Hi-tech gadgets for straits’ security
Malaysia Star, Malaysia
PORT KLANG: Three laser cameras and two radio direction finders have been installed in the Straits of Malacca to enhance security in one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes. The equipment, valued at RM13.8mil, was given by the Japanese Government to …

New school gadgets enhance learning
Pembroke Mariner & Reporter, MA
By Steve Annear With just one push of a button, students in the Pembroke Community Middle School Math class are accounted for during attendance. Another click, and they are ready to engage in the day’s curriculum. The device that makes this possible …

New school gadgets enhance learning
Pembroke Mariner & Reporter, MA
By Steve Annear With just one push of a button, students in the Pembroke Community Middle School Math class are accounted for during attendance. Another click, and they are ready to engage in the day’s curriculum. The device that makes this possible …

In pics: Man makes finger into computer gadget
CBBC Newsround, UK
Check this out - it might look like a real finger at a glance, but it's a fake finger with a twist. Finnish computer programmer Jerry Jalava had to have part of a finger removed after a motorbike accident, so he made a fake finger that doubles as a …

MFD uses high-tech gadgets to fight fires
WFIE-TV, IN
By Cory Stark - bio | email MADISONVILLE, KY (WFIE) - In a world of new gizmos and gadgets, at least one department is using technology to fight fires. On-board computers, thermal imaging cameras, and daily critiques of fire operations are the norm for …

Japan warming to cheap foreign gadgets amid slump
The Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — The recession is causing a massive consumer shift in Japan: No longer do its famously finicky and brand-conscious consumers assume imported and no-name electronics are as cheap in quality as they are in price. As products from toasters to …

Japan warming to cheap foreign gadgets amid slump
International Herald Tribune, France
AP TOKYO: The recession is causing a massive consumer shift in Japan: No longer do its famously finicky and brand-conscious consumers assume imported and no-name electronics are as cheap in quality as they are in price. As products from toasters to …

Burglars target high-tech gadgets
The Herald-Sun, NC
BY KEITH UPCHURCH : The Herald-Sun DURHAM — Televisions, laptop computers and video game systems were among property stolen in recent burglaries, police reported. Here are the details: * A burglary in the 2100 block of Sunset Avenue on Tuesday netted …

Latest gadgets are worth the hunt
Wisconsin State Journal, WI
By RAY SASSER Cruise the aisles of an upscale hunting show such as the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Expo in Fort Worth recently and you better understand the hunting industry’s ingenuity. I could not resist, for instance, an incredibly simple little …

Latest gadgets are worth the hunt
Wisconsin State Journal, WI
By RAY SASSER Cruise the aisles of an upscale hunting show such as the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Expo in Fort Worth recently and you better understand the hunting industry’s ingenuity. I could not resist, for instance, an incredibly simple little …