Artificial Intelligence (AI) presents opportunities to complement human intelligence and enhance the way of living and working. AI is poised to disrupt the human world with intelligent machines enabled of high-level cognitive processes like thinking, perceiving, learning, problem solving and decisio...
FaceApp, which is an image-enhancing mobile application, has taken the Indian social media by storm. News feeds across social networks are being flooded with well-designed ‘old age’ images of individuals using that particular image filter in FaceApp. The app has been around since 2017 and ...
The Indian Railways and the National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) has finalised the Japanese E5 Shinkansen technology for the implementation of 10 bullet train corridors with the total length of about 6,000 kilometres across the country. Out of these bullet train routes, six routes h...
The world's largest aircraft recently took flight over the Mojave Desert in California. The carbon-composite plane has been built by Stratolaunch Systems Corp - initiated by late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.The white aircraft that has been named Roc has a wingspan of around 385 feet and is power...
Just as a cricketer picks up his bat, a fisherman picks up his net before heading out to sea. But nowadays there is another thing that he can’t afford to leave behind: his hand-held Global Positioning System (GPS) device. Fishermen have forever relied on water and air for guidance. Tradition...
At his peak, when Sachin Tendulkar was referred to as the God of Cricket, when Sunil Gavaskar was called the Little Master, and when the IPL cricket series dominate our lives, it was no joke when it was claimed India’s economy depended on cricket. We have heard of the term, cricket diplomacy, in t...
Navkaran Singh Bagga is the founder of AKVO, a company which provides safe and pure drinking water using the Atmospheric Water Generator (AWG) technology. Bagga spoke to BE’s Kuntala Sarkar.Q. Can you explain the AWG technology? A. The most abundant source of freshwater is the Earth’s atmo...
"The three scientists developed laboratory methods of controlling evolution and harnessing its power to engineer enzymes and bind proteins using same tools as nature, of genetic mutation and selection for the benefit of mankind. This is called ‘directed evolution’, a man-made procedure that comp...
Science City, Kolkata, a constituent unit of the National Council of Science Museums, has added a new feather to its cap. The Fulldome3D Digital Theatre which was recently inaugurated by Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Union Minister of State for Culture (Independent Charge) and Minister of State for- Envi...
Internet-based mobile apps are transforming our lives by simplifying various processes. There are many mobile apps that can help to relieve stress. BE explores three such apps.Headspace: Meditation & MindfulnessThis app can be the perfect getaway while you are trying to relieve stress or anxiety...