Engineering
New robots can see into their future
05 Dec 2017
New Zealander develops world’s first robot ‘politician’
27 Nov 2017
Entrepreneur Nick Gerritsen’s ‘SAM’ may not be eligible to stand for elections, but can answer queries on local issues – and promises to ‘consider everyone's position, without bias, when making decisions’
Robot passes China’s medical licensing examination
20 Nov 2017
Xiao Yi, a robot developed by Tsinghua University, has passed China’s National Medical Licensing Examination, scoring 456, exceeding the acceptance line by 96 points
Additive manufacturing and sustainability: The environmental implications of 3-D printing
15 Nov 2017
First white-box testing model finds thousands of errors in self-driving cars
25 Oct 2017
Researchers have created the first efficient testing approach for deep learning platforms used in self-driving cars, malware-detection and other systems
Liquid metal brings soft robotics a step closer
17 Oct 2017
3-D printing of aircraft parts out of titanium
14 Oct 2017
World's largest combustion research centre at IIT Madras
14 Oct 2017
National Centre for Combustion Research and Development will develop state-of-the-art capabilities in combustion research in three major application sectors - automotive, thermal power and aerospace propulsion, besides fire research and microgravity combustion
Hyperloop One gets investment from Virgin Group
13 Oct 2017
Teleoperating robots with virtual reality
06 Oct 2017
One step closer to lifelike robots
21 Sep 2017
AI-engineering: merging, morphing, mobile robots
13 Sep 2017
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Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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