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Coconut husks used to make cars

Coconut husks used to make carsIt might come as an astonishing surprise to many, but interestingly, a way has been found to change coconut husks into automotive interiors by the researchers at Baylor University.

As per reports, it is possible to make trunk liners, floorboards and car-door interior covers using fibres from the outer husks of coconuts, replacing the synthetic polyester fibres typically used in composite materials.

Scientists developing a ‘Love Potion’

Scientists developing a ‘Love Potion’Falling in love or make someone fall in love won’t be that difficult anymore, since a nose spray is under trial for this purpose. The latest tests have shown that drugs could be used to alter the brain's emotion-controlling areas to heighten or suppress feelings of attraction.

The researchers said, “The treatments could be used to aid marriage counseling or even help a person stay monogamous.”

LG Rolls Out LG Cookie KP500 and LG HT953TV In India

LG Rolls Out LG Cookie KP500 and LG HT953TV In IndiaThis time, LG has wished ‘Valentine’ to its tech savvy users in advance, by making announcement about the launching of its latest full touch screen GSM handset KP500 Cookie, as well as a HT953TV high power (1,000W) output home theatre system in the Indian market.

LG Cookie is an affordable and user-friendly full touch screen GSM phone, which comes with an array of features including a 3 megapixel camera, a QWERTY onscreen keyboard, powerful battery with talk time up to 7 hours, 48 MB internal memory plus 1GB micro SD cards.

Assam students highly impressed by NASA astronaut

Assam students highly impressed by NASA astronautThe Assamese school students were greatly impressed by NASA astronaut Edward Michael Finke, who onboard the ISS today. The man spoke to the students in their native language while an extraordinary live interaction from the space lab was being conducted.

When asked whether he could speak Assamese, Mike Finke, who is married to an Assamese Renita Saikia, said, “Moi alop kobo paru.” (I can speak a little)

Techies can test Windows 7 now

Techies can test Windows 7 nowIt has been learnt that the new Windows PC operating system has being opened up by Microsoft for anyone who has the guts to download it early.

A pre-release, test version of Microsoft (MSFT) Windows 7, the successor to the oft-maligned Windows Vista could be fetched by the public on Friday. This announcement was made on Wednesday night on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show by CEO Steve Ballmer.

Fish can remember things up to five months

Fish can remember things up to five monthsAs per earlier beliefs, fish can remember things only up to three seconds. However, a new research has suggested that this could be false. The research has found that fish can remember things up to five months.

In order to reach this conclusion, a month was spent by researchers at the Israeli Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa in schooling young fish to associate a certain sound with feeding time.

Following this, the fish was released by them into the wild and when the fish became adults after five months, the sounds were repeated.   

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