![India's Lok Sabha election 2024: What are electronic voting machines? India's Lok Sabha election 2024: What are electronic voting machines?](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-04/51713247561_Electionstaffjpg.jpg)
India's Lok Sabha election 2024: What are electronic voting machines?
Here are some details about the electronic voting machines, which have drawn criticism that they are vulnerable to tampering.
Thu Apr 18 2024
![Moon lander Odysseus mission to be cut short after sideways touchdown Moon lander Odysseus mission to be cut short after sideways touchdown](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-02/51708663205_TBIntuitiveMachin.jpg)
Moon lander Odysseus mission to be cut short after sideways touchdown
It remained to be seen how much scientific data might be lost as a result of the shortened lifespan of Odysseus.
Tue Feb 27 2024
![US achieves first moon landing in half century with private spacecraft US achieves first moon landing in half century with private spacecraft](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2024-02/51708663205_TBIntuitiveMachin.jpg)
US achieves first moon landing in half century with private spacecraft
NASA hailed the landing as major achievement of sending commercially flown spacecraft on scientific scouting missions to the moon.
Fri Feb 23 2024
![About RM350 mln spent annually to finance treatment of kidney patients - Sivakumar About RM350 mln spent annually to finance treatment of kidney patients - Sivakumar](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2023-07/81688959077_PusatRawatanHemodi.jpg)
About RM350 mln spent annually to finance treatment of kidney patients - Sivakumar
V. Sivakumar said this was a very big amount and in a bid to reduce the costs, Perkeso is making efforts to establish more dialysis centres.
Tue Nov 07 2023
![Ghosts in their machines: Thai livestream spooks a new generation Ghosts in their machines: Thai livestream spooks a new generation](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2023-04/51681115382_TBGHOSTRADIO.jpg)
Ghosts in their machines: Thai livestream spooks a new generation
It is almost midnight, and above a semi-abandoned Bangkok shopping centre, Ghost Radio is on air.
Mon Apr 10 2023
![Chinese firm invents lockdown-inspired kissing machine for remote lovers Chinese firm invents lockdown-inspired kissing machine for remote lovers](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2023-03/71679570199_CHINA.jpg)
Chinese firm invents lockdown-inspired kissing machine for remote lovers
In the two weeks after its release, the firm sold over 3,000 kissing machines and received about 20,000 orders, said inventor Zhao Jianbo.
Thu Mar 23 2023
![Company director claims trial to submitting false documents worth nearly RM3 mln Company director claims trial to submitting false documents worth nearly RM3 mln](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2023-01/81673608294_PengarahsyarikatWo.jpg)
Company director claims trial to submitting false documents worth nearly RM3 mln
A director of a rubber manufacturing company pleaded not guilty to four counts of submitting false documents over a non-existent sale of used machines.
Fri Jan 13 2023
![Bolsonaro challenges Brazil election he lost to Lula Bolsonaro challenges Brazil election he lost to Lula](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2020-07/41594364012_TBNRAZILPMJAIRBOLS.jpg)
Bolsonaro challenges Brazil election he lost to Lula
Bolsonaro argues that votes from some machines should be "invalidated" in a complaint that election authorities met with initial skepticism.
Wed Nov 23 2022
![Will robots replace humans at Amazon? Will robots replace humans at Amazon?](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-11/61668496338_Amazon.jpg)
Will robots replace humans at Amazon?
The development of Amazon's robotics are fueling fears that it's warehouses will one day be run by machines, leading to huge layoffs.
Tue Nov 15 2022
![In wealthy Dubai, poor get free bread from machines In wealthy Dubai, poor get free bread from machines](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-09/81664536052_bread.jpg)
In wealthy Dubai, poor get free bread from machines
Ten vending machines were installed in supermarkets, with a computer touch screen allowing people to select different types of bread.
Sat Oct 01 2022
![SK Putrajaya Presint 11 (3), home to budding internationally-acclaimed roboticists SK Putrajaya Presint 11 (3), home to budding internationally-acclaimed roboticists](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-05/61651494045_SKPutrajaya.jpg)
SK Putrajaya Presint 11 (3), home to budding internationally-acclaimed roboticists
The hum of machines in one of the rooms at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Putrajaya Presint 11 (3) can be heard during every weekly co-curriculum session.
Mon May 02 2022
![Japanese robot can peel bananas cleanly, most of the time Japanese robot can peel bananas cleanly, most of the time](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-04/81649232853_TOKYO.jpg)
Japanese robot can peel bananas cleanly, most of the time
Banana peeling points to a future where machines undertake more subtle operations than moving metal parts or delivering coffee.
Wed Apr 06 2022
AWANI Review: How A.I will change our lives, for better or worse
The rise of the machines is not all doom and gloom, says David Hanson, founder and CEO of Hanson Robotics. The creator of Sophia the humanoid shares how a future with robots powered by Artificial Intelligence can be harnessed for the good of humankind
Tue Mar 15 2022
![We couldn't have the Beijing Olympics without snow machines. How do they work, and what's the environmental cost? We couldn't have the Beijing Olympics without snow machines. How do they work, and what's the environmental cost?](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-02/61644806089_BEIJING.jpg)
We couldn't have the Beijing Olympics without snow machines. How do they work, and what's the environmental cost?
Beijing receives almost no annual snowfall and has an average temperature just below 0, even in the winter month of February.
Mon Feb 14 2022
![Facebook trumpets massive new supercomputer Facebook trumpets massive new supercomputer](https://resizer-awani.eco.astro.com.my/tr:w-177,h-100,q-100,f-auto/https://img.astroawani.com/2022-01/71643102989_META.jpg)
Facebook trumpets massive new supercomputer
The US tech giant said the array of machines could process images and video up to 20 times faster than their current systems.
Tue Jan 25 2022