan a small barcode on a tombstone. Within seconds, he's looking at photos and videos of a lost loved one.

High-tech tombstones let loved ones live on, virtually
Video game hacks straight into US surveillance storm

A video game with a protagonist who controls the world around him by hacking into systems is generating growing buzz, for its eerie parallels with the current storm about US surveillance.

Video game hacks straight into US surveillance storm
Peaceful role for drones explored at TED conference

Unmanned drones, instead of being harbingers of death, should become a vital technological tool in the conservation fight and in delivering vital goods to remote areas.

Peaceful role for drones explored at TED conference
Niederaussem coal power station
Foreign technologies to be used in construction of thermal power plant No.3 in Astana

Foreign technologies may be used in construction of the thermal power plant No.3 in Astana.

Foreign technologies to be used in construction of thermal power plant No.3 in Astana
China to launch longest-ever manned space mission

China was to launch its longest-ever manned space mission Tuesday, with its second woman astronaut among the crew, as it steps up its ambitious space programme, a symbol of the country's growing power.

China to launch longest-ever manned space mission
Apple jumps into streaming with iTunes Radio

Apple on Monday unveiled its hotly anticipated iTunes Radio Service as it announced a dramatic overhaul of the touch-screen interface for its popular smartphones and tablets.

Apple jumps into streaming with iTunes Radio