Japan latest invention

	Humanoids continue invading
...The 21st century is not the time, when people can be easily impressed, this can be refered to another, whether weird or wise, invention of the Japanese, that is a humanoid robot. On the other hand the most impressive thing is that people are still striving to create somebody, or something, to resemble themselves. This game has ended up in a demonstration of bots to help the aging population of Japan in their everyda...
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	Japanese Scientists Work on a Flexible Battery
...A new type of battery invented in Japan, in the University of Waseda. This is a flexible rechargeable battery, based on polymers. The development of this type of battery was conditioned by the permanently developing industry of portable devices, which become smaller and smaller each year. Researches on this device have been conducted for several years, but the scientists, working on this battery are Drs. Hiroyuki Nishide...
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	New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans
...One of the latest inventions in the field of light emitting devices might change the way people light their homes and design clothes. The device represents a thin film of plastic able to conduct electricity and create solar power. Scientists working on the international project are looking forward to bring the organic light emitting devices to the masses. Thus the invention could significantly cut costs by billions of ...
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	Timeline of the events in Tallinn, Estonia
...Note: Current chronology covers mainly the latest events with a small introduction of events leading to them. September 26, 2006 - Estonian Prime-Minister Andrus Ansil intends demolition of the Soviet Soldier monument, standing on the central square of Tallinn. He claims that in 1944 the Soviet army did not free the Estonian capital from fascist occupation. The Government said that the fascists have left Tallinn by the...
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	The 2007 Winners of Ig Nobel Prize Who Made us Laugh and Think
... Physics L. Mahadevan of Harvard University, USA, and Enrique Cerda Villablanca of Universidad de Santiago de Chile, were awarded for finding the key to how sheets become wrinkled. Chemistry Japanese scientist Mayu Yamamoto of the International Medical Center of Japan managed to extract a vanilla fragrance and flavor from cow dung. Nutrition Brian Wansink of Cornell University, once questioned the limits of h...
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	NASA Starts 2007 Competition to Build Space Elevator
...d ongoing NASA mission areas". The final competition event will take part at October 21 at the Davis County Event Center just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, where teams from US, Canada, Spain, Japan and other countries will be competing to win half a million NASA prize. The teams that will participate in competition to build space elevator will face a challenge to design and construct the robot that can cl...
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	Researchers Suggest: More Happiness Results in More Suffering
...igehiro Oishi (University of Virginia) and his colleagues from three other institutions suggests that on average, European-Americans feel happy in general. They feel more happy than Asian-Americans, Japanese or Koreans. However, European-Americans loose their happiness more easily when influenced by negative factors and need more time to recover than those living in Asia or having an Asian ancestry. The study also s...
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	NASA to Strike the Moon with a Double Sledgehammer
..., is "like trying to drive to San Francisco and not knowing where it is on the map." Together with other scientists working on this mission he looks forward to use the studies from LRO as well as the Japanese Kaguya (Selene) lunar orbiter in order to target the locations of the crater before the arrival of LCROSS. "Nobody has ever been to the poles of the moon, and there are very unique craters - similar to Mercury - w...
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	European Union is Angry on Microsoft
...e with Brussels, the company faced further fines for seeking unreasonable prices from the software developers for vital data. The European Union criticized Microsoft. The EU executive stated that the latest formal charges might lead the American software corporation to additional daily penalties. Jonathan Todd, the competition spokesman of European Commission, said that the EU, for the first time in its antitrust policy...
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	Happiness Might Appear Before Fortunate Events Occur, Study Says
...ot the only factor to influence our well-being. Those who will have their life run in a more balanced way are predominantly inclined to feel happy long before the fortunate occurrence in their life. Latest psychological studies have found that the feeling of happiness is not related to outside circumstances or turning points of one's life. This means that prosperity, marriage or health do not determine our subjective wel...
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	Scientist's call upon policy makers on global warming
...es. Nowadays no one should feel indifferent about the serious consequences that global warming entails. One of the main goals set on the summit is to consolidate for appeal to policy makers. The latest Congress debates held in Washington, where Bush administration was criticized for inadequate response to global warming danger, showed that there is a necessity for scientific appeal to policy makers. Thus a new commit...
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	CBS acquires an online high school sports network
...in promoting not only the sports stars, but will also show the entire nation the upcoming stars in all kinds of national sports. He said that this transaction will keep millions of people informed on latest high school sports events and will entertain sport communities based around high schools. Mr. Beal will retain his seat, yet obliged to report to Brian Bedol, the President and CEO of the CSTV Networks, Inc. MaxPreps...
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	China's Google in Japan
...The number one search engine in China, Baidu.com, has started its own Japanese search engine, which is the company's first regular service it provides outside of China. The new website, called www.baidu.jp includes a search bar for Web page and image searches. The site also features a user help and advanced services. The so-called "China's Google" was about to expand its activity overseas as early as March. Until recen...
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	Alcohol kills faster than ecstasy
...heroin and cocaine. Tobacco was placed ninth and fell within a category B drug, after amphetamine. Such dangerous drugs as cannabis, LSD, ecstasy were left far near the end of the drug list. This latest study raised the question that government's drug policy was not paying enough attention to modern state of affairs and didn't take notice of the scientific findings. There should be no surprise that ecstasy drug was...
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	Japan's uncertain guilt for sex slavery during World War II
...The apology on Japan's contribution to forced women prostitution, made by Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was not convincing enough to acknowledge their responsibility. Earlier this month Shinzo Abe disapproved Japan's implication into the women's sex slavery during the World War II and that caused negative response all over the world. More than 200,000 women from Korea and China were exploited for sexual service i...
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