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$50 million prize funded by Musk foundation goes to Indian carbon-capture companyMati Carbon, an Indian company, has won a $50 million XPRIZE for its innovative method of spreading crushed rock on fields to capture atmos...- Who is Ankur Jain? Inside the tech titan's grand Egyptian wedding with former WWE diva Erika HammondTech mogul Ankur Jain and former WWE star Erika Hammond recently celebrated their extravagant wedding against the backdrop of Egypt's pyram...
- In first-ever Japanese lunar mission, SpaceX launches spacecraft. See detailsElon Musk's SpaceX launched a spacecraft of a startup to the Moon at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Sunday. It is the first-ever lunar missio...
- Climate tech saw $165-billion investment, but there is need for more entrepreneurial effortsThe sectors that received major parts of the investments included energy at $68.5 billion and transport at $67.3 billion.
- The future will be AI and human collaboration: Peter DiamandisArtificial intelligence will play a key role, especially in areas like healthcare and education.
- A $5 million prize spurs competition for new Covid-19 rapid testCurrently, test results for the novel coronavirus can take up to two weeks, creating headaches for medical professionals, public-health exp...
- Cosmic ambitions: Team Indus is attempting something even ISRO has not triedTeam Indus has been working for years to build and develop a rover, which will possibly skirt the surface of the moon early next year.
- Ratan Tata flags off Moonshot Wheels in BengaluruBengaluru, Feb 7 (IANS) Tata Sons' interim Chairman Ratan Tata on Tuesday flagged off Moonshot Wheels, a mobile science exhibition bus that...
- Ratan Tata launches 'Moonshot Wheels'They said the bus will carry 16 science experiments, live satellite tracking, moon rover, spacecraft-scaled model and an experience zone.
- Producing 2,000 litres of water at 140 paise per litre through renewable energy?Devices that capture water from the atmosphere are common, but an IIT team is developing one that would perform the task faster and at an a...
- Now, practice of awarding prizes to spur innovation makes its way to IndiaAwarding prizes to spur innovation is a deeply-rooted practice in the US, and it is now making its way to India.
- XPrize Foundation will launch Rs 10 crore contest for ventures offering solutions in area of water scarcityThe volunteers include Helion Venture Partners’ Ritesh Banglani, Inventus’ Ritvik Doshi and Madan Padaki of Head Held High, among others.
- Team Indus ropes in Infosys co-founder Nandan Nilekani as advisor and investorThe Bengaluru-based team, attempting to create history by producing the first such space mission from India, is racing against time.
- US-based XPrize Foundation promises to recognise startups operating in the non-traditional sectorsXPrize Foundation is being supported by the likes of giants including US chipmaker Qualcomm, Google and Coca-Cola.
- Indian startups beginning to make their mark in spaceIndian startups are beginning to make their mark in Space, demonstrating their big ambitions and the wealth of talent in cutting-edge techn...
- X prize to help solve India’s social problems: DiamandisIndia is in a position where extreme poverty can be massively reduced in the next 20 years, Diamandis said.
- Parallel entrepreneurs: Indians simultaneously investing money in different ventures in Silicon ValleyIndians in Silicon Valley are putting their money simultaneously in different ventures buoyed by faster go-to-market & lower costs.
- After space, foundation looks to fire up gene researchThe foundation that inspired a private sector race to space has announced a new $10m prize - this time to inspire a race to sequence the hu...
- Azim Premji among world's 10 richest tech titansWipro bigwig Azim Premji is back in news. IT harbinger Premji has, yet again, featured in the Forbes list, this time as one of the world’s ...
- Azim Premji among world's 10 richest tech titansThe Forbes' list puts him among Gates, Paul Allen, Michael Dell, Larry Ellison and Ballmer among others.
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