Technology News for August 25, 2008

Wasted food is also wasted water
A study has determined that wasted food is wasted water because of the large quantum of water that goes into the cultivation and processing of food. ANI

Now, onion goggles for tear-free chopping
Cookware maker Eddingtons has invented a pair of onion goggles that can offer tear-free chopping for chefs finding the onion chopping experience a little eye watering. ANI

E-surveillance methods intensified for hunting terrorists and criminals
Governments around the world have started to developing increasingly sophisticated electronic surveillance methods in a bid to identify terrorist cells or spot criminal activity in the public domain. ANI

Archaeologists save 3,500 yr old sauna from destruction
A team of archaeologists has saved a 3,500-year-old structure in an island off the coast of Scotland, thought to have been used as a sauna, from destruction by the sea. ANI

Rising seas may devour Britains famous coastal landmarks
Scientists have warned that some of Britains most famous coastal landmarks will be radically changed or even lost because it is no longer possible to hold back rising seas and coastal erosion. ANI

Airplanes and rockets used to disperse rain at the Beijing Olympics closing ceremony
Chinese weather officials have said that they used airplanes and rockets to disperse rain at the Beijing Olympics closing ceremony on August 24. ANI

Spy plane sets new record by staying in air for 82 hours
A British-built solar-powered spy plane has set an unofficial record by staying in the air for 82 hours, or, three-and-a-half days. ANI

New evidence surfaces about authenticity of the shroud of Turin
A physicist has suggested that the carbon dating tests carried out on the controversial shroud of Turin in 1988, were skewed by 1,300 years because of high levels of carbon monoxide, thus raising hopes for the authenticity of the fabric. ANI

Hi-tech robo-athletes are having their own Olympics
While all eyes were set on the athletes participating in the Beijing Olympics, a Japanese firm was organising an athletic competition for radio-controlled humanoid robots in Tokyo. ANI