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Students and teachers of Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) school at Kopar Khairane village take a close look at newly installed science equipments in the newly built scienc...

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A woman stands behind the interactive installation 'Invisible Beauty' (2017) by Croatian artist Filip Borelli during the Silbersalz festival in Halle (Saale), Germany.

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A man stands behind the installation 'ArchaeaBot: A post singularity and post climate change life-form' (2018) by Bristish artists Anna Dumitriu and Alex May during the Silbersalz ...

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Principal Scientific Advisor K. Vijay Raghavan briefs the press on Science and Technology Mission of Prime Minister's Science Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PMSTIAC) a...

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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, center, gets a look at the international space station's robotic control center as his daughter, Ella-Grace, left, and robotic flight contro...

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A visitor uses a VR gear of HTC-VIVE, at the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain.

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A visitor sits inside a simulator using a VR gear of Ooredoo, at the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain.

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A ZTE musician robot plays the piano during the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain.

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A visitor holds a new model of P18K POP Energizer phone, with 18,000mAh battery, at the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain.

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Hanson Robotics' flagship robot Sophia, a lifelike robot powered by artificial intelligence, speaks with visitors, at the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain. ...

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Journalists take pictures of the new Huawei products after they were presented at the Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, Spain.

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Huawei CEO Richard Yu displays the new Huawei Mate X foldable 5G smartphone at the Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, Spain.

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Journalists try the new LG V50 ThinQ 5G smartphone with clip on second screen presented at the Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, Spain.

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Spain's King Felipe VI, centre, and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, right, visit the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain.

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Attendees walk along the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain.

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Attendees take pictures of the new Huawei Mate X foldable 5G smartphone during the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain.

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The new models of Sony Xperia 10 are seen displayed at the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain.

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A XR-1 5G cloud robot by CloudMinds speaks with a visitor, during the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain.

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A man uses the new glasses Playgiga during the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain.

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Visitors sit inside an Intelligent Mobility Ecosystem vehicle, powered by SAP Leonardo, during the Mobile World Congress wireless show, in Barcelona, Spain.

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How Modern-Day Nostradamus, Ray Kurzweil, Predicted Biggest Feats In Technology Decades Ago

Ray Kurzweil was able to predict that a computer would defeat the world champion of chess by 1998.

Oct 13, 2019

| Aakar Patel
Technology Has Taken Dangerous Turn: Supreme Court On Social Media Misuse, Fake News

The Supreme Court asked the Centre to apprise it within three weeks about the time-frame needed to come up with guidelines to curb misuse of social media in the country.

Sep 24, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
Opinion | Why ISRO Chief Deserves To Be Criticised For Offering Prayers Ahead of Chandrayaan-2 Launch

'The ISRO chief deserves to be criticised and ridiculed at least, reviewed and penalised ideally, for consulting an astrologer/ priest in the affairs of ISRO's launch.'

Jul 26, 2019

| Fahad Zuberi
'Excuse Me, You Are On My Way': This Kerala Restaurant Has Robot Waitresses

Be@Kiwizo (Be At Kiwizo) restaurant, launched on Sunday, is located at the SN Park Road near Gopal Street in Kannur and has pressed into service four robots -- three females and one yet to be named.

Jul 17, 2019

| Team Story Infinity
Pakistan Minister Mercilessly Trolled For Saying Country Sent Hubble Telescope To Space

Fawad Chaudhry, speaking on a television programme 'Naya Pakistan' on Sunday, mentioned that 'the world's biggest telescope was sent by Suparco (Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission).'

May 06, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
Israel's Spacecraft Crashes Moments Before Landing On Moon

The Israeli spacecraft lost communication with ground control late on Thursday as it was making its final descent to the moon. Moments later, the mission was declared a failure.

Apr 12, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
'Science Fiction Becomes Scientific Fact', Astronomers Reveal First Image Of Black Hole

In a breakthrough that thrilled the world of astrophysics and stirred talk of a Nobel Prize, scientists on Wednesday released the first image ever made of a black hole, revealing a fiery doughnut-shaped object in a galaxy 53 million light-years from Earth.

Apr 11, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
'India Is Now A Space Power': Key Points From PM Modi's Address On 'Mission Shakti'

PM Modi addressed on the nation on Wednesday and announced that India has attained anti-satellite capability, becoming the fourth such country in the world

Mar 27, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
As It Turned 30 Today, Here's What Inventor Of World Wide Web Thinks Is Wrong With It

Tim Berners-Lee on Tuesday joined a celebration of the Web and reminisced about his invention at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, starting with a proposal published on March 12, 1989.

Mar 12, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau
First Exoplanet Kepler Spotted By NASA Finally Confirmed

The exoplanet known as Kepler-1658 b is a massive hot Jupiter that whips around its star every 3.85 days, said researchers from the University of Hawaii in the US.

Mar 06, 2019

| Outlook Web Bureau

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'Tech Designers Fail To Understand The Human Effects Sometimes’

Dr Matthew Beard, philosopher from The Ethics Centre in Sydney and author of Ethical Design: Principles of Good Technology, speaks about the rights and wrongs of deepfake

Sep 12, 2019

| Siddhartha Mishra
Is It Snooping? Invasion Of Privacy? How Companies Are Using Geotagging To Track Employees

Like it or hate it, geotagging is increasingly getting popular among companies curious to track their employees during office hours. It is now a part of HR strategy.

Apr 30, 2019

| Jyotika Sood
CSR For The Digital Age

Bottomline isn’t enough as responsibility blurs the line between firms and society

Apr 03, 2019

| Namrata Rana
Meet Me In 2029

Here’s the Future Sid, chewing for us all that’s now brewing in the 2019 petridish

Feb 28, 2019

| Rituparna Kakoty
What iPhone, I Have The Blackberry!

India didn’t have Netflix then and Jio was yet to be concieved

Feb 28, 2019

| Arindam Mukherjee
This Is Now...Back To The Future

Robots and drones could become a large part of the workforce while artificial intelligence, 3-D simulations and 3-D printing will provide the cutting edge to new-age mining

Feb 07, 2019

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Stephen Hawking Diary

A brief history of time and a long history of fame: RIP Stephen Hawking

Mar 16, 2018

| Shobhit Mahajan
‘We Are Ready To Transfer Space-Grade Tech To Industry’

As the government's focus has shifted to R&D at ISRO's Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, centre's director Dr K. sivan says that the process of transferring the technology to industry for use in electric vehicles is on.

Nov 16, 2017

| Ajay Sukumaran
A Sunny Electric Dream

As technologies to tap the sun and store its energy become more efficient, we are already on our way to an incredibly energy-affluent world. And chances are we might arrive there before development driven by fossil fuels brings on a climate-change apocalypse.

Nov 16, 2017

| Zia Haq
The Data Kidnappers

In the age of digitisation and connectivity, a new form of extortion has arisen: ransomware

Nov 09, 2017

| Arindam Mukherjee
Los Angeles Diary

"India needs a Stanford, California’s spirit of innovation and enabling and friendly regulatory environment," says senior diplomact KC Singh.

Sep 22, 2017

| K.C. Singh
‘Our 4-Tonne Satellite Can Give Us The Uses Of A 6-Tonner’

As the GSAT-19E satellite orbits 36,000 km away in space, one of its architects, K. Sivan, the director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, talks about the exciting times.

Jul 13, 2017

| Minu Ittyipe