Experts build crab-like robot to remove stomach cancer
Robot to suture wounds in future. Inspired by Singapore’s famous chilli crab dish, researchers have created a miniature robot with a pincer and a hook that can remove early-stage stomach cancers without leaving any scars. Mounted on an endoscope, it enters the patient’s gut through the mouth. It has a pincer to hold cancerous tissues, [...]
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Fire in warehouse of textile factory in Karachi guts cut pieces and scrap
Fire in warehouse of a textile factory gutted the cut peaces and scrap present in godown here in Karachi on Monday.
According to details, fire erupted due to unknown reason in the warehouse of textile factory located near Libra Square adjacent to machine tool factory. Upon getting the information, six fire brigades reached the scene and started rescue operation. The fire was brought under control …
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Fire in cardboard factory and godown in Lahore causes millions of rupees losses
Goods, machinery and manufactured paper products worth millions of rupees were burnt to ashes when fire erupted in a cardboard factory and godown here in Lahore late Thursday night.
According to rescue sources, fire caused due to unknown reasons engulfed the cardboard factory and godown located in Kasur Pura Ravi Road area of Lahore gutting machinery worth millions of rupees, cardboards and …
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Fourteen of 29 trapped miners rescued
ABBOTTABAD/QUETTA, Jan 25: At least 29 workers were trapped inside two mines on Wednesday — 15 in Mach area of Balochistan and 14 in Tarnawai area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. However, 14 of them were later rescued.
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Memo commission summons Malik over ‘controversial’ statements
The commission probing the memogate scandal has resumed the hearing of the case and said that Mansoor Ijaz is the prime witness in the case, therefore, his security should be ensured, report said on Tuesday. Ijaz’s counsel, Akram Shaikh, said that his client was receiving threats from the government machinery. Shaikh said government’s representatives were issuing threatening …
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Kim Jong-un’s ‘dangerous brother’
Scott Snyder
North Korea’s from Kim Jong-il to Kim Jong-un has gone according to script. The Korean Workers’ Party and the Korean People’s Army are supporting Kim Jong-un as North Korea’s new leader and North Korea’s propaganda machine hasn’t missed a beat in announcing , manufacturing accomplishments, and portraying Kim Jong-un as a Great Successor …
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Breach emerges in makeshift dyke at Ravi
Breach in makeshift dyke on Ravi River swallowed heavy machinery and few vehicles parked nearby. However, no causality was reported. According to details, the breach emerged in the temporary barrier at Ravi River near Gulshan Ravi, Lahore when at least 22 labourers were busy in construction work. All the labourers along with four trucks, eight heavy trailers and two cranes were trapped due to …
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Chitrali youth invents avalanche warning device
CHITRAL, Jan 4: Realising the danger faced by people of Chitral due to avalanches, a local youth has invented a machine to warn about movement of avalanche in mountains and highlands.
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Mind reading machines on their way: IBM
Century-old technology colossus IBM on Monday depicted a near future in which machines read minds and recognize who they are dealing with.
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Zardari warns against conspiracies of anti democratic forces
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President Asif Ali Zardari who is aslo Co-Chairman of PPP has warned the party workers against machinations of anti-democratic forces and called upon them to stand firm and united and to continue the forward march to build a progressive and democratic Pakistan in which everyone lives with honour and dignity.…
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Gumby-like flexible robot crawls in tight spaces
LOS ANGELES: Harvard scientists have built a new type of flexible robot that is limber enough to wiggle and worm through tight spaces. It’s the latest prototype in the growing field of soft-bodied robots. Researchers are increasingly drawing inspiration from nature to create machines that are more bendable and versatile than those made of metal. [...]
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NASA launching ‘dream machine’ to explore Mars
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As big as a car and as well-equipped as a laboratory, NASA’s newest Mars rover blows away its predecessors in size and skill. Nicknamed Curiosity and scheduled for launch on Saturday, the rover has a 7-foot arm tipped with a jackhammer and a laser to break through the Martian red…
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PTI terms PML-N show in Fisalabad as flop
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Central Leader, Asad Qasir here Monday termed Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) show in Faisalabad as flop that was evident from the lackluster enthusiasm and sentiments of people. “The sentiments of public in PML-N meeting in Faislabad suggested that it was a dull and boring show despite use of Punjab government’s machinery [...]
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Japan computer smashes speed record
The “K Computer” has broken its own record as the world’s fastest machine by performing 10 quadrillion calculations per second.
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Syrian tanks fire despite Arab League deal; 4 dead
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Syrian tanks mounted with machine-guns fired Thursday on a city at the heart of the country’s uprising, killing at least four people one day after Damascus agreed to an Arab League plan calling on the government to pull the military out of cities, activists said. The violence does not bode…
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Building highway to fight militancy
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WANA (Reuters) – Deep in country’s unruly tribal areas, army engineers protected by soldiers on mountaintops spend hours every morning combing the earth for Taliban bombs before embarking on a special mission.
After determining there is no danger, they use machinery to cut through rugged terrain to build a highway…
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Israel test-fires missile amid Iran debate
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Israel test-fired a missile on Wednesday, two days after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of the “direct and heavy threat” posed to the Jewish state by Iran’s nuclear program. “Israel today carried out the test-firing of a rocket propulsion system from the Palmachim base,” a Defense Ministry statement said. “This…
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