A floating electric car for flash-flood zones Hideo Tsurumaki was there in 2011 when a tsunami devastated his hometown in the Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan. With this disaster as his inspiration, the designer, who started his career at Suzuki Motor, set about creating a car that could carry its occupants to safety in the event of sudden flooding. The… Read more →
Facebook has ambitious plans to connect the two-thirds of the world that has no net access, using drones, satellites and lasers. The move was announced on the social media platform by founder Mark Zuckerberg. It will put it in direct competition with Google, which is planning to deliver net access via balloons. Both of the net giants want to… Read more →
BHUBANESWAR: India successfully test-fired its nuclear-capable Prithvi-II surface-to-surface missile from a military base in Odisha on Friday, a senior official said. The indigenously-developed ballistic missile with a maximum range of 350 km was fired from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Balasore district, about 230 km from Bhubaneswar. “It was a perfect launch. It met all mission objectives,” test… Read more →
New Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is expected to make his first public appearance as the leader of the tech titan, and will likely announce a version of the company’s Office software for the iPad. Office software lets you create and edit documents, calculate spreadsheets and design presentations and graphics through its Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs. Microsoft moved to… Read more →
Twitter on Wednesday added Facebook-style photo “tagging” and bumped up the number of images that iPhone users can share in a single post. As many as 10 people in a single image can be “tagged” with names without eating into the 140-character limit to text messages posted at the service, Twitter software engineer Cesar Puerta said in a blog… Read more →
Two of Islam’s holiest cities, Makkah and Medina will now have an Indian connection. According to government sources, the Indian labour force will be roped in for the Haramain High Speed Railway project — Saudi Arabia’s plan to connect the two cities by high speed trains. The rails for the tracks will also be supplied by Indian companies. Government sources… Read more →
In an era when you can stream Game Of Thrones at broadband speeds while sitting in an aircraft, the black box seems to be a dated piece of technology. Why can’t airliners also stream their critical operational data back to the ground? The black boxes of Air France flight 447 lay 13,000 feet beneath the southern Atlantic Ocean for… Read more →
Dubai has not issued any licence relating to Bitcoins to date, a senior government official told Emirates 24|7. “DED has not issued any licence relating to Bitcoins so far,” Ahmed Ibrahim, Director of Business Registration, Department of Economic Development (DED), said. Pic 2: These kiosks have been touted as Bitcoin Teller Machines (BTMs). (Twitter @ Sergey Yusupov) On… Read more →
ALL new buildings must be equipped with thermal insulation under a new policy adopted by the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA). The rule was initially applied to all commercial properties over four storeys tall, but has now been rolled out to all residential and commerical buildings. It has been introduced to support conservation initiatives. “Thermal insulation in buildings can reduce… Read more →
A group of students of the Pankajakasthuri College of Engineering and Technology here has come out with a prototype of a hands-free automobile as part of their final year project. The automobile which they call ‘combo’ can be driven without ever using hands, they say. The controls, including the turning of vehicle, accelerator and brake, and even the electrical controls,… Read more →
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