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The Indian Road Transport Ministry has begun the process of creating standards for automobile safety, called the New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP). Test facilities are also being built to perform these tests throughout the country.

A team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a flexible piezoelectric implant that can harvest energy from natural motions within the body. The device has been tested on cows and sheep and has demonstrated that it can harvest enough energy from a beating heart to power a cardiac pacemaker.

A research team at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University has developed a chip that can be placed on any sensing point – such as electrical cables, conductors, junctions – to detect electrical currents. This revolutionary chip does not use power supplies and signal conditioners that are traditionally used with current sensors.

Spectrum Brands are recalling three different models flashlights due to a burn hazard because batteries can overheat and melt the flashlight’s plastic casing. The CPSC has received reports of 12 flashlights overheating and melting while in use.

The FCC has proposed a $5.23 million fine against U.S. Telecom Long Distance Inc. (USLTD) for allegedly changing consumers’ preferred long distance carriers without prior authorization and billing for unauthorized charges and failing to describe charges simply and clearly as required by federal law.