Engineering
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
New distance record set for medical transport by drones
13 Sep 2017
Johns Hopkins researchers have set a new delivery distance record for medical drones, successfully transporting human blood samples across 161 miles of Arizona desert
Machinery that repairs itself
09 Sep 2017
Scientists are collaborating to develop maintenance technology capable of forecasting machine downtimes in production even before they occur
Aerospace test at Sandia goes green with alternative to explosives
04 Sep 2017
Like a musical tuning fork, the resonant bar and the resonant cone need to vibrate at certain frequencies to apply the right amount of energy to the test object
Drones relay RFID signals for inventory control
28 Aug 2017
ShAPEing the future of magnesium car parts
23 Aug 2017
Magnesium — the lightest of all structural metals — has a lot going for it in the quest to make ever lighter cars and trucks that go farther on a tank of fuel or battery charge
Defeating cyberattacks on 3-D printers
16 Aug 2017
Musk’s Hyperloop One hits record speeds in Phase 2 testing
03 Aug 2017
All components of the system were successfully tested, including the electric motor, advanced controls and power electronics, custom magnetic levitation and guidance, pod suspension and vacuum system, and the company says it is ready for commercial launch
Helping robots learn to see in 3-D
15 Jul 2017
Making telescopes that curve and twist
12 Jul 2017
A new tool for computational design allows users to turn any 3D shape into a collapsible telescoping structure
'Near-zero-power' temperature sensor could make wearables, smart home devices less power-hungry
06 Jul 2017
Electrical engineers have developed a temperature sensor that runs on only 113 picowatts of power — about 10 billion times lesser than a watt
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The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
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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