TECHNOLOGY

New device to track movement of students in schools

A new device using technology like WiFi, Bluetooth beacons and GPS that can track the movement of students to ensure their safety within their school campuses was presented before a select group of private school principals in the city. The device can be worn by students as standard identity cards and the data can be […]

Google kills ‘view image’ button from search results

San Francisco—In a move to curb the lifting of copyrighted images from its platform, Google has removed the “view image” button from its image search results. “Today we’re launching some changes on Google Images to help connect users and useful websites.  “This will include removing the View Image button. The Visit button remains, so users […]

Now, Kashmir’s Discarded Walnut Shells Can Be Used to Make Batteries!

Kashmir’s lofty mountains and majestic slopes, together with the temperate are ideally suited for walnut production, and it is no wonder that Kashmiri walnuts are famous worldwide for their superior taste. Naturally, a lot of organic waste, by way of walnut shells, is also generated. A team of scientists from the Indian Institute of Science, […]

Parenting The iPad Generation

  In a device-driven world, the screen holds infinite power to confuse and frustrate parents, who are increasingly hearing mixed messages about its impact. Screen time is evil! But also: Technology is vital to kids’ future achievement and a necessary part of their education.   What’s a parent to make of this contradiction?   Unchecked […]

Computer Graphics Card – What is it?

  The images on the monitor are made of small dots called pixels. In most common resolution settings, the screen is displayed as one million pixels, and the computer must decide what to do to take a picture. To do this, you need a translator – something that allows you to download binary data from […]

Welcome move on cigarette shops

It refers to Union Health Ministry on 21.09.2017 writing to states for compulsorily registering shops selling tobacco-products including cigarettes, and not allowing these to sell non-tobacco products. Step will certainly impose an effective check on sale of tobacco products apart from preventing children start smoking as a fashion-status. Presently shops selling cigarettes etc also sell […]

Why Google wants to think more like you and less like machine

https://theconversation.com/why-google-wants-to-think-more-like-you-and-less-like-a-machine-79911What does this mean: wht has Don Trm don nw? You’ve probably decided the intended question is: “What has Donald Trump done now?” But how did you reach that conclusion? The word fragments could be part of many different words. You even expanded two almost identical fragments – “Don” and “don” – to different words […]

10-yrs after iPhone was launched:We’re more connected–and isolated–than ever before

Sometime around 2011 or 2012, it suddenly became very easy to predict what people would be doing in public places: Most would be looking down at their phones. For years, mobile phones weren’t much to look at. The screens were small, and users needed to press the same key several times to type a single […]

How Mobile Phones (Mis)Use Is Affecting Our Health & Social Fabric 

Mobile phones have become part and parcel of life to people of all ages these days. People spend hours on mobile phones to remain in contact with their relatives, colleagues and business partners. Some spend days on social networking sites like whatsapp, facebook, tinder, twitter etc. Children often take over mobile phones of their parents […]

World’s largest plane unveiled

London—A colossal aircraft capable of launching satellite-toting rockets into space is closer to testing, having been rolled out of a hangar in the desert, its creators said on Wednesday. The project backed by billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been proceeding for about six years and was on track for its first launch demonstration as […]

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