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Internet of Things Will Morph To Internet of Humans: Neuralink

September 9, 2020September 22, 2020 Pooja Kashyap

In The Age of Intelligent Machines (1990), inventor and visionary computer scientist, Raymond Kurzweil predicted that there will be a huge increase in the use of technology and an exponential growth in the internet. And by mid-21st century, AI would overtake human brain in computational capabilities. Eventually it would lead to intelligence explosion resulting in a powerful super intelligence that qualitatively surpass all human intelligence.

RoBeetle: Autonomous Crawling Bot Driven By Methanol Combustion

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Pooja Kashyap

Researchers have long envisioned designing tiny intelligent autonomous machines that are capable of exploring dangerous environments or the areas where tiny bots can work with full efficiency.

Interview: Luca Floreanini, Founder at LucaFloreanini Design Studio, Italy

July 29, 2020July 29, 2020 Pooja Kashyap

Luca Floreanini is an industrial designer from Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy. Since 1993, he has been collaborating with Italian and European companies in the ideation and development of new products. Glasses, furniture, espresso machines, bottles, hedge trimmers, scanners, shoes, motocross masks, pressure washers, food containers, lamps are some of areas where his mind dives into.

Interview: Davide Radaelli, Founder at Davide Radaelli Design Studio, Italy

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Pooja Kashyap

Davide Radaelli Design Studio, DRDS, in Milano (Italy) is one of the finest names in product design, exhibit and interior architecture, graphic design & communication. Davide Radaelli is the founder of his eponym firm.

Interview: Neal, Martin and Kristina, the Ninjas behind i/thee Design Studio, US

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 Pooja Kashyap

This week we have been lucky enough to have the founders behind i/thee Design Studio, US in our interview segment. The design-build studio is run by three best friends – Neal Lucas Hitch, Martin Francis Hitch and Kristina Fisher – with projects around the globe.

Hyperdimensional Computing System: Inspired from Cerebral Attributes of Neuronal Circuits

July 6, 2020July 7, 2020 Pooja Kashyap

Hyperdimensional computing (HDC) is the budding computational paradigm based on cognitive model which distillates to higher dimensionality and randomness.

Astronauts create Fifth State of Matter on ISS: Bose-Einstein Condensates in Space

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020 Pooja Kashyap

Astronauts harnessed the microgravity environment at the International Space Station by developing an ‘exotic’ form of matter. We call it exotic because this form of matter has not been easily observed on earth – maybe due to gravity.

Spherical Solar Cells Boost Up Solar Energy Harvesting

June 14, 2020June 15, 2020 Pooja Kashyap

Flat solar panels dominate the world market when it comes to capture solar energy directly from the Sun. However, the flat design has a major limitation as it cannot keep track of sun’s apparent motion.

Xenobot: AI is Pushing the Best Way to Construct Itself

June 6, 2020December 1, 2021 Pooja Kashyap

Scientists at the University of Vermont, have created a new class of artifact, called xenobots. They have used frog’s stem cells to fabricate first living robots.

Starlink: The sole charge of IoT in 2020 and beyond

June 2, 2020 Pooja Kashyap

Our devices might never go out of internet coverage area. Musk plans to provide global internet connection to everyone and anywhere in the world. Connectivity speed too will be above average, that is, more than home WIFI (50Mb/s).

Robot for Marine Salvage at Dubai (w/Video): Robotic Beach Lifeguard Technology

September 7, 2016June 7, 2020 Neha Shukla

Emily – a remote controlled robotic lifeguard will be soon deployed at Dubai’s beaches for rescue missions. Boat shaped Emily is the latest technology used by the Dubai Municipality for ensuring safety of the beachgoers.

Plastic based Clothing that Cools the Wearer (w/Video): Nanoporous Polyethylene Textile

September 6, 2016September 5, 2016 Neha Shukla

With summer getting more unbearable each year, scientists finally have come up with new clothing material that helps to keep the body cool naturally. Thus, reducing the need for air conditioners and saving considerable energy.

Scottish Energy Tidal Turbine Power Company Supplies Electricity to the National Grid: Renewable Power (w/Video)

September 5, 2016September 5, 2016 Neha Shukla

Technology advancement in harnessing renewable sources of energy such as solar and wind has reached a long way. However, tapping marine energy efficiently and reliably at the same time has always remained a challenging task.

New Building Material From Waste Plastic: RePlast The Future Of Plastics

August 17, 2016August 17, 2016 Neha Shukla

Plastic waste management is one of the major problems worldwide. Plastics production utilizes valuable fossil feedstock and has a notable carbon impact. They are not only hard to decompose but are also occupying our landfills and entering the oceans.

Ushering An Era of Quantum Computers with Built-in Optics: The Qubit Technology

August 10, 2016June 1, 2020 Pooja Kashyap

Quantum computers are hypothetical devices with higher computational power than a traditional computer. The classical system involves bits as the smallest unit of data, that is represented by 0 or 1, while quantum computers are made up of quantum bits, also known as qubits. Unlike the conventional computer, where a bit has to be either 0 or 1, quantum mechanics grants a qubit to be in both the states at the same time. A qubit would be represented as 0 and 1 simultaneously, a hallmark which is rudimentary to quantum…