Thursday, 3 November 2016

Bye, Bye, Blogger. . . .

08:01 Posted by Anonymous 4 comments
“Change is good !” they say. Over the past few months, we’ve worked hard to share a few wonderful articles with you through this page. This is where some of our wonderful sections such as Geek Speak, Tech Mania and Kit Creatives have been shared. Some of the best achievements of our students...

Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Robotics learning in the age of Open Innovation

10:33 Posted by Anonymous 7 comments
If one has been part of a Multinational Conglomerate with several business verticals, the recent latest fad one can relate to is the term “Open Innovation”. Open innovation as a concept is fairly new and it’s adoption is yet to take off on a massive scale. One can blame this on the mindset of...

New Horizons completes marathon Pluto data transfer

08:54 Posted by Anonymous No comments
NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) has received the final piece of data collected by the agency's New Horizons probe during its encounter with the dwarf planet Pluto, which took place on July 14, 2015. Data from the New Horizons mission has revolutionized our understanding of Pluto, revealing the...

Tuesday, 1 November 2016

Education in 2020: How will it look like?

09:47 Posted by Anonymous 1 comment
When we usually think about the year 2020, we assume of a time somewhere in the future where flying cars would be the norm and contact with alien civilizations would’ve been established. Followers of our former president Shri Abdul Kalam would probably think of the vision he portrayed through the...

NTU Singapore automates spray painting with PictoBot.

06:03 Posted by Anonymous 25 comments
A new NTU robot will soon be spray-painting the interiors of industrial buildings in Singapore, saving time and manpower while improving safety. Known as PictoBot, the robot is invented by scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) and co-developed with JTC Corporation (JTC)...

Sunday, 30 October 2016

Thumb-steered drone leaves you with a free hand

23:00 Posted by Anonymous 2 comments
The shapes and sizes of drones have changed a lot in recent times, but most serious quadcopters are still controlled by way of a dual-joystick controller (autonomous flyers notwithstanding). A new crowdfunding campaign is coming at it from a different angle, by developing a drone that can be flown...

Saturday, 29 October 2016

Wiring the brain with artificial senses and limb control

23:00 Posted by Anonymous No comments
There have been significant advances in developing new prostheses with a simple sense of touch, but researchers are looking to go further. Scientists and engineers are working on a way to provide prosthetic users and those suffering from spinal cord injuries with the ability to both feel and control...