India’s first Super Fab Lab inaugurated in Kerala

On January 25, 2020, India’s first Super Fab Lab was inaugurated in Kerala. The laboratory is to function in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. It is the only laboratory that is being installed outside US. Highlights The Super Fab Lab is being installed in collaboration with KSUM (Kerala Startup Mission). The laboratory ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: 3D printing • Digital technology • India-USA • Internet • Kerala • MIT

MIT researchers develop new technology to remove CO2 from air

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States (US) have developed a new technology to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from a stream of air, virtually at any concentration level. This is a new advance that may pave the way for new strategies to reduce atmospheric greenhouse gas (GHG) levels. The study by researchers was ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2019

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: carbon capture • Carbon dioxide • Greenhouse gas • MIT • Scientific Research

IIT Hyderabad launches B.Tech course in Artificial Intelligence

IIT Hyderabad has announced the launch of a full-fledged bachelor’s programme in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology. IIT Hyderabad has become the first institute in the country to launch full-fledged Bachelor’s programme in AI technology. IIT Hyderabad will be the third institute to globally to offer the B.Tech course in AI. Other institutes providing similar courses ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2019

Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs

Topics: Ai • Artificial intelligence • B.Tech • Computer Science • IIT Hyderabad • Machine learning • MIT

World’s largest dome inaugurated in Pune

The world’s largest dome was inaugurated at Maharashtra Institute of Technology (MIT)’s World Peace University (MIT-WPU) campus at Loni Kalbhor, Pune (Maharashtra). It was inaugurated by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu along with Peace Center on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. World Peace Monument dome The dome has been built atop MIT ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2018

Category: Places in News Current Affairs

Topics: MIT • Places in News • Pune • Venkaiah Naidu • World’s largest dome

MIT scientists create plants that can glow in dark

Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US have found a novel way to induce plants to give off dim light by embedding specialised nanoparticles into their leaves. The purpose of this experiment was to make plant function as a desk lamp, powered by the energy metabolism of the plant itself and not by electricity ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2017

Topics: MIT • Science and Technology • US