In 1957, two Minnesota brothers built a tiny loader to clean a turkey barn; their unusual 3-wheel machine led to Bobcat, which later sold more than 1 million loadersIn the 1950s, Cyril and Louis Keller engineered a groundbreaking compact loader tailored for turkey farmer Eddie Velo. Using simple materia...
01 Oct, 2026, 01.20 PM IST
"One small step for TPUs": Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces Project Suncatcher to test AI compute in SpaceAccording to Google, Project Suncatcher is a long-term, research moonshot exploring whether space could one day host scalable machine learn...
25 Sep, 2026, 09.35 AM IST
AI Is Changing How Customers Choose Your BusinessAs AI increasingly mediates how customers research, evaluate, and choose suppliers, competitive advantage is shifting from direct customer ...
25 Sep, 2026, 08.00 AM IST
In 2017, Japan tested a twin-turbine machine in the Kuroshio Current; the floating device later showed it could generate 100 kW from the Pacific’s “river”Japan's innovative Kairyu turbine has achieved a significant milestone by effectively harnessing strong ocean currents to generate electric...
20 Sep, 2026, 02.10 PM IST
Applied Materials' Prabu Raja says $5 billion investment in India to drive firm's global R&DThe US company that supplies equipment and services for semiconductor manufacturing is set to invest about $5 billion over 10 years in Beng...
19 Sep, 2026, 10.45 AM IST
In 2024, engineers lowered a 28-ton underwater kite off the Faroe Islands; it generated up to 1.2MW by flying figure-eights faster than the tideAn innovative underwater kite created by a Swedish company is making waves in renewable energy. This device generates significant electrici...
18 Sep, 2026, 07.20 PM IST
This wind-turbine nacelle once sat atop a giant machine in the Dutch city of Eindhoven; designers turned the 10-metre-long retired shell into a tiny houseNestle's most memorable achievement may therefore be its ability to change the way people see an object that would normally disappear at th...
18 Sep, 2026, 01.31 AM IST
In 1983, Steve Jobs reportedly ordered Apple’s failed Twiggy Macs destroyed; one surviving prototype sold for $150,075A rare 1983 Macintosh prototype, which Steve Jobs ordered destroyed, recently sold for $150,075. This early computer featured an unreliable...
16 Sep, 2026, 01.40 PM IST
How a palm-sized machine with no battery or plug pulls drinking water from Death Valley's driest airA remarkable device has been developed to harvest drinkable water from the desolate air of Death Valley, powered entirely by sunlight. This...
14 Sep, 2026, 05.11 PM IST
In 1955, a British engineer while trying to prove a game changing theory about a revolutionary invention used a cat food tin, a coffee can, and a reversed vacuum cleaner. Later, the patent changed the landscape of modern transportation foreverIn 1955, a British engineer while trying to prove a game changing theory about a revolutionary invention used a cat food tin, a coffee can,...
12 Sep, 2026, 01.30 AM IST
Meet Soren Plante, the 5-year-old Utah inventor who became the world’s youngest active patent holder with a commercially useful gardening robotAt just five, Soren Plante had already done something most inventors spend years trying to achieve. The Utah youngster became the world’s y...
11 Sep, 2026, 07.44 PM IST
From Ping-Pong table to Harvard: This 13-year-old built a Rs 3,000 robotic arm you can control with mindA teenager Benjamin Choi built a low-cost prosthetic arm during the 2020 lockdown using a 3D printer, fishing line and non-invasive brainwa...
11 Sep, 2026, 04.39 PM IST
Gaganyaan delays should be taken with 'pinch of salt': Astronaut Angad PratapGaganyaan astronaut Angad Pratap acknowledged that delays are a natural part of developing ambitious programs. He assured that the astronau...
09 Sep, 2026, 08.54 PM IST
TCS launches fully automated facility in Pune to advance AI-led manufacturingTata Consultancy Services launched a new lab in Pune. This facility is India's first lights-out factory lab for AI. It will help manufactur...
09 Sep, 2026, 05.32 PM IST
Quote of the day by Charles Babbage: ‘Propose to a man any principle, or an instrument, however admirable…’ – Father of the Computer on the curious human habit of finding flawsOver a hundred years ago, Charles Babbage foresaw the power of mechanical computing with his ambitious designs for the Difference and Analy...
09 Sep, 2026, 02.28 PM IST
Zorawar: The war machine built to counter China takes centre stage in India's Belgium defence outreachIndia and Belgium are cooperating on advanced defense equipment development. Prime Minister Modi highlighted the indigenous Zorawar light t...
03 Sep, 2026, 02.01 PM IST
In 1976, a theoretical physicist pushed Caltech toward building a machine to detect Einstein’s gravitational waves - 39 years later, black-hole-hunting LIGO heard their ripples, and by 2017, the Interstellar science adviser wept before the man who predicted them while receiving the Nobel PrizeKip Thorne, an illustrious physicist, chased the elusive gravitational waves predicted by Einstein for many years. His commitment yielded t...
03 Sep, 2026, 10.57 AM IST