Microsoft has finally unveiled the next and most promising iteration of Windows OS – Windows 10. Wait, wasn’t the last not-so-popular OS named windows 8, and so going by the leaks and nomenclature the next iteration should ideally be Windows 9? Well, Microsoft has conveniently skipped a generation and jumped on to Windows 10 instead. But, why? According to Geek, when asked why the next iteration is called Windows 10, […]
Indian American Harvard Medical School student Sachin Jain looks beyond boundaries of direct service. Sachin Jain comes from a family of philanthropists. His India-born father, Subhash, and others funded Jain’s paternal aunt Shanti, who had committed her life to rural health care in Phalodi, Rajasthan. The family runs the HBS Trust, which, among other things, runs a non-profit hospital (Kalapurnam General Hospital) and a school (Bal Academy). He watched as […]
Brazilian researchers in Rio de Janeiro have released thousands of mosquitoes infected with a bacteria that suppresses Dengue fever. The hope is they will multiply, breed and become the majority of mosquitoes, thus reducing cases of the disease. The initiative is part of a programme also taking place in Australia, Vietnam and Indonesia. The intercellular bacteria, Wolbachia, being introduced cannot be transmitted to humans. The programme started in 2012 says […]
Yahoo working on its own online document creation and collaboration software? That’s the question which immediately comes to mind upon hearing news that the company has now picked up a Bangalore-based startup called Bookpad, makers of Docspad, a service aimed at developers looking to add document viewing, annotations and editing features within their own applications. What differentiates Docspad from rivals like Google Docs, however, is that instead of being aimed […]
Memory specialist SanDisk has created an SD card with 512 gigabytes (512GB) of storage space – the highest capacity ever released. The card, which is the size of a postage stamp, will go on sale for $800 (£490). The launch comes a decade after the firm released a 512-megabyte (MB) SD card with one-thousandth of the space. Experts believe SD cards could eventually hold up to 2 terabytes (TB) of […]
The sports car that runs on SALTWATER:Vehicle goes from 0 to 60mph in 2.8 seconds – and has just been approved for EU roads •Quant e-Sportlimousine’s top speed is 217mph – equal to a McLaren P1 •The car uses a saltwater flow cell system to power four electric motors •Water passes through membrane in tanks creating an electric charge •Two 200-litre water tanks can provide a range of 373 miles […]
In the high and hostile peaks of the Himalayas where sustaining life is a challenge in itself, Indian scientists say they have found a “wonder herb” which can regulate the immune system, help adapt to the mountain environment and, above all, protect from radioactivity. Rhodiola, a herb found in the cold and highland climate, has led India’s leading scientists to wonder if it is the end to the quest for […]
Fashionistas take note: the latest in haute couture could be distressed jeans that have been ripped by lions, tigers and bears. A zoo fundraising group in Japan raised $3,500 last month after selling three pairs of denim jeans that were gnawed and clawed by lions and tigers. The group — the Mineko Club — created the special “Zoo Jeans” to raise money for the World Wildlife Fund and the local […]
Colgate Total contains triclosan, which has been linked to cancer and growth malformations in animals The toothpaste was approved by the FDA in 1997 – but the toxicology summary reveals the FDA used company-backed evidence to approve it The documents were released earlier this year after a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit last year A chemical that has been linked to cancer cell growth is being used by millions of […]
Never judge a phone by its cover. This chunky, black box was in fact the world’s first ‘smartphone’. The IBM Simon went on sale to the public on 16 August 1994 and combined mobile phone technology with a wide range of computing features. To mark the 20th anniversary, London’s Science Museum is putting it on display in its new Information Age gallery. “The Simon wasn’t called a smartphone back then,” […]
