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Jun
The Fire Safety Drone By IIT Dharwad
- Jun 06, 2024
Blog Credit: Trupti Thakur Image Courtesy: Google The Fire Safety Drone By IIT Dharwad At the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Dharwad, a groundbreaking team lead by Sudheer Siddapureddy and Ameer Mulla created a fire rescue assistant drone that was shown off. This is a new step forward in fire safety. At the DDANFR 2024 […]
05
Jun
Nvidia’s Rubin
- Jun 05, 2024
Blog Credit: Trupti Thakur Image Courtesy: Google Nvidia’s Rubin Nvidia Corp., a leader in making AI chips, has stated that it is making a new AI chip platform called Rubin. It will be available in 2026. CEO Jensen Huang made the news while giving a talk at the Computex trade show at National Taiwan University […]
04
Jun
The Third Thumb
- Jun 04, 2024
Blog Credit: Trupti Thakur Image Courtesy: Google The Third Thumb Scientists at Cambridge University were the first to show that a robotic “third thumb” can help people be more efficient and productive. The prosthetic, which is made to be simple to handle and use, adds a thumb to the hand. The Third Thumb is a […]
31
May
The Lavender Festival
- May 31, 2024
Blog Credit: Trupti Thakur Image Courtesy: Google The Lavender Festival Union Minister Jitendra Singh on June 4 inaugurated the two-day “Lavender Festival” in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bhaderwah Valley and said the Union Territory has emerged as the lavender capital of India and a prominent agri-startup destination. The festival has been organized by the CSIR-IIIM and […]
30
May
India’s First Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager
- May 30, 2024
Blog Credit: Trupti Thakur Image Courtesy: Google India’s First Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager IIT Bombay and TCS, India’s biggest IT services company, are working together to make the country’s first quantum diamond computer imager. This technology was just announced and it looks like it will completely change how semiconductor chips are inspected. What is […]
29
May
NASA’s Prefire
- May 29, 2024
Blog Credit: Trupti Thakur Image Courtesy: Google NASA’s Prefire The urgent global problem of climate change continues to call for new scientific discoveries and technological advances. NASA’s PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far Infrared Experiment) mission began on May 25. This was a big step toward better climate prediction and knowledge. Launch Details and […]
28
May
GERMI’s UltraCapacitor
- May 28, 2024
Blog Credit: Trupti Thakur Image Courtesy: Google GERMI’s UltraCapacitor Scientists at the Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI) have achieved a breakthrough in energy storage technology with the development of a paper-based supercapacitor. This cutting-edge supercapacitor, derived from seaweed,boasts remarkable attributes such as being lightweight, biodegradable, and capable of fully charging a device within a mere 10 seconds. What is a Paper-based Supercapacitor? […]
27
May
Gliese 12b
- May 27, 2024
Blog Credit: Trupti Thakur Image Courtesy: Google Gliese 12b Scientists at the University of Warwick say they have been part of an international team to discover a new habitable Earth-sized planet. Working with Nasa and the European Space Agency (ESA), they say Gliese 12 b has the same temperature as the 2022 UK heatwave […]
25
May
India’s First Kerosene Oxygen Powered Rocket
- May 25, 2024
Blog Credit: Trupti Thakur Image Courtesy: Google India’s First Kerosene Oxygen Powered Rocket Indian launch vehicle company Agnikul Cosmos is targeting launch for its rocket “Agnibaan”, which will be India’s first rocket to be powered by a combination of kerosene and liquid oxygen. The maiden flight would be carried out from India’s spaceport Satish Dhawan […]
24
May
NextGen AI Assistants
- May 24, 2024
Blog Credit: Trupti Thakur Image Courtesy: Google NextGen AI Assistants At Google I/O 2024, the industry learned about new and advanced developments in artificial intelligence, especially in how people and computers can talk to each other. Google and OpenAI, known for Chat GPT, have released new AI assistants called Project Astra and GPT-4o. These new […]
23
May
The AI Seoul Summit Opens
- May 23, 2024
Blog By: Priyanka Rana The AI Seoul Summit Opens Because artificial intelligence (AI) technology is developing quickly, world leaders have prioritized safety rules. After the historic AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park in the U.K., AI companies promised to build technologies safely at the AI Seoul Summit. These promises include emergency steps like putting a […]
22
May
The First Indian Space Tourist
- May 22, 2024
Blog Credit: Trupti Thakur Image Courtesy: Google The First Indian Space Tourist On Sunday, when Blue Origin’s New Shepard lifted off from a private ranch in West Texas, it not just left a trail of white smoke but also that of history. Among the six-member crew that left the earth’s gravity was an Indian — […]