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Mercedes-Benz unveils Driverless Bus: Future of Public Transport

July 20, 2016July 20, 2016 Pooja Kashyap

Future Bus is the new city bus coming straight from the vault of Mercedes-Benz. Unlike its previous autonomous semi-truck Actros that was targeted only for highways, CityPilot ridden technology bus is developed especially for an urban market. The German automaker has demonstrated that its self-driven bus is proficient enough of maneuvering through an urban environment stretching across a distance of 12-miles. It’s been nearly a decade since Mercedes-Benz has been working on automated driving technologies and the current CityPilot technology too is based on Actros Highway Pilot, the autonomous technology…

Digging Adaptations Facilitated Shell in Turtles: Study on Eunotosaurusafricanus

July 19, 2016 Pooja Kashyap

Turtle shell, conventionally, is considered an outer covering for protection and lodging for the animal. Till date, turtle is the only living vertebrate with such a sturdy broad ribbed proto shell. However, recent study of fossil turtles, which happen to be around 260- million-year-old, has revealed that the hard and rigid protective structure of the animal is not adapted for protection rather for digging underground. Dr. Lyson, the scientist behind this discovery said that during the early (evolutionary) phase, birds’ feathers too were not employed for flying. Nevertheless, birds starting…

Non-Invasive Electric Tattoo for mapping Muscle Activity: Nanotech Tattoos

July 14, 2016 Pooja Kashyap

Scientists at Tel Aviv University (TAU) have fabricated an electronic tattoo that has the potential of recording muscle movements by mapping facial expressions.

TF-X a reality by 2018: An Era of Flying Car Begins

February 24, 2016December 20, 2022 Pooja Kashyap

Massachusetts-based Terrafugia aims to provide true door-to-door transportation with a flying car within the next decade. The firm’s concept vehicle TF-X is a solution to the ever-growing traffic, which is a pain for people who commute between work and home by car daily.

Head-up Display for Passenger Vehicles: In-car Technology

November 30, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

Researchers at Cambridge have unleashed an era of Head-up displays (HUD) using laser holographic techniques. The technology has introduced for the first time into Jaguar Land Rover vehicles. The human machine interface has developed to project data like speed, direction and navigation directly onto the windscreen. It’s an attempt to provide, relevant and real time information to the driver in a non-intrusive way.

Micro fish to sense toxins & deliver drugs: 3D printed Nanobots

September 3, 2015 Neha Shukla

Nanoengineering experts at the University of California, San Diego, using advanced 3D printed technology have designed micro robots, named as micro fish. As the name suggests these tiny robots are fish shaped and can be used for various functions such as detoxification, sensing toxins and in surgeries assisted by micro robots.

Advanced sense of odor helps ants identify individual ants: Nestmate versus Non-nestmate

August 18, 2015 Neha Shukla

Scientists studying ants have always wondered how ants living in huge colonies, identify other ants belong to same colony or is an intruder or enemy ant. Researchers from The University of California, Riverside have found an answer to this question. They have found that ants communicate via diverse hydrocarbon chemicals present on the their outer shells (or cuticles).

Tiny Insect Eye Motion Sensor: Giving Sight to Mini Drones

August 10, 2015 Neha Shukla

Based on the vision systems of insects, researchers have created petite artificial eye for autonomous flying drones. This would make drones more practical by helping in smooth navigation, avoiding collision in restricted or cluttered areas.

Air Capture Technology to Trap CO2: Carbon Engineering’s Initiative for Green Earth

July 29, 2015 Neha Shukla

A Canadian company known as Carbon Engineering (CE) has designed an innovative technology to capture atmospheric carbon dioxide and utilizing the captured carbon dioxide for the generation of ultra low carbon intensity liquid fuels.

Bionic Eye allows blind man to see again: The Eyeborg

July 24, 2015 Neha Shukla

Experts at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital have successfully restored the vision of 80 years old Ray Flynn, through implanting ‘bionic eye’. For the last eight years, Mr Flynn suffered from dry age-related muscular degeneration (AMD). AMD is a condition in which photoreceptor cells in the central region of the retina are damaged leading to loss of central vision. The condition is very common, affecting nearly 5,00,000 people in the UK.

Music Lessons facilitate Neurodevelopment: Enhancing the Teenage Brain

July 22, 2015July 22, 2015 Neha Shukla

According to a study conducted by Northwestern University, music training may help in enhancing brain’s responses to sound, hone hearing and language skills in teenagers even if it is introduced as late as in high school. The study suggests music lessons helps improving skills that are considered important for academic success.

Cytosponge Pill can detect Csophageal Cancer at an Early Stage: Cure for Cancer

July 21, 2015 Neha Shukla

A research team from the University of Cambridge has found a way for early detection of esophageal cancer, which is also the eighth most common cancer type worldwide. Conspicuous symptoms of the cancer so far can be marked only in the advance stages.

Green Future: PlasticRoads an Alternative to Tar and Asphalt road surfaces

July 20, 2015 Neha Shukla

Experts worldwide keep finding new ways to recycle plastic waste. Qualities like lightweight, moisture resistant, flexible and relatively cheap have increased production and consumption of plastic worldwide, but with so many benefits, comes disadvantages. Plastics do not decompose easily and are posing serious threat for the environment. From land to sea, everywhere plastic debris can be seen and is a major concern for the environmentalist.

The Spike S-512 Supersonic Jet: World’s Fastest Airliner with 1,370 mph Speed Limit

July 11, 2015July 11, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

In an attempt of re-inventing the future of travel, Spike Aerospace has unleashed the world’s fastest airliner, the S-512 Supersonic Jet. Effortlessly, the S-512 is able to touch a supersonic gliding speed of Mach 1.6, which is around 1,220 mph while its upper limit is nearly the speed of 1,370 mph equivalent to that of Mach 1.8. The US-based aerospace engineering & design company affirmed that in order to concretize the concept, they are willing to shed $80 million. Upgrading travelling A similar concept called SABRE (Synergistic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine)…

Koenigsegg One:1 creates new Speed Record: 0-300-0 kmh in just 17.95 seconds (w/ Video)

June 30, 2015June 30, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

In a recent track testing, the Koenigsegg One:1 Megacar smashed 0-300kmh in mere 17.95 seconds thus beating its previous World Record of 21.19 seconds. As per the makers, the car is expected to accelerate faster in the near future.