Technology News for June 17, 2008

Japanese company creates eco-friendly car that uses water as fuel!
Japanese company, Genepax has claimed that it has created a new eco-friendly car that can run on nothing but water. ANI

World will run out of Internet addresses by 2010
The Internet will run out of addresses in another two years as only 700 million separate addresses are remaining for allocation out of the 4.3 billion available on the present network. ANI

Nintendo cooks up talking kitchen guide
It helped you get back in shape and even trained your brains. Now, video game brand Nintendo has created a talking kitchen guide, which could spell the end of the traditional cook book. ANI

American plant Kudzu is a potential source for obtaining biofuel
Scientists have determined that Kudzu, which is one of the most invasive plants of America, is a potential source for obtaining biofuel. ANI

Parasites might help in the evolution of language
Scientists have suggested that in the absence of geographical barriers such as mountains and oceans, parasite wedges can keep populations of the same species apart, providing the opportunity for populations and even new languages to evolve separately. ANI

GPS access may facilitate automated aircraft-carrier landing
Automated landing on aircraft-carriers can be made possible if both the ship and the aircraft are in sync with each other via GPS, say scientists. ANI

Male Australian wrens use wiggling genitals to lure females
The presence of a wiggling tongue-like knob on the genitals of some birds, is what helps them attract females of their species, revealed scientists from University of Chicago. ANI

Kids learn smart behaviours even without knowing how things work
A new research has suggested that young children learn smart and flexible behaviour early in life - even though they dont really know what theyre doing. ANI

Rock structures in British Columbian lake may hold vital clues to history of life on Earth
Scientists will take the help of single person submersibles to retrieve samples from a lake (Pavillion) in northern British Columbia that may hold vital clues to the history of life on Earth and on other planets. ANI

Indian origin scientist develops potential hydrogen storage material
A scientist of Indian origin has led an international research team to demonstrate an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen release in magnesium nanoparticles - a potential hydrogen storage material. ANI

Australia develops human vaccine for bird flu
A vaccine to protect people against bird flu has been developed in Australia, said the countrys federal Health Minister. ANI

Honda begins production of zero-emission, hydrogen fuel-cell powered car
Japanese car manufacturer Honda has begun the first commercial production of a zero-emission, hydrogen fuel-cell powered vehicle. ANI

First farmers used green beads as good luck charms
A new study has suggested that some of the first farmers in the Near East probably used green beads as good luck charms to protect themselves and their crops. ANI

Seals may be able to use stars for navigation
A team of biologists from the University of Southern Denmark has suggested that seals may be able to use the stars for navigation. ANI

Blast waves from supernovae kickstarted star formation in early galaxies
Scientists have developed a computer simulation which shows that blast waves from the first supernovae kickstarted star formation in galaxies in the early universe. ANI

Phoenix Mars Lander finds possible ice on Red Planet
NASAs Phoenix Mars Lander has uncovered a patch of what may be ice on the border of a polygon-shaped section of soil in the northern plains of the Red Planet. ANI

Indian finds mechanism behind Holy Grail of computing
A physicist of Indian origin has claimed to have found the mechanism behind the single molecular switch, which is considered as the Holy Grail of computing. ANI

NASA probe to plunge into the Sun to unravel its mysteries
NASA has started work on a mission called Solar Probe Plus that will plunge deeply into the suns atmosphere, to shed new light on the giant stars mysteries. ANI