TETRA

Four years after the deluge that exposed gaping holes in the city's disaster management techniques, the BMC still cannot switch over to Terrestrial Trunk Radio Access (TETRA), an advanced communication system that will work during flooding and even in "no-network" conditions.

performance

Want to measure your performance in the sack? Well, all you need to do is to download a new iPhone application and see how competent you are when it comes to action between the sheets.

tracking infections

Apple has introduced a new iPhone application, which enables users to track and report outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as H1N1 (swine flu), on the ground in real time.

solar panels

The U.S. Department of Transportation is funding a new research project aimed at replacing asphalt with solar panels as the basic material for making roads, in a bid to solve the crisis of electricity.

new tricks

Stanford scientists may revolutionize digital photography with the aid of an open-source digital camera, which will give programmers around the world the chance to create software that will teach cameras new tricks.

German researchers are sure that compression technologies can put an end to the poor images and sound quality that are often encountered by people during video and telephone conferencing sessions.