11 January 2015 :: About 54% people said The purpose of choke in tube light is To increase the voltage momentarily, 23% said to decrease the voltage momentarily, whereas 15% people said to decrease the current & 8% voted for to increase the current . The Question of the Weekly Poll was The purpose of […]
Technology & Science
Year 2015 will have one Extra Second to compensate for the Earth’s slow rotation.
Year 2015 will have one extra second to compensate for the Earth’s slowing rotation. It will be at the end of June 30, 2015 at 23:59:60 UTC. Earth’s rotation Earth’s rotation is the rotation of the solid Earth around its own axis. The Earth rotates from the west towards the east. As viewed from the […]
Winter solstice : Sunday, December 21.
Winter solstice : Sunday, December 21. Winter solstice is an astronomical phenomenon which marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year. Winter solstice occurs for the Northern Hemisphere in December and for the Southern Hemisphere in June. The axial tilt of Earth and gyroscopic effects of the planet’s daily rotation keep the […]
GSLV Mark3 successfully launched from Sriharikota
India successfully launched its first experimental suborbital flight of latest generation Launch Vehicle — GSLV Mark-III, carrying Crew Module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment (CARE)
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk III
The GSLV-III or Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III is a launch vehicle developed by the Indian Space Research Organisation. It is intended to launch satellites into geostationary orbit and as a launcher for an Indian crew vehicle. The GSLV MK-3 will feature an Indian cryogenic third stage and a higher payload capacity than the […]
ISRO successfully launches its heaviest rocket GSLV Mk-III
18 December 2014 :: ISRO successfully launched its heaviest rocket GSLV Mk-III from the Second Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre. The Launch will help the country realise its ambition to send humans into space. Exactly 5.4 minutes after lift-off at 9.30 AM the module separated from the rocket at an altitude of 126 […]
Voter-verified paper audit trail
Voter-verified paper audit trail ( VVPAT ) or verified paper record (VPR) is a method of providing feedback to voters using a ballotless voting system. A VVPAT is intended as an independent verification system for voting machines designed to allow voters to verify that their vote was cast correctly, to detect possible election fraud or […]
Tommy Hilfiger launches Solar Power Jackets to charge your phone
06 December 2014 :: Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger has found a new way for you to keep your phone or tablet charged while you’re out with your friends. With the assistance of solar manufacturer Pvilion, the clothing label has launched a pair of jackets one for men, one for women that has an array of […]
Fullspectrum – UV Printing on Foam Board.
Fullspectrum – UV Printing on Foam Board
CAPTCHA
A CAPTCHA (an acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart”) is a type of challenge-response test used in computing to determine whether or not the user is human. The term was coined in 2000 by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J. Hopper of Carnegie Mellon University and John […]