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World's fastest camera can capture up to 100 billion frames per second

Washington: In a breakthrough, researchers have developed the world’s fastest 2D camera that can capture events up to 100 billion frames per second. The camera is faster than any current receive-only ultrafast imaging techniques, which are limited by on-chip storage and electronic readout speed to operations of about 10 million frames per second, researchers said. Researchers at the Washington University used a technique called compressed ultrafast photography (CUP) to make […]

This 24-year-old high school dropout is tackling a problem every startup hates

Jessica Mah, the founder and CEO of Indinero, was only 11 years old when she started her first business. Having learned how to code in fifth grade, Mah built websites for people and got paid a few thousand dollars a month. Indinero CEO Jessica MahThat experience led her to do something more serious for her next business. She leased servers out of a few data centers and created a fully […]

25 Websites That Will Make You Smarter

    Rather than waste your life on Facebook and Instagram, put your daily interneting to good use. Here’s a list of websites that will actually make you smarter: CodeAcademy – Learn programming languages like HTML, CSS, and Javascript with this free, interactive resource. Coursera – With more than 800 free courses on topics that range from internet history to financial engineering, the education platform helps you deepen your knowledge […]

Nepal's killing fields: FIVE THOUSAND buffalo lie slaughtered at the beginning of Hindu ceremony which sees up to 300,000 animals killed to bring worshippers good luck

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Hundreds of thousands of animals set to be slaughtered during two-day religious festival in Nepal The Hindu festival is held every five years in honour of Gadhimai, the goddess of power Festivities kicked off on Friday morning with the mass-slaughter of 5,000-6,000 buffalo in a field The last time the festival was held, in 2009, more than 250,000 animals were killed, according to PETA More than 250,000 […]

I saw humans on Mars in 1979: Ex-NASA employee

New York: A former NASA employee named Jackie has made a startling claim saying that she saw two humans walking on the Red Planet towards the Viking Mars lander in 1979 in a footage. Reportedly, Jackie placed a call to Coast to Coast AM radio station in the US, claiming she saw two humans walking on Mars. She said that she was handling the downlink telemetry from the Viking lander […]

French Polynesia: Billion dollar nuclear claim

An overseas territory governed by France is to ask Paris for nearly $1bn in compensation for damage caused by nuclear weapons tests, it’s been reported. The assembly of French Polynesia, based in Papete, has prepared a demand for $930m (£594m) over the 193 tests carried out by France in the South Pacific between 1966 and 1996, Radio New Zealand International reports. The ruling Tahoeraa Huiraatira party, which opposes independence from […]

Forget Spiderman: Scientists build new 'gecko' inspired climbing pads

Stanford scientists have developed a new gecko-inspired climbing technology that enables a human to scale a glass wall using two large adhesive pads. Researchers hope to use the adhesives in manufacturing equipment, making grippers for manipulating huge solar panels, displays, and other objects without the need for suction power or chemical glues. They are also working with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to adapt the adhesive for use by robots, according […]

Mind-Blowing Mermaid Found At The Beach Of Hawaii And Egypt(Images)

A Mermaid is found along a beach of Kilauea Falls, Hawaii. Unfortunately she already passed away. These pictures are really stunning and we honestly don’t know what to say about it. We don’t know if this beauty is real or not,  it’s up to you to judge about these pictures. The first discovery of mermaids was in the Greenland Sea. The upper body A very good closeup of everthing This […]

The next Mark Zuckerberg? Thirteen year old Californian inventor gets Intel backing for low cost Lego braille printer

Shubham Banerjee was 12 when he closed funding round with Intel Capital Turned Lego bricks into a device that could print in Braille Hopes to sell printer for $300 If Shubham Banerjee cannot lay claim to being the world’s youngest venture capital-backed entrepreneur, he comes very close. Banerjee was 12 years old when he closed an early-stage funding round with Intel Capital, the company’s venture capital arm, last month for […]

China launches new remote sensing satellite

Beijing: China today launched a new remote sensing satellite into scheduled orbit from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre.       The satellite Yaogan-23 will mainly be used for scientific experiments, natural resource surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. It was carried by a Long March-2C rocket, marking the 198th mission for the Long March rocket family. China launched the first satellite in the “Yaogan” […]