Dexter the lab wizard

Dexter’s Laboratory was originally premiered on Cartoon Network as part of World Premiere Toons aka What a Cartoon Show. The best cartoons were turned into series, and Dexter was one of them. Dexter is a small kid with a secret lab hidden inside his...

Travel Abroad 02 Jul, 2004

TIME OUT

Singh meets HaliKATHMANDU: Member Secretary of National Sports Council Kishor Bahadur Singh organised a lunch programme in honour of the 16th Asian Games Bidding Committee members of China, here on Friday. Vice-governor of Gyang Dong province and...

05 Jun, 2004

Pop goes history

The GuardianLondon:After 20 pages, I was convinced that ‘Words and Music’ was the best book about pop I had ever read. After 280 pages, I was at least convinced that it was the weirdest book about pop I had ever read. But that too is a kind of...

Travel Abroad 05 Jun, 2004

MIND YOUR MANNERS : Be a gentleman

Men should not act like robots and be slaves to etiquette, but some basic good manners will go a long way in helping you during your ascent to the top. Follow these simple tips and people will perceive you as a man of good breeding and taste, hence a...

Travel Abroad 30 May, 2004

Elixir of life

July 17, 2222. 6:30 am. I was greeted by “Good morning, sir. Rise and shine.” It was ‘Betsy’ my robot-cum-maid-cum-nanny. When I purchased her five years ago, I wondered if I had made the correct decision. She was too mother-like; she was even...

Travel Abroad 16 Apr, 2004

The deepest view

BALTIMORE: The deepest-ever view of the universe, a photo by the Hubble Space Telescope that looks back to the edge of the big bang, shows a chaotic scramble of odd galaxies smashing into each other and re-forming in bizarre shapes.The snapshot of the...

Travel Abroad 08 Apr, 2004

STAY FIT : Sleep tight to be alright

The GuardianLondon:Cut sleep out and things rapidly begin to go downhill. One of the first signs that someone is suffering from sleep loss is that they start to become moody and irritable. The brain, perhaps surprisingly, tends to be the only organ...

Travel Abroad 16 Mar, 2004

THE WORLD OVER

50 killed in cycloneANTANANARIVO: At least 50 people have died in the cyclone that lashed the Indian Ocean island of Madagascar at the weekend, rescue officials said on Friday. In the latest toll, 47 people were still missing and 11,873 rendered...

Women 13 Mar, 2004

THE WORLD THIS WEEK

George Michael’s songs for freeLONDON: Pop star George Michael is abandoning the music business to release his songs online for free. The multi-millionaire singer now 40 said he would never make another album for sale in record shops. Fans will be...

Travel Abroad 13 Mar, 2004

Mission Saturn

Kedar P Badu Pokhara: The Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn is the most ambitious space exploration mission ever. It is testing the limits of science and technology by going where no spacecraft has ever gone before. A robot explorer called Cassini is...

Travel Abroad 06 Mar, 2004

PICK OF THE WEEK

TOKYO: A human-shaped, walking robot, which can dance and pick itself up if it falls over, is to go on sale in Japan. Nuvo was unveiled at a Tokyo technology show by a company called ZMP. It can also recognise over 1,000 voice commands, including...

Travel Abroad 06 Mar, 2004

Robot attracts visitors

Himalayan News ServiceKathmandu, January 27Students of Kathmandu University (KU) have exhibited a cleaning Robot at the 10th CAN Info-Tech 2004 which is being visited by thousands of visitors on the fourth day of the exhibition. Prashanta Man Shrestha,...

28 Jan, 2004