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 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
The prodigious Perseid meteor shower will cover the Bangalore sky this Sunday morning, illuminating it much more than the clearest of starry nights. So make sure you wake up early to witness the history. The light shower may be very fast and at the edge of the human field of view confusing everyone
An amazing world record of long jump was set in 1968 by Bob Beamon. He made a crazy awesome leap of 8.9 meters. This world record is considered more amazing as it was set in Mexico City which is 8000 feet above sea level. The air is thinner in Mexico
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,
At a time when there is great research going on in quantum physics and quantum computers are being made, Chinese researchers have made the world’s first quantum router. This technology of future will send quantum information. Instead of sending just the 0s and 1s of digital code, quantum communication can send information
Meanwhile when US is waiting for its Mars Curiosity Rover to land on Mars on 5th August, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), has confirmed that it plans to send an orbiter to Mars in 2013. It would be another step forward for Indian space programs which have made giant leaps during the recent years
A doctor can give you medicines to cure your disease and a health insurance can cover the cost of your treatment. But nothing can follow you around and remind you to take your medicines. To solve this problem, FDA has approved a special pill that can do it on its
Plants are the basic and most important part of our ecosystem. They not only make the earth a beautiful place but also convert carbon dioxide to oxygen which is essential for the survival of all human beings and animals by a process called photosynthesis. Panasonic has been trying to replicate
Song Ho-Jun, a South Korean artist has been working for years on his very own DIY sputnik, a homemade satellite cobbled together from electronics store parts. It is supposed to be the first satellite ever completely built by an individual. It is expected to launch this year. Song Ho-Jun was
Now it’s possible to manufacture weapons at your home. You can simply 3D print them. A gunsmith operating under the handle of “HaveBlue” announced recently that he has successfully printed a serviceable .22 caliber pistol. Opposite to everyone’s expectations, the pistol worked. It fired 200 rounds successfully during testing. After success
Indian scientists are working on an ambitious and unprecedented project to build computer models to remain one step ahead of monsoon. These supercomputers will predict the movements of erratic monsoons weeks before. This would be a great help to Indian economy and to hundreds of millions of people directly dependent on Agriculture
Researchers from Stanford University have finally created the world’s first complete computer model of an organism. After useing research from 900 publications and accounting over 1900 parameters, they finally successfully simulated the human pathogen, Mycoplasma genitalium. It is usually find in respiratory and urinary tracts of human beings and has the
Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) are very efficient and are popular in cities but these are toxic. That’s why government is promoting LED (Light Emitting Diode) lights. These are not only safe to dispose as they don’t contain mercury, then are even more efficient than CFLs. But LEDs are not as popular
A Russian media mogul, Dmitry Itskov announced formally about his intentions to disembody our conscious minds and upload them to a hologram, an avatar, by 2045. In simpler words, he plans to achieve immortality by removing human brain from the physical constraints of the biological human body. In a letter to the members
Robots friendly robots are increasing day by day. Earlier there were solar powered underwater research robots and those who tweeted about the water quality. Now there is Marine Drone which is designed to search and destroy garbage in the oceans. Elie Ahovi, an industrial design student at French International School of
Small power generators can prove to be very useful in numerous applications like remote monitoring, if they can harvest energy from ambient sources like heat, vibrations, and light. They can even generate power from the vibrations by vehicles passing over a bridge to power sensors to monitor bridge’s integrity or to
A group of students from SRM University won second prize in a competition held last month. They successfully launched CanSat, a model satellite to read atmospheric conditions. The American Astronautical Society (AAS) and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) organized the competition called Planetary Atmospheric Entry Vehicle at Texas. It
Researchers have demonstrated that how a drone could be remotely commandeered by tricking its GPS signals. Last year, one of USA’s drones disappeared in Iran. Iranian government has claimed that they had steered it off by interfering with its GPS signals. Such a GPS spoofing attack was considered theoretical till now.
The discovery of God Particle for the understanding of formation of universe has an interesting connection with India. A large number of Indian scientists from Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Harishchandra Research Institute, Allahabad and Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, were involved in the experiment over
Researchers from Rice University, Texas have invented an interesting paintable battery which could be literally used anywhere. Another interesting fact is that, the battery is rechargeable and can can store a charge of 2.4 volts upto 6 hours. The battery was sprayed onto a variety of surfaces, including ceramic bathroom
Gaining access to your home, gym, office and other buildings that you regularly visit could become as simple as waving a hand at the front door in the future. A Hunsville, Ala.-based company called IDair is developing an interesting system that can scan and identify a fingerprint from nearly 20 feet away. By merging with other
New and interesting bio-fuel cells of the future will generate power from glucose sugar present inside snail’s body. This could be achieved by drilling holes through the shell and implant enzyme-coated electrodes in the hemolymph (or snail blood) that naturally collects between the snail’s body and shell. This battery is also based on
A team of scientists from Stanford are planning to sit Stephen Hawking down in a room, place a device on his head, and literally hack his brain to figure out what is going on there inside it. The scientists have developed a tool called iBrain and they will do this at a conference in