Bodymetric scan developed for online shopping

Published 02 January 2013 15:59

Finding clothes that fit perfectly can be a perennial problem for the fashion conscious. However, a new smartphone application developed in the UK could change that - it uses bodymetric scanning to identify your exact size and fit. If it takes off, it could revolutionise the way we buy clothes, particularly in the online sector. Jessica Baldwin reports from London.

New research reveals spike in HIV in Russia

Published 03 January 2013 20:13

New research has revealed an alarming spike in the number of HIV infections in Russia, with 200 people being diagnosed with the condition every day. Vadim Pokrovsky, the head of Russia's AIDS research centre, has said that instead of recognising a crisis - the government is indifferent to the problem. "If we had 200 cases of diarrhoea at a children's pioneer camp, the country's head sanitation doctor would fly out immediately to save them," Pokrovsky said. "It would be frightening. Governors would run, helicopters would fly, the police would search for the source of infection, prosecutors would get to work. "But here we are seeing that there is complete indifference to this situation." Al Jazeera's Robin Forestier-Walker reports from Moscow.

Sub-zero winter in S Korea a threat to homeless

Published 03 January 2013 08:12

South Korea's capital Seoul is in the grip of some of the coldest January weather for nearly thirty years. The temperature dipped overnight to minus 16 degrees celsius. It is this time of year that the homeless are most vulnerable. Al Jazeera's Florence Looi reports from Seoul.

Catering tastes to the Indians

Published on Dec 21, 2012

International companies often see India's billion-plus population as one of the advantages of doing business in the country. The global fast food industry was the latest to take advantage of the large number of urban consumers. But in order to survive, they had to make changes to their business strategy.

Urban organic farmers in China

Published on Dec 21, 2012

Concerns over China's food safety have made organic vegetables and fruit more and more popular among Chinese consumers. But organic food costs three to five times more than the price of regular produce. So some Shanghai residents are turning to a new farming business model, that allows them to adopt a plot of farmland and grow their own organic greens. Channel NewsAsia's Shanghai correspondent caught up with these farmers.