WHAT IS A CARBON NANOTUBE? A hundred times stronger than steel yet lighter than Aluminium, Carbon Nanotubes(CNTs) are cylindrical molecules consisting of rolled-up sheets of graphene. They can be single-walled (SWNT) or multi-walled (MWNT). They are one of the strongest materials known to man, yet engineers are just starting to unlock their full potential. The…
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Prove, you know a secret without actually revealing it, possible? Your personal data like your contact information, your taste, or even your behaviour patterns are very valuable. Companies benefit from this data in two ways: by using the data to optimize the services to better appeal to you and resell it to other companies. A…
Economists, by and large, love trade. In 2018 the IGM booth panel asked expert economists how they felt about introducing tariffs concerning the trade war. A tariff or duty (the words are used interchangeably) is a tax levied by governments on the value including freight and insurance of imported products. The majority strongly disagreed, while…
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…
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?…
Have you heard of the term “esolang”? At first glance, an esolang may look weird and will probably end up giving you a headache. However, a deep dive into esolangs opens up a fascinating world that pushes the boundaries of language design
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.
What is ‘Big Data’? In simple terms, Big data is data that can’t comfortably be processed on a single machine. We live in a world increasingly driven by data. Try googling about big data and you will find some staggering facts like: The amount of data produced by us from the beginning of time till…
“Good evening ladies and gentlemen. We’re pleased to welcome you on board. This is your captain speaking. Today we shall be cruising at an altitude of 40,000 ft and a groundspeed of 900 km/hr. The time to our destination shall be 4hrs. On behalf of the entire crew, I wish you a pleasant and comfortable…
“Think Differently”We’ve all heard this saying go around everywhere. It’s there in your local Apple store, it’s quoted in your favourite motivational videos on YouTube, it’s mentioned on social media influencers posts on Instagram, heck, you’d even find it spray-painted across an empty wall as graffiti art in cities all over the world. Some might…