First robot astronaut ‘lonely‘ in space

Being an astronaut can be an overwhelming experience, so Japanese researchers created a robot to see if an artificial friend could help lonely spacemen bear the solitude of the cosmos. Kirobo, the walking, talking robot was blasted into space in August 2013 to accompany Koichi Wakata, the first Japanese commander of the International Space Station (ISS) for a year. Scientists have been conducting experiments on Kirobo to test his autonomous conversation functions with Captain...

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Google tests using drones to deliver goods

  SAN FRANCISCO: Google has said it is testing using drones to deliver items bought online, putting its own spin on similar efforts by Internet retail titan Amazon.com. Two years of research into what Google referred to as "Project Wing" was capped this month with test flights delivering candy, water, medicine, dog treats and other items to two farmers in Queensland, Australia. "Self-flying vehicles could open up entirely new approaches to moving goods," California-based Google yesterday...

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Google, Linkedin have cool and happy offices

 You go to work in offices that house a Taj Mahal-like setting that changes colours, meeting places built like a railway coach or an Ambassador car, a work area designed like a Las Vegas casino, bright orange or green holes-in-the-wall with comfortable seating… the idea of a workplace is changing rapidly, and moving away from drab, great cubicles and work stations. Unsurprisingly, global trendsetter in workplace design, Google, is at the forefront of the change in India, too. Its new office...

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IBM Watson supercomputer gets ready for a new career

WASHINGTON: International Business Machines (IBM) has launched a computer system that can quickly identify patterns in massive amounts of data, an ability that IBM said should hasten breakthroughs in science and medical research.  The computer system, Watson Discovery Advisor, understands chemical compound interaction and human language and can visually map out connections in data, the company said in a statement. IBM will make the service available through the cloud. Some...

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IITs to offer ‘deferred placements’ to students who choose entrepreneurship as career

MUMBAI: Giving in to popular demand from graduating students smitten with entrepreneurship, a clutch of IITs across the country has decided to offer 'deferred placements' to students who would rather float a new business than sit for a job interview now. As many as 13 students from the Class of 2015 at IIT-Bombay have applied for deferred placements this year to pursue entrepreneurial ventures. Of these, eight are planning for-profit ventures and five are going for social ventures. The institute...

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Google reveals Project Wing

SAN FRANCISCO: Google is developing airborne drones capable of flying on their own and delivering anything from candy to medicine, the internet company said. The effort, which Google calls Project Wing, marks the company's latest expansion beyond its web-based origins and could help Google break into lucrative markets such as commerce and package delivery, ratcheting up the competition with Amazon.com.Google, the world's largest internet search engine, said it will take years of development to...

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Google Vs. Amazon: The Dawn Of The Great Ad War

Sir Francis Bacon said, "Knowledge is power", but then he lived in 16th century Britain and we are living in digital times, where knowledge has given up its spot to information and dusty scrolls in libraries have given way to servers storing much more information. We give out our personal information voluntarily to entities such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc. In exchange, they make us feel advanced, developed and to take that one-step further, they sell us 'connected'. We buy it. Over the years,...

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.भारत Domain Name Launched

 The government today launched a new domain .भारत (dot Bharat) in Devanagari script. Initially, the domain will cover eight languages - Hindi, Bodo, Dogri, Konkani, Maithili, Marathi, Nepali and Sindhi. All these languages are from the list of 22 languages registered in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.  The main purpose of .भारत domain is to connect people with social media and provide content in Indian languages. It will help provide information to the general public in their...

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Tech Rock Stars Who Went To Harvard

Harvard University is one of the most prestigious and well-known schools in the world. Its undergraduate program had an acceptance rate of just 6% last year, while its Business School was ranked No. 1 in the country. Not surprisingly, Harvard has produced some of today's most successful tech entrepreneurs. From social media to smartphones, Harvard grads (and dropouts) are everywhere in today's tech landscape. We put together some of the top tech rock stars who went to Harvard,...

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