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EA turns Dante's Inferno into game

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:53:01 GMT

Nov 6 - The fourteenth century literary masterpiece by Italian poet Dante Alighieri has been reinterpreted as a graphic slasher video game which will come out in 2010.

Japan's high-tech cemeteries

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:48:01 GMT

Nov 5 - Japan, known for cutting-edge technology as well as ancestor worship, is merging the two with the latest in the funereal: card-activated crypts.

UK mobile tracking device launches

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:13:01 GMT

Nov. 3 - A new tracking service for mobile phones has been unveiled in Britain, utilizing the mapping data from the government agency Ordnance Survey.

Israeli companies tackle water leaks

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:59:47 GMT

Nov 3 - Israeli companies are making water thrift easier, with a drone that reads water meters and a turbine that generates electricity from inside pipes. The innovations will be unveiled at a conference in Tel Aviv next month.

Space hotel on schedule to open

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:17:22 GMT

Nov 2 - The company behind plans to open the first hotel in space predicts a holiday in orbit will soon become a realistic travel option.

"Virtusphere" walking tour

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:35:59 GMT

Nov 2 - A New York company is marketing the "Virtusphere" designed to facilitate a virtual reality experience unmatched by any other.

Inventor makes water out of air

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:28:22 GMT

Oct 28 - A French inventor has come up with a windmill that turns thin air into water and says his creation could offer hope to millions of people around the world who do not have enough water.

Last FM innovator returns with RJDJ

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:33:01 GMT

Oct 28 - The London-based technology company started by Austrian entrepreneur Michael Breidenbruecker recently launched the world's first iPhone only album, allowing listeners to create their own real-time mixes.

S. Africa nuclear firm gets support

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:58:55 GMT

Oct 28 - A South African nuclear power firm expects the government to use its new pebble bed reactor to help diversify the country's energy mix away from coal.

Google Juice befuddles Fleet Street

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:38:01 GMT

Oct 27 - Efforts to tailor online news to improve the chances of the articles turning up in Google's search results spark worries over the storied craft of headline writing.

A Twitter take on classic lit

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:23:01 GMT

Oct 26 - The terse writing style of the microblogging service Twitter has been used to reduce classic works of literature to 'tweets' in Penguin's forthcoming book 'Twitterature'.

Turning wood into bone

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:35:06 GMT

Oct 26 - Scientists are working on a new procedure that could eventually turn wood into artificial bones.

Field narrows in X-Prize race

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:59:02 GMT

Oct 23 - The Progressive Insurance Automotive X-Prize has announced that 43 teams from ten countries have qualified for the final phase of competition.

Inventors go wacky with greentech

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:54:47 GMT

Oct 23 - Weird, wacky and wonderful inventions take center stage at INNOVAR in Buenos Aires.

Queen guitarist celebrates 3D photos

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:39:17 GMT

Oct 22 - The world-renowned guitarist Brian May has released a book featuring a collection of work by the Victorian stereoscopic photographer Thomas Richard Williams.

Japan's H1N1 flu simulator

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:38:01 GMT

Oct 22 - Japan, home to cyborgs and robots that work or play, is host this week to a human-like simulator with H1N1 flu symptoms.

Nook e-reader launched

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:33:01 GMT

Oct. 21 - Barnes & Nobles' Nook e-reader hits the streets in late November and with a color LCD touchscreen, it's sure to rival Amazon's Kindle.

Fishing industry looks to go green

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:52:40 GMT

Oct 21 - The fishing industry is often accused of committing crimes against nature, now innovators in northern Europe are trying to improve its environmental record.

Queen's Brian May launches 3D book

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:48:01 GMT

Oct 21 - The world-renowned guitarist has released a new book featuring a collection of work by the Victorian stereoscopic photographer Thomas Richard Williams.

BlackBerry launches updated Bold

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:43:01 GMT

Oct 21 - BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion looks to tackle Apple's iPhone and other handset makers with an updated version of its Bold smartphone.

NASA rolls out new rocket

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:38:01 GMT

Oct. 19 - The Ares 1-X made its first journey on Tuesday -- this time on the ground. A 7 hour, 4 mile rollout -- docking the 327 foot rocket to its new launchpad.

Microsoft rebounds with Windows 7

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:48:01 GMT

Oct 20 - The new operating system by the world's largest software manufacturer has been widely praised as a significant improvement on the unpopular Vista.

NASA's new rocket readied for launch

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:33:01 GMT

Oct 20 - NASA's new Ares I-X rocket is slowly moved to the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of a proposed lift-off on October 27.

Cube home takes top solar prize

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:55:14 GMT

Oct 19 - Team Germany has won the U.S.'s annual Solar Decathlon with a shiny, black cube home that combines design and functionality.

Kindly chimps may give human insight

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:29:27 GMT

Oct 19 - Japanese researchers say chimpanzees are capable of helping one another when asked.