Organic magnets could soon be used for magnetic coatings and data storage systems

A wristwatch sized mobile phone will be introduced in the market by ad 2000

Flax, wood and cotton could soon replace plastics

A cost effective motor to launch satellites is being developed in the US

A four-seater plane has been developed in the UK that can take off from a 3,000-ft runway and cruise for 2,415 km at approximately 800 km per hour. This tiny jet, called CMC Leopard, weighs 1,812 kg

After a six-year research, a tennis speedball analyser (TSA), has been developed by Toucon SA, Verbier, Switzerland and a government sponsored company. The graphite racket features a unique software

In chips and piecesEverything needed to browse the Web and send e-mail will soon be put into a single microprocessor. The Japanese firm Toshiba, in association with iReady, a chip designer from San

Gadolinium, a rare-earth metal, is being used to create a new technology of refrigeration. The metal heats up when subjected to a magnetic field and cools down when demagnetised. This quality of the

After years of false starts and setbacks, the hybrid of a plane and a helicopter, known as a tiltrotor, is all set for commercial operations. Bell Helicopter Textron and the Boeing Company's