Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Record frenzy at Kidobotikz

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It’s the week of the most awaited event at Kidobotikz and the place is a beehive of activity. With less than 5 days to go for the world record event, the evenings have usually witnessed a mass influx of student coming here with their robots to get them ready and record-worthy. It’s 10 past 6 and...

Monday, 27 June 2016

Fancy footwear enables amputees to take part in gamin

05:30 Posted by Anonymous No comments
When Gyorgy (George) Levay lost both hands to a meningitis infection five years ago, many people might have assumed that his gaming days were over. That's far from being the case, however. Working with two other Johns Hopkins University grad students, he's developed a prototype system that lets...

Saturday, 25 June 2016

Pebble Core Review: It isn't your average wearable

06:51 Posted by Anonymous 2 comments
The Pebble Core is a first from the company as a non-wrist wearable, officially ushering forward Pebble's push into fitness. The little device was designed for people who don't want to be tethered to a phone but still want to be connected to the internet for music. While it sounds...

Thursday, 23 June 2016

Rolls-Royce predicts robotic ships will be on the water by 2020

06:48 Posted by Anonymous No comments
In 2014, Rolls-Royce unveiled its vision of the robotic cargo ship of the future that it believes will become a reality by 2020. This week at the Autonomous Ship Technology Symposium 2016 in Amsterdam, the Rolls-Royce-led Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications initiative (AAWA)...

Wednesday, 22 June 2016

Geek Speak: Navin Arul

22:23 Posted by Anonymous 2 comments
“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” said Margaret Mead. By the looks of it, the team at Kidobotikz seems to have espoused this belief quite well. Meet Navin Arul, one of the star students of Kidobotikz and a robotics prodigy. He has contested in several national level...

Its CHENNAI setting a world record !! Cheer for these 101 kids !

22:15 Posted by Anonymous 1 comment
Whenever the word Chennai is used in parlance, people usually talk about it’s Temples, Tiffins and Temperature. An often neglected “T” related with Chennai is Technology. Engineers from Chennai have often dazzled the global scenario with their innovation. Chennaiites are also known for their sense...

Monday, 20 June 2016

Exam bells at Kidobotikz ! !

23:47 Posted by Anonymous No comments
A brightly light hall. As silent as the seabed. The invigilator has been keeping track of the dials of his watch for over a couple of minutes now. At the strike of 11:30 AM, he goes “You have one and a half hours remaining”. A bespectacled youngster tries to pick up pace of his writing by scribbling...