Autonomous Vehicles

Driverless cars might just bring about the biggest societal revolution since, well, the industrial revolution, and it appears that everyone’s getting in on it. But how do they see? Object Detection technologies for self-driving cars  The 90s had a thing for fantasizing over cars that drive by themselves. People called it crazy back then, but…

The Second Sound

A boiling tea kettle diffuses its heat to the gradually warm surrounding air, yet it will still be the warmest region even as it, too, slowly cools. But what if the kettle cooled down to room temperature almost instantly, losing its heat in a wave traveling through the material close to the speed of sound?…

Freakonomics

On paper, Freakonomics is a book that delves into the fascinating world of economics but in reality it’s so much more. Be it deconstructing popular notions or exposing the reader to a lesser known side of society, this book achieves a phenomenal balance between gripping one’s attention while opening their minds to learn more about the innumerable, startling examples in the book.