The future is here
2016-05-18
Don’t know how much of this is true or if the time frame is accurate, but it provides much food for thought.Continue Reading
ISRO to launch India’s first space shuttle soon
2016-05-16
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is actually growing wings as it embarks this month on a never before space flight that would make history. The Indian space agency is all set to undertake the maiden launch of its very own indigenous version of a ‘space shuttle’, a fully made-in-India effort.Continue Reading
India’s first solar-powered boat, to sail soon on Kerala’s backwaters
2016-05-14
The Kerala State Water Transport Department (KSWTD) has commissioned a solar-powered boat that will soon be seen sailing on Kochi’s backwater country. The ferry, which will have a life-cycle of twenty years, has been designed and built by NavAlt Solar and Electric Boats. Come July, the boats will ferry passengers on theContinue Reading
Young Coding Stars Rising From Mumbai’s Slum
2016-05-13
Families living in filth without access to clean water or sanitary facilities, inhaling air that ranks among the most polluted in the world—all while lacking proper nutrition or medical care. That’s daily life in Dharavi, a slum that spans a 500-acre section of Mumbai. The slum, one of the world’sContinue Reading
NASA discovers 1,284 new planets
2016-05-12
It didn’t find little green men, but the Kepler space telescope has discovered 1,284 new planets outside our solar system — more than doubling the total number, NASA announced Tuesday. Of the new trove of 1,284, almost 550 could be rocky planets like Earth, based on their size. And nineContinue Reading
Power from footsteps: London trials intelligent streets
2016-05-11
The UK capital’s public transport operator Transport for London (TfL) plans to run a trial of its ‘intelligent street’ concept in a traffic-free area just off Oxford Street in the city. The project will use solar and innovative kinetic power techniques to meet the street’s energy needs, with the long-termContinue Reading
India Rejects Apple’s Plan to Import Used iPhones
2016-05-07
MUMBAI: India has rejected a plan by Apple Inc to import used iPhones, two telecoms ministry officials said, a blow to the U.S. tech giant that has been seeking to revive waning sales of its flagship smartphones. Apple sells what it calls refurbished iPhones at a discount in some countries, includingContinue Reading
Apple sees huge market potential in India: CEO Tim Cook
2016-05-03
NEW YORK: Apple sees a “huge market potential” for its products in India and the technology giant is “really putting energy” in the country which will begin rolling out high-speed wireless networks this year, CEO Tim Cook said. “This is another huge one. India will be the most populous countryContinue Reading
Subscription based regional movie app launched in India
2016-05-02
MUMBAI: FastFilmz Media India, a digital start-up with headquarters in Bengaluru and London, has launched a subscription-driven movie streaming app called fastfilmz dedicated to South Indian films. The subscription fee has been priced at Rs 10 per week and Rs 30 a month. fastfilmz has been co-founded by Dominic CharlesContinue Reading
Bangalore students make satellites for ISRO
2016-04-29
Inside one of the laboratories of a city engineering college, a group of students are hard at work. They are building two satellites that will hopefully go into orbit as successors to a miniature craft launched into space by another set of students in 2010. STUDSAT-2 is in the worksContinue Reading