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The Book The Cosmos. Infinitely intriguing, scientists have been writing about its marvels- sometimes accurately, sometimes not- for years. You’ve probably heard of or (atleast tried to) read a Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. While that is a great work in itself, for the casual reader it may sometimes be too technical  for those not inclined towards science. (None of those people whom I recommended this book ever  [ Read More ]

The Space is Set

And we’ve done it! Yes peeps, we’re national winners in SpaceSet (ARSSDC)  level 1 and all set to go for the next level :D. Looks like the CS did pay off, eh? The concept of level 2 sounds extremely exciting. The basic idea is that there are 5 companies that will be formed from 15 teams. Each company comprises of one Indian Winner team, one Non-Indian Asian Winner team and one Indian  [ Read More ]

IRO – part 2 – IRO 2007

For those of you who don’t know, my group won the IRO last year.  There were two challenges then- Robo Puzzle Race and Robo Rally. Here is a clip of my robot which I made for Robo Puzzle Race- And this one is the robot for the second challenge (Robo Rally)-

The Sony PSN Blackou

My first reaction to the hack attack on Sony was, ...

Happy Towel Day

For those of you who don't know, today is Towel ...

The Skullcandy Skull

(Continued from part I) the Beholding Part Make: Skullcandy Skullcrusher Price: Rs. 4000 ...

My 'phone Story - Pa

I'm holding in my hand a pair of blue and ...

Amazing Mapped 3-D P

It's been a week of irritations for me, with both ...