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Dhamaka : India to unveil a $10 laptop!

January 31st, 2009 admin No comments

Indian scientists, after working upon the project for three years have come out with $10, which comes out to be Rs. 500 worth of a laptop for a noble cause of National Mission Education. The notebook  will be reportedly put on display at Tirupati in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India, on Tuesday, [...]

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Scientists Find Evidence of Water on Distant Planet

July 14th, 2007 admin No comments

Astronomers have reported the first hard evidence of water on an alien planet, a giant swirling world of gas that is steaming up.
This planet absorbs starlight in a way that can only be explained by the presence of water vapour
The new observations from the Spitzer Space Telescope run by the US space agency Nasa [...]

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A walking robot goes mountaineering

July 13th, 2007 admin No comments

The human gait is a marvel of coordination. All aspects of movement control – from the angle of the knee joints to the momentum of the hip up to the balance point of the torso – need to be meticulously adjusted. In addition, the gait is adaptable to different environments. Walking on ice is [...]

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