17 Feb 2013

The new system has been installed in a Nissan Leaf electric car and tested at up to 64km/h on private roads around the university. Researchers hope the cost of the system can be brought down to £...

3:28AM
24 Jan 2013

Five years after the start of the Great Recession, the toll is terrifyingly clear: Millions of middle-class jobs have been lost in developed countries the world over.

And the situation is...

3:33PM
18 Nov 2012

In China, there's no better time to be a robot. Pictures from this month's International Industry Fair in Shanghai show them duelling with light sabres, playing ping-pong and performing Chinese...

4:37AM
25 Oct 2012

Cars that drive themselves may hold the potential to save thousands of lives, a US government safety official said, as the Obama administration prepares to launch an initiative to determine the...

4:45AM
3 Oct 2012

Efforts by Hon Hai Precision Industry, Apple's main manufacturing contractor, to accelerate automation at all its plants worldwide are being stymied by the high cost and limited supply of...

10:34AM
24 Jul 2012

Ignorance of the law may be no excuse for those responsible for enforcing it, but the rules that determine whether a structure is illegal have become so complicated that even professionals find it...

10:09PM

A heat wave has hit the United States and some regions are boiling. From the Midwest to the East Coast, people and animals are doing their best to stay cool.

9:26PM

If a new air conditioning unit is top priority to make your life bearable this summer, it is important to choose wisely.

6:08PM

Hong Kong has a reputation for being a good place to park hot money, the result of liberal investment rules, an unstable global economy and our proximity to the mainland's multiplying wealth. It...

3:49PM

Energy consumption in Hong Kong rose by more than 26 per cent over two decades, an environmental group says - and much of the power switched on left shoppers shivering in city malls or lit up the...

8:27AM

Japan's Mitsubishi Electric is expanding its factory automation systems business in China to boost annual domestic sales in that market segment to 100 billion yen (HK$9.99 billion), by March...

3:20AM

Three Romanians were sentenced to three years in jail yesterday for withdrawing more than HK$1.5 million from Hong Kong banks by fooling their automated cash machines with doctored British gift...

1:24AM

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