
London: A Japanese company has come up with a robot vacuum cleaner that can talk to people as it cleans. The gadget can be controlled with an iPhone and it also sends back photos of the home while it does its job. The Cocorobo - created by Sharp - speaks three languages, English, Japanese and Chinese. It comes with more than 30 phrases, including "Long time no see" and "Hello",...

11:13 AM, May 10, 2012

New Delhi: A joyride by a cleaner ended up snuffing out the life of two men when he rammed the car, owned by a senior External Affairs Ministry official, into them in south Delhi on Monday, police said. The accident came on a day when the daughter of one of the victims was to get engaged. Sultan Singh (50) and Raja Ram (30) were killed in the accident near Ansal...

05:32 PM, Feb 20, 2012

There is little in common between US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Sindhu, a village belle who lives 14,000 kilometres away in South India. Sindhu is a primary school dropout, who hardly ventures out of her hamlet. She spends most of her time in daily chores such as cooking, washing and keeping the family hog pen with a lone animal. She knows nothing of international power politics or cross-border...

02:32 PM, Apr 07, 2011

Skulls Unlimited International is a company that cleans, sells and stores skulls. 'Business is busy out here,' they tell. ...

12:40 PM, Apr 03, 2007