November, 2013 | TechieTonics

Hydrogen Powered Cars Will Be The Future Transportation

November 21, 2013May 16, 2014 Neha Shukla

With the ever-increasing fuel prices and harmful greenhouse gases produced by these fuels, the need of the hour is to switch to an alternative fuel as effective as the traditional fuels. One such innovation is being done in the field of automobile industry with bringing the concept cars like electric cars and now hydrogen cars is being added to the list. These pollution free hydrogen cars would emit only water vapor and so can be seen as a promising mode of transportation in the future.

Pars Will Be The New Lifeguard

November 20, 2013November 20, 2013 Neha Shukla

An innovative invention in the field of robotics has been recently tested successfully. RTS lab, earlier this year disclosed its big idea named Pars a flying robot with the aim of rescuing drowning people at sea by dropping the life saver. This idea was backed by an Iran based company which provided the required funds for the testing of the first working model in the open Caspian sea where a number of drowning cases get reported time and again.

Controlling Robots Via An Intuitive Command System

November 19, 2013November 19, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

Eye contact and face engagement are the two most important elements that plays major role in interaction among humans. And this main thing was missing when interacting with robots but now bots too would react according to the given set of instruction(s) that they’d decipher as per the eye and face recognition. Researchers at IROS made it a reality. They showed how an individual robot obeyed – within a group of bots – an instruction. This breakthrough went ahead in controlling bots in a more natural way. The bots were…

Why Men Posses Bigger Nose Than Women: A Study

November 19, 2013November 19, 2013 Neha Shukla

When compared to women it is always men who has bigger nose. A recent study has revealed the scientific reason concluding why European men has bigger noses than their female counterparts. The interesting study done by lead researcher Nathan Holten, assistant professor in the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, found that men posses more lean muscle than in the females and stand in need for more oxygen for maintaining a healthy tissue growth and development. Thus bigger nose help inhaling more oxygen to meet the lean muscle demand in…

Mars Has Granitic Rocks: A Research

November 18, 2013November 18, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

Every time one reads a philosophical novel, one finds a new motif running parallelly across the main theme and the numbers of motifs keep on increasing with the number of times the book is re-read. Expedition on Mars is quite similar to such an experience or a discovery at least I think so. Until now, researchers advocated that Mars is much simpler geologically with respect to Earth and that the planet’s surface consists of only basalt, dark-colored volcanic rocks. However, a recent discovery by the Curiosity rover has surfaced more…

Meet Daniel Becker, 2014 Nominee by German Design Council: An Interview

November 18, 2013November 18, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

As an entrepreneur / designer heading his own eponymous firm in Berlin, Daniel Becker Design Studio, Daniel provides design and consulting services in the fields of industrial products, lighting and interior design as well as art-direction and strategic conception. Daniel Becker (born 1983) studied industrial design at Braunschweig University of Art. After graduating, he opened his own studio and was invited to show his work in several young design talent selections on major trade fairs. In 2013, he presented new products on the Milan Furniture Fair and is nominated for…

Molding Your Old Television into Decorative Tiles

November 18, 2013November 18, 2013 Neha Shukla

Today everyone keeps discussing about protecting our mother nature, our planet from different wastes like chemical waste, radioactive waste, bio-degradable waste or non-degradable waste to name just a few. With the advancement of science and technology one more type of waste is posing a serious threat to the environment. Almost in every house there are television sets (one per family if not one in every room) and desktop. Do you remember your old heavy box type television set (with the Cathod Ray Tube Technology) which was latter replaced with the…

PaPeRo, The New Housekeeper, Cashier And Office Buddy

November 16, 2013November 18, 2013 Neha Shukla

Japanese NEC has come up with the latest variant of PaPeRo Petit (Partner Type Personal Robot) also known as Communication Robot. Unlike its earlier mobile R2-D2 version PaPeRo bot is immobile. Measuring just 24 cm in length and 1.3 kg in weight, the new and improved bot will assist in many household activities. Empowered with face and speech recognition intelligence with almost 80-90% accuracy, the cute looking bot now feature an improved camera, microphone and many sensors to measure temperature and distance. Even in darkness, the bot is still capable…

Sensory Integration Dysfunction: The Dysrhythmia Within (3)

November 15, 2013November 16, 2013 Wa'd Abuzurayk

In continuation of the Sensory Integration series of articles, today I will be discussing the third element of practice pertaining to Ayres’s sensory integration theory; which is her suggested treatment approach, referred to as sensory integration therapy. Ayres’s therapy techniques provide the child with various sensory experiences through play. One of the basic assumptions over which Ayres’s work was constructed was that the central nervous system is plastic. Neuroplasticity refers to the brain’s ability to change or be modified. Based on this assumption, sensory integration therapy is hypothesized to cause…

Take A Dip Into The World Of Data Visualization With Florian Krautli: An Interview

November 15, 2013November 15, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

Florian Krautli is a Swiss designer and developer working in London. He holds a BDes in product design from the Design Academy Eindhoven and a MSc in Cognitive Computing from Goldsmiths, focusing on philosophy of perception and artificial intelligence. He is experienced as a designer, software developer and lecturer and his work has been internationally exhibited and featured in both design and technology centered media. Currently, his research revolves around interactive data visualisations for cultural data, with a focus on representations of time.

The Revolutionary UniMo Tank Tread Electric Wheelchairs

November 15, 2013November 15, 2013 Neha Shukla

The International Robotics Exhibition held at Tokyo last week witnessed the first ever of its type wheelchair. Nano Optonics Energy of Japan presented the UniMo (Unique Mobility) electric driven wheelchair, making it now possible for wheelchair bound person to explore and travel beyond their limit with more ease, comfort and style. There are two models available: UniMo Grace and UniMo Sport.

Microbes Help In Hyenas Communication

November 14, 2013November 14, 2013 Neha Shukla

We have seen animals like dogs, cats and others squatting to mark their territorial borders and to pass other messages. Researchers have been trying to unravel the amount of messages these signs flash to other animals. A similar study lead by postdoctoral researcher Kevin Theis of Michigan State University, has revealed some important information about hyenas squatting also known as pasting. The study mainly focused on two species of hyenas namely the spotted hyenas and the striped hyenas.

Lin28a Gene Found Effective In Tissue Repair In Mouse

November 13, 2013November 13, 2013 Neha Shukla

Whenever I see a salamander or a lizard it makes me think how wonderful it could have been if we had the same capacity to re-grow an amputated limb or any scar so effectively and so easily. In humans, tissue repair mechanism is most vigorous during the gestation period and this decline with the advancement of age. That is why infant tissues tend to heal faster than an older individual. Interdependence between the tissue and tender age is the matter to exploration. What is that in juveniles that help in…

Ants Relying On Experience For Decision Making: A Study

November 12, 2013 Neha Shukla

We humans are not the only one who depends on past experiences for making competent decisions, ants too have been known living successfully on the same paradigm and they have been residing on earth for some 110-130 million years ago.

Designing Is More Complex Than Entrepreneurship, says Stefano Merlo: An Interview

November 12, 2013November 12, 2013 Pooja Kashyap

Stefano Merlo was born in Valdobbiadene (Treviso, Italy). He is a multidisciplinary and awards winner designer, focused mainly on Product, Industrial, Web and Communication design. He has been awarded with international design prizes and honorable mention, and his works are published in many international design magazines and books. He won the first prize of “2nd Outdoor Furniture Contest” by Gandia Blasco in 2007 and was shortlisted at “Bright Led” competition by DesignBoom in 2007, he was featured on “Top 100 designs of the year” by Hugo Boss in 2009. Won…