Lacking a conversation partner? No problem! Arjun (Class XII) and Sookrit Malik (Class X), two Doon School boys, have made a robot that looks a lot like the Disney fiction robot, WALL-E — 2.5 feet high, with two cameras for eyes, a speaker for a mouth and a track system for legs. The 3D Robo iTalk, an award winning working

Master Sheikh Abdullah is the latest youth sensation on the tennis circuit. Yes, this player ranked number one in Andhra Pradesh, and number five in India, in the Under-16 boys category, is already making waves. Says the 15-year-old pro teen who represented India at the recent International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament in Indonesia, “I have three ITF tournaments lined up in India (Guwahati, Delhi and Mumbai). The schedule is tight and I am concentrating on the game.”

KFC, the chicken-based, fast food chain recently announced that it would launch reusable food containers across its outlets in the USA by 2011. The mega online shopping mall, eBay has a green box — a fully recyclable box that is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and is made out of 100 per cent recycled content and water-based inks — in which it ships its products. Procter & Gamble too is in line with these moves and will pack its products in renewable, sustainable, sugarcane-derived plastic. The pilot packaging programme, will be for its Pantene Pro-V, Covergirl and Max Factor brands.

Vibhor Mathur’s desire to collect board games seems to be never ending and this despite the fact that he has a collection of interesting games at home and a few stored on his PC.