Farmer's daughter discovers green pesticide

Farmer’s daughter discovers green pesticide

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She was part of the five-member team that represented India at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in the US. BANGALORE: This 15 year-old from Puttur saw her dad losing his cocoa crop to pests. [...]

Vadodara's young engineers promise world's cheapest power

Vadodara’s young engineers promise world’s cheapest power

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“Our hydraulic power plant can be constructed in two months time and costs US $654 per kW”   VADODARA: If this invention of budding engineers from the city makes its way to market, your electricity [...]

Move over bumper cars, it's boats now

Move over bumper cars, it’s boats now

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I was inspired by bumping cars in amusement parks Trivandrum Global City of Innovation’s (TGCi), a charitable trust of Kanthari International, latest innovation project is a solar-powered bumper boat. “We tested the product for two [...]

Professor invents virtual eye for the blind

Professor invents virtual eye for the blind

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The days of the visually challenged groping their way with the aid of white canes may soon be over. Thanks to an invention by an assistant professor in the city, blind people, especially children, can [...]

This PC knows what's on your mind

This PC knows what’s on your mind

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Keeping your thoughts to yourself may soon be a difficult task, as scientists claim to have developed a new computer programme that can tell what a person is thinking. According to the Stanford University scientists, [...]

New solar cell technology boosts efficiency of photovoltaics by 80%

New solar cell technology boosts efficiency of photovoltaics by 80%

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The creation of a 3-D nanocone-based solar cell platform has allowed a team of scientists to boost the light-to-power conversion efficiency of photovoltaics by nearly 80 percent. The team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s [...]

Electric cars and sustainable growth

Electric cars and sustainable growth

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The key to climate change control lies in improved technology. We need to find new ways to produce and use energy, meet our food needs, transport, coal, nitrogen-based fertiliser, and other sources of the climate-changing [...]

Indian researcher's slimy-skinned design to cut ships' fuel consumption 20pct

Indian researcher’s slimy-skinned design to cut ships’ fuel consumption 20pct

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Image via Wikipedia Rahul Ganguli of Teledyne Scientific in Thousand Oaks, California, says that the slime would form a gelatinous skin that continually sloughs off, taking with it the barnacles and other marine life forms [...]