According to Prophy-Lectric’s vice president of engineering Peter Priapikoff, the Nippit 3000 chip — although barely a micron in diameter — projects a high-intensity ultra-sonic electromagnetic “sound cone” that is inaudible to the human ear but fatal to any sperm cell within a range of six meters, or about 18 feet.

Bubbles come and go - especially in the technology world. As this article points out, in the sixties, if your company had “tron” or “tronics” in your name, you were hot. More recently there were the dot coms or the e-something or i-something companies. Nowadays, it seems that nano-anything is setting Wall Street on fire, […]

To Dr Michael Bull, portable music players are “multi-faceted transformative devices”, a “tool whereby users manage space, time and the boundaries around the self.”

An Australian handyman admitted he was stupid to shoot himself in the head with a nail gun in a misguided prank that left him with a nail lodged in his brain.

A fluid-filled lens that changes focus in response to an electrical current could provide cheaper optical systems for electronic gadgets like camera phones and DVD players.

A trick that boosts the power of miniature hydrogen fuel cells by up to 50 per cent has been revealed by US researchers. Such fuel cells could help keep portable gadgets up and running - cellphone giant Nokia warned last week that battery technology is not keeping pace with advanced phone functions.

Biotech wheat has yet to show whether it will be a blessing or a curse to U.S. growers, and China’s increased interest in biotech is making the dilemma more intense.