We may know more about the moon than we do about our oceans. A graduate MIT engineer is fixing that. Her swarm of autonomous swimming bots will truly explore the oceans, unrestricted by false human perception or little knowledge of what lies beneath. Until today, most people use drones to make simple videos and annoy … Read more
As the world’s tech giants make homes smarter and cars drive themselves, a small group of researchers and enthusiasts are making IoT affordable and building it around what the rest of the people in the world really need — such as mousetrap alerts. There’s more to IoT than pushing videos to phones and pulling data … Read more
In the rush to deliver smart devices to the masses, most manufacturers have failed the security test, leaving both users and devices exposed to hackers. 2016 has been a wake-up call for device makers. The real battle begins now. 30 billion devices will be connected to the Internet by the year 2020. As of the … Read more
The more independent machines and devices are when connected to the Internet of Things, the more data and information they can collect for the Internet of Things to work. Autonomous devices such drones and suitcases are taking off with some ideas of their own. At the height of the drone craze, the chief of a … Read more
As the Internet of Things takes shape, machines are quickly engineered to be fully autonomous. Smart cars or self-driving cars are among the most exciting sectors. Automakers are racing to be the first, and this includes self-flying cars. However, the high cost of autonomous vehicle systems and safety regulations mean we might not see fully-autonomous … Read more
NEW DELHI: Asteroids are known to be treasure troves of precious minerals. A Nasa mission is under way to test the feasibility on a nearby asteroid, and a niche group of companies is ramping up to claim a piece of the pie. Nasa’s Osiris-Rex, launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida in 2016, has travelled over 1.3 billion km since, … Read more
NEW DELHI: The killing of Mufti Waqas, the mastermind of five recent suicide attacks in Jammu and Kashmir including the Sunjuwan strike, has dealt a severe blow to Jaish-e-Mohammed as he was planning to target other parts of India, officials said. Barely 21 km away from the state capital of Srinagar, Waqas, who moved around under … Read more
