London, Aug. 5 : The two regional development agencies of the British Midlands – East Midlands Development Agency and Advantage West Midlands are becoming increasingly focused on Indian companies who are looking to expand into the research and development space. 

With world-class universities and institutes who are offering ground breaking research in the field of alternative energy sources, the British Midlands region is poised to become one of the most preferred destinations in the world for undertaking research and development.

Indian companies will now be able to battle problems of greenhouse gases and help make India a better place for the future generations with expert guidance for the region.

Everyone on the planet can be connected through seven links in a chain of contacts. It is established by the study conducted by Microsoft’s instant messaging network.

The researchers have confirmed that all persons are just six degrees from actor Kevin Bacon. The deep study of instant messaging networks used Microsoft's Messenger IM service to come to the conclusion.

London, August 5: Microsoft has started a new research project, Midori, to develop a software program that will help uncouple Windows from a single PC.

The company has revealed that a decision to develop Midori was taken because Windows is unlikely to be able to cope with the pace of change in future technology, and the way people use it.

"If you think about how an operating system is loaded, it's loaded onto a hard disk physically located on that machine. The operating system is tied very tightly to that hardware," the BBC quoted Dave Austin, European director of products at Citrix, as saying.

The market for “notebooks” is expanding day by day, and on Monday, the popular laptop company, Lenovo introduced a low-cost mini-notebook called the IdeaPad S10.

This mini-notebook by Lenovo has a 10 inch screen and a keyboard which is 85% the size of a full keyboard. IdeaPad S10 is powered by Atom processor which was recently released by Intel for mobile internet devices.

London, August 5 : University of Cincinnati researchers have devised a new way to improve the efficiency of traditional LCD panels by preventing a huge part of the light generated in the display from getting wasted.

Jason Heikenfeld, a university expert, says that his team’s approach uses ultraviolet light and liquid lenses.

He has revealed that the display is made from pixels of red, blue and green phosphorescent materials that emit photons when zapped with ultraviolet light.

This is channelled onto the pixels by tiny "waveguides", he adds.

Washington, August 5: U. S. technologists have revealed that the country’s military has plans to have about 30 per cent of the Army comprised of robotic forces by approximately 2020.

Doug Few and Bill Smart of Washington University in St. Louis say that robots are increasingly taking over more soldier duties in Iraq and Afghanistan, and that the U. S. Army wants to make further additions to its robotic fleet.

They, however, also point out that the machines still need the human touch.