Southeast Airlines said it plans to install digital video cameras throughout the cabins of its planes to record the faces and activities of its passengers at all times, as a precaution against terrorism and other safety threats.
In addition, the charter airline, based in Largo, Florida, will store the digitized video for up to 10 [...]

For some it is a miracle tree, a source of many different medicines. But extracts from the Indian neem tree have now been shown to damage the DNA of sperm when fed to mice.
The researchers who made the discovery think that neem could be a “long-term genetic hazard”, and have called for further investigation [...]

A fully-computerised Hindu crematorium has sprung up in the western Indian state of Gujarat, boasting of having live internet broadcasts of funerals through cameras.
Muktidham crematorium’s managers told AFP the facility was set up to enable friends and relations of the deceased in far off places to take part in the ceremony if they were unable [...]

Takara Co. of Japan will launch a device that translates cats’ meows into human speech in November after the smash-hit dog-language electronic interpreter Bowlingual, a spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Meowlingual shows “translations” of cat language on its liquid crystal display when held close to the animals, the spokesperson said.
The device will be priced at ¥8800 [...]

On the screen, an animated figure takes a step forward and tries to walk. Instead it collapses immediately, falls on its back, and flails its legs helplessly. Then it reappears at the left of the screen, takes a few delicate baby steps, and falls again. Returning to the screen, it raises its knees, takes six [...]