Displaced Ukrainians make remote-controlled stretchers in family workshop
As Russia's invasion grinds on and Kyiv seeks more innovative battlefield solutions.
Fri Jun 07 2024
How to turn your smartphone into a TV remote control
Apple and Google make it easy for users to access their various TV operating systems from a smartphone.
Mon Apr 10 2023
Hong Kong zero-COVID policies create mountains of plastic waste
Remote controls are wrapped in cellophane, pillows are encased in plastic bags, food comes with plastic cutlery.
Tue Apr 19 2022
What is Airspeeder racing, the new competition of flying cars?
Initially piloted via remote control, these 'flying cars' will soon be driven by real pilots on board the vehicles.
Sat Mar 19 2022
Indonesian village turns unwanted trash into COVID helper
The robot's head is made from a rice cooker, and it is operated by remote control with 12-hour battery life.
Thu Aug 12 2021
Meet Jellyfishbot, the robot that likes to eat sea trash
The bright yellow remote-controlled electric powered boat can get into corners and narrow spaces which are difficult for cleaners to reach.
Wed Jul 07 2021
Remote control: Companies blur lines over who owns devices
Industry executives and analysts say companies are exerting greater remote control over their devices - not always with permission or with the user's best interests at heart.
Fri Feb 10 2017
Russian woman stabs grandson, 5, over TV remote
The 51-year-old woman "stabbed her five-year-old grandson three times in the stomach and chest with a kitchen knife after he did not pass her the remote control.
Fri Oct 09 2015
RMP to use drone technology by year-end
Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the remote controlled surveillance drones would be used to monitor situations such as illegal gatherings.
Thu Aug 13 2015
Toyota offers a robotic helping hand
The Human Support Robot is operated via remote control, a key to live fuller lives as they get older.
Sat Jul 18 2015
6 apps to remote control your car via the Apple Watch
Volkswagen, Mercedes and Volvo have joined BMW, Porsche and Tesla on the growing list of car companies that are offering apps compatible with the Apple Watch.
Mon Jun 01 2015
Dozen wounded as car bomb rips through Narathiwat
Around a dozen people were wounded when a car bomb detonated by remote control ripped through a karaoke bar in Thailand's Muslim-majority deep south on Friday.
Fri Feb 20 2015
Sultan does not want 'remote-controlled' Selangor MB - source
The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah does not want a remote-controlled Menteri Besar, says palace insider.
Fri Aug 29 2014
Dry ice vacuum cleaner robot bound for Fukushima
A remote controlled robot that uses dry ice to vacuum up radiation was unveiled by Japanese researchers on Friday, the latest innovation to help the clean-up at Fukushima.
Mon Feb 18 2013
Bomb kills at least 10 Shiite Muslims in SW Pakistan
A remote-controlled bomb targeting Shiite Muslims killed at least 10 people in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest on Saturday, police said.
Sat Feb 16 2013
'No one will win a trade war,' China says after Trump tariff threat
Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.
Tue Nov 26 2024
What has caused Pakistan's deadly clashes between police and supporters of Imran Khan?
Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.
Tue Nov 26 2024
One woman or girl killed every 10 minutes by intimate partner or family member - UN
The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".
Tue Nov 26 2024
Sweden urges Chinese ship to return for undersea cable investigation
Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.
Tue Nov 26 2024
[COLUMNIST] Building more highways won’t solve traffic congestion - reducing demand will
It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Hyundai to invest RM2.16 bil in Malaysia through strategic partnership with INOKOM
This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.
Tue Nov 26 2024
‘C4Cinta’ sets record as highest-grossing Malaysian Tamil film
'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Man charged with mother's murder, storing body in freezer
The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Abolition of examination in schools to reduce pressure on pupils - Fadhlina
The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.
Tue Nov 26 2024
Google, Meta urge Australia to delay bill on social media ban for children
Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.
Tue Nov 26 2024