January, 2016

• 20 January

  Loss of Cultural Knowledge #2: Library destroyed, Scientist murdered in the name of religion!

  

  Alexandria, the city named after Alexander the Great, once hosted over a million scrolls at the Great Library of Alexandria. The library was created in 3rd century BC by King Ptolemy I, the successor of Alexander. Hypatia, the first female mathematician of the world, was born in the very same …
• 19 January

  Loss of Cultural Knowledge #1: Did an Atomic War destroy Mohenjo-daro?

  

  The Indus Valley Civilization was arguably the most advanced ancient civilization that we know of. However, the sudden end or destruction or abandonment of the Indus Valley Civilization and Mohenjo-daro is a mystery. Built around 2500 BCE, Mohenjo-daro was one of the biggest urban settlements of the Indus Valley Civilization. …
• 18 January

  Revisiting History: Do we fear our past or do we learn from it?

  

  I want you to take a moment out of your everyday life and busy schedule and look at yourself in the mirror. I want you to look at yourself intensely and without bias. I want you to see what you are beneath all the layers of self-judgments, perceptions, titles, name …
• 17 January

  The Currency of the Future: How BitCoin could change the world!

  

  Take a glance at the past, if you wanted to fill up a pitcher of beer then you could have easily done it in exchange of anything you possessed, which was roughly assumed to be bearing the same value as the drink you were buying. This was one simple example …
• 16 January

  Meet AudioOrb: Your Very Own Musical Perceptual Bubble

  

  Ever wanted to lock yourself in a little ball of music without having to lock yourself visually inside four walls? No matter how good your noise cancellation headphones are, you can’t quite immerse yourself completely in them. No matter how expansive your home audio gear is, it will have to …
• 15 January

  Virtual Reality Ads: Redefining the Bounds of Reality and Identity

  

  So wondering what Facebook’s 2$ million oculus rift would mean for advertisers? Television, Internet and mobile have radically changed the ways in which companies connect to consumers. Some consider that VR is the ‘final frontier’ among all entertainment mediums because any subsequent medium can be invented and programmed within VR. …
• 14 January

  Game of Drones: S02 E02- The Watchers in the Sky

  

  A few days ago, I found myself at the reception of my Boss’s wedding. As I was hanging around the festivities, something instantly garnered my attention. The camera man who was hired to shoot the wedding did not have a camera with him and was in effect holding a remote …
• 13 January

  My Blanket is Talking to Me, Am I Insane?- The Internet of Things

  

  In 1943, a scientist named Albert Hoffman started experimenting with a fungus which grew on diseased rye. He extracted a chemical from this fungus which accidentally touched his skin, thus getting absorbed into his body. Little did he know that he had stumbled upon one of the most powerful psychedelic …
• 12 January

  Game of Drones, S02E01: Singularity! Drones that will fly you to work!

  

  Sit inside a cockpit, put your backpack in the trunk of the copter, switch on the engine propellers, turn on the 12-inch tablet display provided inside, enter your location in the app configured with a map, press the take-off button and relax to enjoy the flight! You can maybe turn …
• 11 January

  Shaping the Future: Embracing Change in the Year Ahead

  

  Change is one of the basic necessities in our lives. Imagine living a life of monotony, where every aspect of our perception just stays the way it is or has been “sanctioned” to be perceived by society.The very feel of life is in the meandering and the constant ebb and flow …