Indian made e-reader to take on Kindle
New Delhi: After two years of hard work, Vishal Mehta, an ex employee of Amazon.com, launched the Infibeam Pi, an e-reader that looks like the Amazon Kindle. It has the same e-Ink screen that the Kindle sports, reports Sruthijith KK of The Economic Times.
Mehta, who is having an engineering degree from Cornell and an MBA [...]
India successfully test fired prestigious ‘Astra’ missile from Chandipur of Orissa coast
Report by Karunakar Sahoo, Balasore (Odisha): India successfully test fired its prestigious ‘Astra’ beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur of Balasore District off the Orissa coast on Monday at about 9.45 a.m.
The Integrated Test Range (ITR) Director SP Dash informed the media that the test fired is [...]
Popular Science Gallery opened in city
Bhubaneswar: Science and technology minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi on Monday inaugurated the Popular Science Gallery here.
The gallery has come up with an investment of Rs 30 lakh funded by the National Council of Science Museums under the ministry of culture.
Set up at the Regional Science Centre (RSC), the gallery offers an action-packed ambience, where science [...]