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Technology - Op-Eds - Feb 16, 2017
Tejas
On 14 Feb 2017, the 11th Edition of Aero India commenced at Bangalore, with the participation from 30 countries and as many as 72 state-of-the-art aircraft. Amongst the indigenous products on display…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 16, 2017
New ISRO record
On 14 Feb 17, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched a record 104 satellites into space on a single rocket from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Launch Vehicle PSLV-C37 also…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 16, 2017
Autonomous taxi drones
Self-driving single occupancy drone taxi will be flying passengers across Dubai from July 2017. This was informed by the city’s Roads and Transport Authority. Dubai’s ruling family has predicted that…
Technology - Op-Eds - Feb 16, 2017
DRDO’s AWACS program
Airborne warning and Control System (AWACS) is a force-multiplier technology, available with modern air forces around the world. By operating radars from airborne platforms, airspace can be monitored…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 14, 2017
Aero India
Aero India is a mega biennial aero show. The 11th edition is from 14th to 18th February 2017. The event is a marketplace for the defence industry. It is the largest in Asia and second largest in the…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 7, 2017
Crimeradar
Robert Muggah’s Igarapé Institute, with Via Science and Mosaico Internet, launched CrimeRadar. It is a publicaly available crime-prediction platform. The launch is focused on Rio de Janeiro, with…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 2, 2017
Graphene from soyabean oil
Australian scientists at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, have turned ordinary cooking oil into graphene. This method of production is said to be more cost effective.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Jan 28, 2017
Human pig
Embryos that are part human (less than 0.001% human) and part pig have been produced and are being analysed by scientists. It is the first proof of Chimeras - named after the mythical lion-goat-…
Technology - Featured Article - Sep 3, 2019
The Age of Abundance– Part II
In Part 1 of this two-part series, the author gave a glimpse of the future, the Age of Abundance, when technology had overcome the need for mankind to work. If robotics and Artificial Intelligence (…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 17, 2021
An Ecosystem For Atmanirbhar
Despite many positive initiatives, the Indian defence industry still grapples with several gnawing concerns that must be addressed before it can undergo a complete transformation.
Sanjay Mitra is…
Technology - Op-Eds - Nov 8, 2016
After Snowden: How vulnerable is the internet?
The internet was designed to be free and open. Eight months after Edward Snowden's first leaks of classified information, is that still the case?
Technology - Featured Article - Sep 26, 2019
US China Technological War
Synergia Foundation hosted its 60th Roundtable Conference on “US-China Technology Conflict and Lessons from the Peloponnesian War”. The roundtable discussion featured the keynote address by Dr. A.J…
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 17, 2021
Aerospace Materials
It is the continually evolving, new-generation superalloy materials that constitute the backbone of cutting edge aerospace technology. Gopi Hanumanthappa, Managing Director of ThyssenKrupp Aerospace…
Technology - Featured Article - May 13, 2020
The Changing Face of CI Security
As the world grapples with the effects of COVID 19 and puts greater reliance on digital services and platforms, the threat to critical infrastructure has spiralled.
Technology - Featured Article - Jun 19, 2020
The real gold of Cyberspace
Cryptocurrency could create a transparent, decentralised medium of exchange, challenging the very concept of sovereign fiat currency.
Technology - Featured Article - Aug 31, 2020
How Will MNC’s Respond to the Challenge of Nationalism?,
The ban on TikTok raises a flag on how MNCs respond to the challenge of nationalist politics
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Oct 20, 2020
Oracle and Tiktok: a Match Made in Heaven?
With both tech companies talking at cross purposes, it is anybody's guess when the Trump-blessed deal will walk the rocky path up the aisle.
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 17, 2021
In House Ingenuity
By designing optimal systems and reconfiguring supply chains, Dynamatic Technologies has carved a niche for itself in the global aerospace industry.
Udayant Malhoutra, CEO and Managing Director of…
Technology - Op-Eds - Nov 8, 2016
Medicine’s Big Breakthrough
Medicine's Big Breakthrough: Editing Your Genes
Technology - Analyses & Assessments - Feb 17, 2021
Innocuous Drones And Lethal Standoff Weapons
This article has been written by Squadron Leader (retd.) Sameer Joshi. He serves as the CEO of NewSpace Research and Technologies, Bengaluru. Group Captain Harsh Vardhan Thakur, IAF Test Pilot and…