Geek Speak: Thazeem Mohammed

It’s Friday the 19th of August and today officially marks the one week countdown to KRG’s 9th Edition. Back at Kidobotikz, familiar scenes are unfolding with lots of students flocking to get their robots ready for participating in KRG. These young gentlemen are left with less than week to submit...

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Intel unveils new developer drone

Intel has dabbled in drones in the past, building impressive obstacle avoidance software and even claiming the world record for the most drones to be flown in synchronized flight. But now the company is looking to be a driving force behind the technology's rise, announcing a ready-to-fly drone...

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Fostering the 'Jugaad' way of learning in mainstream education ! !

Far from the days of Japanese terms of management philosophy and production and intensive post "dot-com bubble" jargon, if there is one more word which cas captured the fascination of industry majors, it has to be the word Jugaad. ‘Jugaad’, which is a colloquial Hindi word, has gained significant...

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NASA's robotic mission to capture asteroids gets a "go-ahead"

NASA is that much closer to snatching an asteroid after the robotic half of its two-part Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) passed a key program review. The mission to retrieve an asteroid and move it into lunar orbit for study can now proceed to the next phase of design and development ahead of...

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Towards a DIY-driven curriculum . . .

DIY or Do-It-Yourself is a cultural movement that has its roots dating back to the post-World War II era when the entire world rebuild itself after the devastating effect of the world wars. To overcome for the shortage of high demand labour, people took up activities of building homes, furnishing...

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Robots defeat humans on the foosball table

A bar, club or community space favorite, table soccer – or foosball – is fast and fun for players of all ages. But if you don't have enough people to get in on the spin action, a development platform at the Swiss École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) may come in handy. The blue shirts...

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Robotics: Gen Knowledge for Gen Z

“Personally, I’m not afraid of a robot uprising. The benefits far outweigh the threats.”  The aforementioned quote was said by Daniel H. Wilson, a New York Times best selling author, a and an armchair expert on robotics. In every sense of the written word, the above quote holds up. All along...

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