Transit of Venus App Enables Cosmic Calculations
A built-in timer allows users to calculate the length of the planet’s shadow on the solar disk to reproduce an experiment done in the 19th century with less precise instruments
On June 5-6, amateur and professional astronomers alike will [...]
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer the First Electronic Computer
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer the First Electronic Computer – John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry
“I have always taken the position that there is enough credit for everyone in the invention and development of the electronic computer” [...]
The first relay computer
Konrad Zuse—the first relay computer
During his study of civil engineering in the Technical College of Berlin Charlottenburg (Technischen Hochschule) Konrad Zuse faced a serious problem, while studying the construction of buildings and roads. [...]
Classpad – a new education tablet!
Classteacher Learning System, an educational solutions provider, forays into the Tablet market with the launch of a new range of Tablets called ‘Classpad’.
IIT Delhi graduate, IIM Calcutta graduate and CEO and co-founder of Classteacher [...]
TRAI-ing times for the youth
Take to pigeons and letter writing? TRAI will murder love lives, say youth.The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) 100 SMSes-per-day rule has been successfully activated, and even the traffic police now can’t send out [...]
Solar Orbiter:ESA contracts Astrium UK to build Solar Orbiter
ESA has awarded the contract to build its next-generation Sun explorer to Astrium UK. Solar Orbiter will investigate how the Sun creates and controls the heliosphere, the extended atmosphere of the Sun.
Solar Orbiter exploring the Sun’s [...]
Datawind’s Ubislate 7+ is available for all
If students missed out to register Aakash (Ubislate7) tablet, Datawind has launched a new tab to woo them back. Datawind’s Ubislate 7+ is an upgraded version of Aakash which will be available in the last week of January.
Interested buyers [...]
‘Aakash’ tablet – The world’s cheapest tablet
India’s very own low-cost tablet, named Aakash, was launched amidst much fanfare, in October 2011 in the national capital. This move by the government earned it a lot of admiration from tech enthusiasts and the layman alike, since it looked [...]
Inside Clocky Pictures
The Clocky, the rolling alarm clock presents an edge on traditional alarm clocks. If you hit the snooze bar more than once, it rolls off your nightstand and moves around your room. The same thing happens if you wait too long to turn off the [...]
Typewriter replaces the keyboard of your computer
A manual typewriter’s keyboard makes a perfectly good computer keyboard–with a little bit of hacking. Maybe the typewriter isn’t dead just yet.
A U.S. designer has created a USB Typewriter conversion kit that allows computer [...]
