Call for Code is a global challenge launched by IBM urging developers, thinkers, and innovators to participate in an endeavor to overcome known challenges faced by the planet. In the handful of years that this initiative has been active, it has aimed to solve major challenges like mitigating natural disasters, improving preparedness for natural disasters, and fighting climate change.
Agriculture and the way we grow food hasn’t changed for thousands of years but that is going to change. With the advent of Vertical Farming and Aeroponics, startups are growing fresh, organic crops without soil or even sunlight.
The trailer for the latest your next door friendly superhero “SpiderMan” is out. In this movie, Spiderman is on a field trip to Venice and hence far from New York(home). We also see Jake Gyllenhaal as Mysterio who is actually the main Villain. For me, Spiderman was turned to dust
Katrina Kaif has been touted as India’s most desirable women almost by all magazines and surveys. While surfing the web we found few pics of Katrina Kaif which have rarely been published anywhere else. Katrina Kaif (born 16 July 1984) is a British Indian actress and former model who appears
WE live in such a sick world!! I used to ask all my friends to read news about the world and actually know what all is happening throughout the world. But now I think it’s better that people know little other than what goes in their lives…or they would have
It seems that WhatsApp is full of vulnerabilities. Last year in May, it was revealed to the world that WhatsApp accounts could be hijacked without the user knowing it. This year in January, we came to know that the status of a WhatsApp user could be changed remotely. It was
Scientist have already demonstrated maneuvered and controlled insects which could be guide to follow a path. Even you can just use a “DIY kit” to build your own remote controlled cockroach, a cyborg cockroach! A team of researchers from NC State have taken this to the next level. They have
In Los Angeles, Amazon presented its new Kindle lineup. The interesting part is that the prices are insanely cheap. The new Kindle Fire HD With 4G LTE offers a full year of 4G LTE service for just $50. That turns out to be just $4.17 per month. Amazing, isn’t it? Kindle
It is exactly what we were waiting for, to help the blind see this colorful world. It is a major breakthrough in the field of medical science. Scientists have first time ever succeeded in implanting a prototype bionic eye through surgery which has helped a blind woman see shapes. Researchers
After its victory over Samsung in the patent war, Apple is now demands to add four more Samsung products in the list of patent-infringing products. If this happens then the list will include Samsung Galaxy S III as well. Apple filed documents against Samsung in San Jose federal district court
Your iPhone can now control your bike with just the touch of a button. Computerized KICKR Power Trainer can connect to an iOS app that controls resistance. The app allows you to simulate climbs, descents, and flats with a simple tap of on the screen. iPhone users can also use apps like TrainerRoad or Kinomap
After releasing LG Optimus L3, L5 and L7, LG has now announced its latest ‘LG Optimus G’. Optimus G has earned spotlight due to its quad-core Qualcomm S4 APQ8064 SoC, 4.7 inch display with True HD IPS+ technology and its new battery technology. This is not the end, Optimus G has a
After two long years, India’s first double decker AC train was flagged off by the railway minister Mukul Roy and chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday evening. The red and yellow double decker train started its first journey from Delhi to Jaipur. The double decker train will have 12 coaches with
After Curiosity, NASA’s next mission to Mars would be a stationary probe to drill into the planet. The probe is called InSight Lander and will rival the Mars Curiosity’s lasers in terms of penetration. It would be drilling 30 feed into the crust of Mars. InSight Lander will be designed and built at the
NASA’s space rover, Curiosity on Mars successfully completed the testing of its lasers by zapping its first rock with its laser beam on Sunday. It is an important step in the search of life-friendly habitats. Chemistry and Camera instrument or simply ChemCam device mounted on Curiosity fired a flat a
A new study by Indian Institute Of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has shown the rise of food subsidies in India over a period of six years. The reports are shocking. During the time span between 2006-07 and 2011-12, food subsidies in India have grown over 300 percent. Studies show that the
This year at the Google I/O developer conference, it was announced that Google would soon be turning on delta updates for the apps on Android 2.3+. Excitingly, this feature is now up and running. Now the users don’t have to download the complete app again when there’s an update to the app is
Just as we like to keep our computers and smart phones up to date with the latest software, same is the case with NASA. NASA is trying to keep the Curiosity rover’s software up to date from 350 million miles away. The team at NASA has finished working on the
The inflation rates in June 2012 were 7.25 % and in May, 7.55 %. A Thomson Reuters poll of 24 experts had median projection of the inflation rates as high as 7.37 %. But the inflation rates (measured by Wholesale Price Index) in July remained lower than expected. The Reuters poll predicted
Riots broke out in Mumbai over last month’s Assam violence. Demonstrators made huge damage by attacking shops and setting up news vans on fire. When Independence Day for India is coming close, the country got trapped in riots over the Assam violence that happened last month. Violence broke out in
The Mars Science Laboratory has landed on Mars with its cameras all set to discover Mars like never before. Those “7-minutes of terror” are history now. The breaking news is that Curiosity rover is planning a brain transplant. Curiosity’s brain transplant (software upgrade) will prepare it for the next phases of
If you are going mad for Google Now but can’t get it just because you don’t have Android Jelly Bean running on your phone then there is a good news waiting for you at the XDA Developer forums. You can enjoy Google’s virtual personal assistant, Google Now on your smartphone right
As sweated dripped from the forehead of Lin Dan, Chinese badminton player in the Wembley Arena last week at the 2012 Olympics, London’s Ainsley Richards jumped into action on the court. Her job was not to pass the shuttlecock to the players. It was to mop up the player’s sweat falling on the floor.
Around 1.4 billion people don’t have access to electricity at all in the world while there are many others who have an extremely unreliable access. Stats show that around the globe 30,000 clinics and 60,000 schools still don’t have access to electricity. Solar Turbine Group or STG International, a nonprofit start-up company run
NASA’s Mars Curiosity Rover cleared the Martian skies and landed on a giant mould of layered rock inside an ancient crater at 1:32 AM EDT. The rover landed on the surface within seven minutes upon entering the atmosphere of Mars. These seven minutes were the most terrifying for NASA. John Holdren,
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