Microsoft Windows 8.1 Update First Look - Here's An All You Want To Know!

              Probably the most significant news so far from Microsoft this year is this - an update to the operating system they built keeping in mind the mobility-driven significant change in the industry - The Windows 8 OS. Always abuzz with mixed reactions and sentiments since its release, Microsoft's Windows 8 has received all sorts of comments and feedback. Listening to the majority's demands, Microsoft has now planned to deliver hundreds of updates to its product and apps. The news came to everyone's notice when Antoine Leblond, Corporate Vice President of the Windows...

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Bullet Train To Run In India On Mumbai-Ahmedabad Route Using Japanese Technology

               India seems to be keen on setting up a high-speed bullet train route between Mumbai & Ahmedabad. The technology to setup bullet train will be provided by Japan. The project is expected to cost about $1billion in Yen-based loans to India. France too is interested in setting up their TGV high-speed railway network in India; but the Japanese seem to have won Indian Prime Minister Man Mohan Singh's heart. The overall length of the route is expected to be about 500 kilometers. The technical reviews of the route are expected to be complete by 2014.                ...

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Raspberry Pi Heads For The Skies; Captures Stunning Images of Earth From A Height Of 40 Km

             Our favorite $25 computer has proven that it can work for you any way you want. It has been used in simple projects like voice activated garage doors and high-tech ones like wardriving. Now it is headed for the skies thanks to UK’s Dave Ackerman. He made use of the mini computer’s newly launched $25 camera attachment to capture gorgeous images of earth from a height of about 40 KMs from the ground.            Dave used the Model A of the Raspberry Pi computer along with its 5MP camera attachment (also capable of...

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Indian Engineers Build 'Jugaad 13' - The 200 Kmpl Car For International Race

              The term 'Jugaad' was traditionally used in India to refer to the locally made motor vehicles, used mostly in small villages as a means of low-cost transportation. Now, we only call a trick - a Jugaad if it is an improvised arrangement or work-around done for the lack of resources. Putting proper sense to their innovation, second year engineering students of KJ Somaiya College in India have developed a dolphin-shaped, single-seater car with a body of fibre glass and being inspired by the book titled 'Jugaad Innovation', they are calling it the 'Jugaad ’13'. Proudly...

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Australian Police Issue Warning On 3D Printed Guns; Say Misfiring 'Kills At Both Ends'

                Australian police in New South Wales recently issued a warning against the Defence Distributed 3D printed gun, stating: "No matter what end of this gun you can be on, you could die." Following a schematics given by an anonymous Wisconsin Engineer, the police department spent 27 hours and $35 to print the 15 pieces of 'Lulz Liberator' on a $1,650 desktop 3D printer, while it took just 60 seconds to assemble the whole gun. While testing, the plastic firearm underwent a 'catastrophic misfire', which NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione believes...

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