IIT Students’ Satellite ‘Jugnu’ Launched into Space
A nano-satellite built by students of IIT Kanpur, ‘Jugnu’, was launched with the latest version of India’s indigenous Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) from Sriharikota, Andhra [...]
Silicon trick for next-gen memory
Researchers have revealed details of a promising way to make a fundamentally different kind of computer memory chip.The device is a “memristor”, a long-hypothesised but only recently demonstrated electronic component.A memristor’s [...]
Laser analysis betrays diamonds’ origins
To the naked eye, a diamond dug up in peaceful Australia is often indistinguishable from a diamond dug up to finance civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. But a new means of interrogation with lasers reveals fingerprints that can [...]
Germans claim first programmable computer
Z3 goes head-to-head with Colossus
The Brits may have beaten the Americans, but it seems we were both pipped by the Germans. No, not football. Computers.
Colossus was not, in fact, the world’s first programmable computer: that particular [...]
How Asteroid Mining Will Work
If you enjoy science fiction, then you know that the thought of colonizing the moon makes for some incredibly imaginative stories. But there is a good possibility that lunar cities will become a reality during the 21st century! Colonizing [...]
UK company to build Sun satellite
Ralph Cordey from Astrium UK explains how the craft will be built to survive its mission to the Sun
British industry will lead the production of Solar Orbiter (SolO), a spacecraft that will travel closer to the Sun than any satellite to date.
SolO [...]
‘Broadband giant’ set for launch
Viasat-1′s antennas undergoing testing during its construction at Space Systems/LoralOne of the most powerful satellites ever built is about to go into orbit on a Russian Proton rocket.
The Viasat-1 spacecraft will deliver broadband services [...]
Chennai ATC enjoys the navigation of entire South Indian skies
Air Traffic Controllers (ATC) in Chennai now have the entire South Indian region on their radar screens. Thanks to a highly advanced integrated radar technology that became accessible from Thursday last, flight movements above 26,000-46,000 [...]
Without Driver Or Map, Vans Go From Italy To China
Across Eastern Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan and the Gobi Desert — it certainly was a long way to go without getting lost.
Four driverless electric vans successfully ended an 8,000-mile (13,000-kilometer) test drive from Italy to China — a [...]
Apple takes gulp of strong, glossy Liquidmetal
Apple takes gulp of Liquidmetal, a strong, glossy new material, but plans are secret. Apple Inc. is getting exclusive access to an exotic metallic material that could provide it with shiny, super-tough computer and phone casings.
Liquidmetal [...]
