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Caught in the web: The internet of everything

The Internet of Everything, a superset of Internet of things, is a word that most of us have heard of …


The Creator

‘A dark pathway always leads to a blissful, shiny meadow’. Such statements are only to be found in motivational quotes …


Inside Cornell’s Box

She stands there contemplating. Resting against the table, looking down, she looks tired. It might be a nostalgic moment, or …


Let’s talk Physics…

In an attempt to know better about the research work done by professors at IITK, the NERD team decided to …


Scientific Temper

Over the years history has shown that resolving society's problems through a scientific approach is the best way to handle …


THE TREAT ON A SPACESHIP

Vox is a very popular news channel from the future whose time travelling journalists go to different corners of time and space, collect news and broadcast it at relevant places at relevant times


Know Your Gecko

The Asian house gecko is found in abundance in Asia and can be spotted in almost any household. A common sight in India, there are plenty of myths surrounding this mild mannered creature.


Act of GOD or Ill-Will of Man?

A natural disaster a.k.a ‘Act-Of-God’ is not the only one which turns down the happy faces.

The severity …


Adaptive Traffic Light Timer Control (ATLTC)

The current traffic control system (TCS) in the metro cities of India are inefficient due to randomness in the traffic …


Burning Ice To Buy Time !!!

How it all started!

In the early 1930s, natural-gas miners started to complain of ice-like material clogging pipelines during transportation …


Extraterrestrial heritage?

Ever since I watched the Bruce Willis starrer sci-fi hit “The fifth element", I've always wondered, have aliens really been …


I dreamed a Smiling farmer --(a selfish idea to ensure my 3 meals a day)

Nagabhushanam is a peasant from adilabad growing onions on his leased 2 acre land for which he bought the seeds …


Mimicking The Educator Muse- The Way Within

Since the dawn of ages, Nature has always played Muse to humanity and earliest expressions of that overpowering feeling gushed forth in form of various arts that seek to capture Beauty in some form or the other.


Taming the Ocean at MIT

Through this article, I would like to share my research experience and activities of the MSEAS-Multidisciplinary Simulation and Assimilation Systems …


Transformer

When we think of a robot the image that springs to mind is that of a multi limbed machine that …


WiGig: The new generation WiFi

WiFi has become a household name today which works in 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequency ranges. WiFi uses a small …


Research Trends and Development on 5G Wireless Networks - Advances in Wireless Technology

Mobile and Wireless Communication systems will allow 5G support for the expected increase in data volumes and broadening in the …


New-Clear Future: A Fissible Prospect?

"He blinked at the sun and dreamt that perhaps he might snare it and spare it as it went down …


Wetlands: Sources or Sinks of Greenhouse Gases

Wetlands are an interface between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. They are often termed as 'nature's kidneys', because they cleanse our …



Words of Wisdom

Research is to see what everybody has seen, and think what nobody else has thought.

Dr. Albert Szent-Gyorgyi