London, July 31 : In yesteryears, people would buy an album, put it on the hi-fi and listened to it while reading the lyrics on the record sleeve.

Washington, July 31 : Researchers from the University of Illinois have determined that the giant perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus outperforms current biofuels sources.

Using Miscanthus as a feedstock for ethanol production in the US could significantly reduce the amount of farmland needed for biofuels, while meeting government biofuels production goals, the researchers reported.

Using corn or switchgrass to produce enough ethanol to offset 20 percent of gasoline use would take 25 percent of current US cropland out of food production, the researchers report.

Getting the same amount of ethanol from Miscanthus would require only 9.3 percent of current agricultural acreage.

India is all set to introduce world’s cheapest laptop after proposed cheapest car nano by TATA. The new laptop will cost around $10 only. It will be 10 times cheapest than already present cheapest laptop in the market. Massachusetts-based non-government organization is selling laptop for $188 at present which is considered as the cheapest laptop in the market. It is aimed toward spreading technical education in India.

Pentax has made announcement about the launching of its new ‘Optio E60’ compact digital camera in the market.

Targeting beginners, the newly launched camera is very easy to use and permits the users to get pleasure from high definition effigies with its huge 10.1 megapixels sensor.

This newest member of the Pentax Optio E series comes equipped with an optical 3X zoom lens, wide angle of view from to 32mm to 96mm in 35mm format, which is ideal for group shots in narrow backgrounds, landscapes and architecture.

Brussels  - Scientists and inventors including the president of the prestigious Munich Technical University and the director of Skype are set to steer the European Union's top innovation network, the European Commission announced Wednesday.

The 18-member governing board of the EU's Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) is set to meet for the first time on September 15. It is to discuss how best the EU can encourage scientists and businesses to work together to invent innovative products.