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.

Washington, July 30 : Researchers at the University of Illinois in the US, have devised a method to evaluate substrate surfaces by using a series of killer laser pulses.

Referred to as surface-enhanced Raman scattering, the technique will help to detect deadly fumes in subways, toxic gases in chemical spills, and hidden explosives in baggage.

It functions by adsorbing molecules of interest onto rough metal surfaces, typically enhancing the Raman spectrum by a million times.

Hot spots can occur, however, where the electric field enhancement can be a billion or more.

Sikar (Rajasthan), July 30 : Believe it or not, you may soon be able to purchase a microlight plane in the budget of a luxury car!

An aviation company based at Sikar in Rajasthan has assembled a two-seater microlight aircraft which can take-off and land from a stretch of just 300 feet, and can traverse 15 kilometres using one litre of normal petrol.

Manufactured by a newly formed company, West Wind Aviation, it will be available to the customer at around rupees 35 lakhs (Rs. 3.5 millon) only. The company is in the process of setting up an assembling hangar in Sikar.

This aircraft can touch a cruising speed of 200 knots per hour.

Washington, July 30 : NASA''s Phoenix Mars Lander have discovered visible changes in Martian ice, with cracks appearing in a distinctive hard-surface feature called "Snow Queen".

The feature visibly changed sometime between mid-June and mid-July, close-up images from the Robotic Arm Camera show.

The visible change is that cracks as long as 10 centimeters, or about four inches, have appeared.

Also, a seven-millimeter (less than one-third inch) pebble or clod not seen there before has popped up on the surface, and some smooth texture on Snow Queen has subtly roughened.