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1. Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad May Be The First Hi-Speed Rail Corridor |
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BSF's Intranet Project |
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1. Trek Elite 9.9 SSL By Firefox Is India’s Costliest Bicycle |
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Development of Filament Wound Pipes and Pipe-fittings for Oil & Gas Sector |
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1. Electric car can power family home
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Mixed Domain Oscilloscope (MDO) |
1. Hyderabad is developing a mobile technology |
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1. Different Size Changes Material Properties |
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1. World's Largest Solar Telescope to be Set up in Ladakh |
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ACADEMY ACTIVITIES
MOS-AK/GSA India2012-International Workshop
on Device Modeling of Microsystem
MOS-AK/GSA India2012-International Workshop on Device Modeling of Microsystem is being organized by INAE during March 16-17, 2012 at Noida. Prof. AB Bhattacharyya, Emeritus Professor, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida is the Chair of the workshop.
The workshop aims to provide a Hi-Tech forum to discuss the frontiers of device modeling for Microsystems with emphasis on simulation-aware models. MOS-AK/GSA, the co-sponsors of this event, aims to encourage interaction and sharing of all information related to the compact modeling at all levels of the device and circuit characterization, modeling and simulations.
The event is being sponsored by major industries and government departments. Invitations have been sent to all semiconductor industries, IIT’s, IIIT’s and NIT’s. The workshop includes about 10-12 international speakers as well as 10 speakers within India. Tutorial is planned for third day by Dr. ND Arora from Silterra, Malyasia. About 10-12 poster presentations have also been planned. For more details, click at http://inae.org/seminar.htm
International Conferences/Seminars being organized by IITs/other Institutions
To view a list of International Conferences/Seminars being held in the month of February 2012 click here.
INAE Silver Jubilee
The events/activities planned as part of INAE Silver Jubilee celebrations are given below.
Academia Industry Interaction
AICTE-INAE Distinguished Visiting Professorship Scheme
The Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) launched Distinguished Visiting Professorship (DVP) scheme jointly with AICTE in 1999. The Scheme envisages promotion of industry-institute interaction by facilitating the dissemination of knowledge through the expertise of experienced and knowledgeable persons from industry to integrate their rich industrial experience with technical education. The scheme has no doubt been a great success and has been running effectively during the last twelve years with a total of 159 industry experts being selected till date. During their visits, the visiting professors besides delivering lectures on the state-of-art industrial practices and sharing their industrial experience with the faculty/ students of the affiliated engineering institutions are also assisting in updating the curriculum.
Brief details pertaining to recent visits of Industry experts under this scheme are given below.
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Source http://www.cecr.in/new-scan/new-scan9.html
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German engineering conglomerate, Siemens, announced the launch of a new vertical called 'Infrastructure & Cities' to India. Infrastructure & Cities will be the fourth segment of the Siemens Group, after energy, industry and healthcare and will offer products and solutions for cities around the world. The Germany-based company also aims at providing solutions for energy efficiency in houses, to bring down power consumption by 30 per cent.
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It will also help reduce the time of travel between Mazatlan and Durango by six hours. The four lane bridge is 20m wide and has 1124m long roadway. It has 390m clearance below the deck and is 120m greater than the clearance of Millau Viaduct.
Source http://www.crazyengineers.com/baluarte-bridge-in-mexico-is-worlds-highest-cable-stayed-bridge-1621/ |
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Union Home Minister inaugurated the Border Security Force's (BSF) intranet project, which facilitate its personnel to easily access their personal data and administrative work online from wherever they are posted. The Intranet Prahari Project (IPP) has extended up to 237 locations and will benefit about 195,000 BSF personnel. Through the IPP programme, all frontiers and battalions across the country would be connected to one another.
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The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay will set up a research centre on homeland security to help police and paramilitary forces use state-of-the-art technology to tackle problems like urban terrorism, naxalism and cyber crime. The institute's electrical engineering department has developed a wireless communication device that will permit beaming live images to a command station. The institute has collaborated with a recently set-up anti-terror force and is developing the device for it. The institute has been involved in training senior police officials in technology for the last few years.
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Android powered tablet called ‘Ave’ developed by first year students of Engineering at Hyderabad. The tablet PC ‘Ave’ will get its boards in China and the manufacturing will be undertaken by a UK based company. The tablet was launched by the hands of Minister of Information Technology and Communications, Andhra Pradesh. The government is helping these young developers by creating a tie-up with schools and colleges, so that more students become aware of the new tablet..
Source http://www.crazyengineers.com/ave-the-7-inch-android-2-3-tablet-launched-not-as-cheap-as-akash/ |
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Source http://www.crazyengineers.com/trek-elite-9-9-ssl-by-firefox-is-indias-costliest-bicycle-1614/
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The most eminent car maker in the country Maruti Suzuki India is evolving with a new 800cc small car in the Indian market. Initially it was reported that Maruti is intending to unveil a new version of its iconic 800cc car - Maruti 800; however, Maruti has now confirmed that it is planning to launch a completely new car developed by its engineers.
Maruti has expressed that the new 800 cc small car will co-exist with India's largest selling car Maruti Alto. The evolution of the new 800 cc car can be seen as a very acute decision taken by the company as its closest competitor Hyundai is all set to unveil a new 800cc small car in the Indian market by the year end.
Source http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Maruti_to_unveil__800cc_small_car-nid-88360-cid--sid-.html
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Thanks to this important technical innovation, the transfer of heat by means of a heat absorbing liquid makes it possible both to heat and to air-condition private houses as well as industrial buildings. The new concept using facades with low energy built-in radiators will revolutionise present-day heating and air-conditioning. The technology is environment friendly, costs very little and operates at low temperatures.
Source http://www.techno-preneur.net/technology/New-technologies/Building-tec/radiators.htm |
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The glass-reinforced epoxy (GRE) piping system offers complete solution for offshore & onshore applications for highly corrosive fluids at high pressure, temperature, adverse soil and weather conditions. High-pressure filament wound GRE pipes & pipe-fittings are being developed for oil & gas sector as per the international standards (API 15 LR). The necessary production and laboratory facilities have been commissioned. Development of two critical equipment viz. long-term cyclic pressure test and hydrostatic collapse pressure test had been milestone achievements for the project. The entire range of tests (type & routine) is being carried out for the samples as per API guidelines.
Source http://www.tifac.org.in/index.php?option=com_researchviewdetail&researchID=80&Itemid=41 |
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Nanomaterials’ One class of carbon nanotubes produces reactive oxygen species under sunlight. Light Effects in acidic solutions, carboxylated SWNTs drop out of suspension when irradiated with light (left) but not when left in the dark (right). It is found that after irradiating the tubes for up to 80 hours, carboxylated SWNTs produced all three ROS types.
When the scientists suspended the nanomaterials in acidic water and irradiated the tubes, the SWNTs clumped together and came out of suspension, which suggests that the ROS can change the materials’ normal chemistry by reducing their charge repulsion and causing them to aggregate. The study "is the first to show that carboxylated SWNTs can produce a variety of ROS under natural conditions," says environmental engineer at Rice University. He says that the findings will help scientists understand the engineered materials' toxicity when they are released into the environment.
Source http://pubs.acs.org/cen/news |
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An entirely new method for producing an image of individual DNA molecules’ genetic composition has been developed by researchers in Sweden and Denmark. According to the researchers, the technique could be used to find out more easily whether someone is carrying a genetic predisposition to certain diseases. The hope is that it could be used to diagnose and characterize diseases that are caused by considerable alterations and mutations in the genetic composition, known as structural variations, that are tied to, for example, cancer, autism, and several hereditary diseases. In addition, the technique could be of use in criminal investigations, because it might speed up identification of evidence. The technique, which has recently been patented, utilizes the fact that different parts of the DNA molecule melt at different temperatures. A key component of the DNA molecule is the nucleobase pairs: AT (adenine and thymine), and GC (guanine and cytosine). The GC pair is more firmly bound and it requires a higher temperature to melt.
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The system works by linking the car via a quick charging port to the house's electricity distribution panel. Power can also be fed the other way if the house generates its own electricity with rooftop solar panels.
Source http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-08-nissan-electric-car-power-family.html |
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One of the world’s leading manufacturers of oscilloscopes introduced the world’s first mixed domain oscilloscope (MDO) that delivers the functionality of an oscilloscope and a spectrum analyzer in a single instrument. The new MDO4000 Mixed Domain Oscilloscope Series gives engineers the unique ability to capture time-correlated analog, digital and RF signals for a complete system view, helping them to rapidly solve complicated design issues. The MDO4000 Mixed Domain Oscilloscope Series is the first oscilloscope ever to integrate the functionality of a spectrum analyzer to provide a unique toolset which will save days or even weeks of debug time.
Source http://www.engrreview.com/Editorial_pages/2011/09_sep11/ER1109_technology_05.html
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Source http://www.crazyengineers.com/ibm-lithium-air-batteries-for-electric-cars-do-500-milescharge-1619/
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International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Hyderabad is developing a mobile technology that would accept speech as command and convert it into text, which can be sent as an SMS.The project funded by the Ministry of Information Technology will be ready in two years. With the common man from Tier II and tier III cities yet lagging behind in mobile technology and the older generation from these cities not completely compatible to messaging technology, the innovative mobile feature will become a rage, hopes the project developers.
Source http://zeenews.india.com/business/technology/now-send-your-text-sms-just-by-speaking_37323.html
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The world’s first processor with 100 cores is manufactured. The new chip is made by assembling multiple cores into a single one. Company’s future plans code named “Stratton” focus on improving memory, interface, I/O and instruction set. It will produce chips with cores ranging from 4 to 200 by 2013.
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Very soon the world will be experiencing what may be called a new revolution, referring to launch of Google TV’s and the collaboration is almost done. The Google TV would allow the users to hop on to certain websites and also play online video games. Certain integral features of computers are already rendered by the device. New Google TV-rendered Blu-ray player and companion box with plastic blu ray disc is 120 mm in diameter and 1.2 mm thick, similar to the DVDs and CDs.
Source http://www.crazyengineers.com/samsung-google-tv-to-be-launched-soon-1311/ |
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The Earth-like planet has been named Kepler 22-b and is known to be 2.4 times the size of Earth and has a 290 day orbit around a G-type star which is slightly smaller and cooler than our own Sun.
Source http://www.crazyengineers.com/kepler-finds-earth-like-planet-600-light-years-away-1409/ |
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NASA’s car-sized Curiosity Mars Science Lab (MSL) rover is now on course to touch down inside a crater on Mars in August following the completion of the biggest and most crucial firing of her 8.5 month interplanetary journey from Earth to the Red Planet. Engineers successfully commanded an array of thrusters on MSL’s solar powered cruise stage to carry out a 3 hour long series of more than 200 bursts.
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Japan successfully put a spy satellite into orbit and expects to complete its network of intelligence-gathering satellites with another launch next year. Japan’s space agency, JAXA, said the launch from the remote southern island of Tanegashima went off without a hitch and the radar-equipped satellite is functioning properly. It was the second launch of the year, following a successful liftoff in September.
Source http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/article2708527.ece |
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A little piece of iron wire is magnetic -- just like a huge iron rod. When it comes to material properties, size usually does not matter. Surprisingly, researchers from Austria and India have now discovered that some materials show very unusual behavior, when they are studied in the form of tiny crystals. This could now lead to new materials with tailor-made electronic and magnetic properties.
Source http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111129091333.htm |
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Source http://www.crazyengineers.com/graphene-exhibits-magnetism-university-of-manchester-research-1622/ |
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Significant ore deposits of heavy rare earth elements have been found and production could start in two years. Rare earth metals are often all found together, typically with far more light than heavy elements. Both light and heavy elements go into making LCD screens, compact fluorescent bulbs, and the strong permanent magnets used in hybrid car batteries and wind turbines. Uses in hybrid car batteries and military equipment require adding heavier elements to keep the materials magnetized at their high operating temperatures.
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The Renewable Energy Assisted Pump (REAP) System is an energy-efficient submersible pump that has been designed by the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, in collaboration with power distribution company BYPL It is an easy-to-install submersible pump connected to a water tank with a specially designed motor powered by a solar panel. The REAP system is the first of ‘SMART' products that will be developed as a result of the collaboration between IIT-Delhi and BYPL. The system is aimed at reducing global warming and other green house effects and reducing dependence on the fossil fuel generated electricity supply.
Source http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/article2820014.ece
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Adding solar cells to liquid-crystal displays could help recover a significant amount of energy that's ordinarily wasted in powering them. Two research groups have created light filters that double as photovoltaic cells, a trick that could boost the battery life of phones and laptops. Two independent groups are tackling two of the biggest culprits of wasted light in LCDs: polarizers and color filters. Polarizers filter out light that is incompatible with the liquid-crystal shutters in an LCD pixel, accounting for 75 percent of the total light wasted by LCD screens, and conventional color filters toss out two-thirds of the light that hits them. The two research groups have created plastic photovoltaic versions of these two display components, which convert light into electricity.
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09.3 Flue gas conditioning technology
This is where the flue gas conditioning technology developed in India for the first time by the Heavy Water Board in one of its heavy water plants having a coal fired captive co-generation plant as a spin-off finds excellent application.
Source http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/jspui/bitstream/10054/1374/1/5741.pdf |
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The Jammu and Kashmir government has assured all help and co-operation to the union Department of Science and Technology in its endeavour to set up a solar telescope, said to be the world's largest, at Merak on Pangong Tso lake in the cold desert Ladakh region.The solar telescope will help the scientific community to study the long-term changes in the earth's climate and environment and also provide useful data to carry out research in order to minimize or remove disruptions to communications network and satellites due to periodic solar winds. Pangong Tso lake is situated at a height of 14,270 feet above sea level. It is 134 km long and five km wide at the broadest point
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Worldwide demand for lithium chemicals was about 102,000 tons in 2010. This is expected to go up to as much as 320,000 by 2020, mostly because of increased electric-vehicle use. The world's largest lithium resources are estimated by the U.S. Geological Survey to be in Bolivia. Most manufacturers, including the world's largest, in Chile, typically make the material by pumping brine into pools to evaporate in the sun for 18 to 24 months. This process leaves behind a concentrated lithium chloride that's converted into lithium carbonate.
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Many heart patients in India are too poor to afford pacemakers. But a study has found that removing pacemakers from deceased Americans, resterilizing the devices and implanting them in Indian patients "is very safe and effective." After receiving the reused pacemakers, patients were followed for an average of nearly two years. There were no infections or other significant complications and no device failures.
Source http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111207001331.htm |
Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad
would probably be the first rail line in the country to have a high-speed
corridor, from the six being planned. The estimated construction cost is Rs 100
crore per km. Tendering for creation of infrastructure for the corridor is
expected to begin in 2014. The estimated cost for the infrastructure might be
around Rs 50,000 crore and another Rs. 7,000 crore for rolling stock, averaging
approximately Rs. 100 crore per km.The likely alignment is expected to include a
tunnel of 18.3 km. These high-speed rail routes are expected to be built as
elevated corridors, in keeping with the pattern of habitation and the constraint
of land. 
Baluarte
Bridge has now broken the record held by the Millau Viaduct of France to become
the world’s highest cable-stayed bridge in the world. The bridge is a part of
the Mazatlán-Durango highway and will help connect the Pacific and the Atlantic
through the north of Mexico.
Using
the "Leaf to Home" system, the lithium-ion batteries of the zero tailpipe
emission Leaf can be used as an emergency power backup for the home during a
natural disaster or a power blackout, Nissan said. Nissan, 44 percent owned by
Renault of France, said it aims to commercialize the technology in Japan by
March 2012.
The
major challenges are the charging time, travel range after each charge and the
cost. Physicists have already found alternative conducting solution for lithium
air batteries. It is expected to release the working prototype by 2013 and can
expect to see such batteries in electric vehicles by 2020.
NASA
has confirmed that an Earth-like planet has been found 600 light years away.
This is the first planet that has been discovered yet in over 2 years of the
mission to discover habitable planets like the Earth over a period of 3.5 years.
Scientists
researching on the properties of Graphene have now revealed that Graphene exhibits magnetism.
Graphene however obtains this property by the virtue of other non-magnetic
materials. Magnetism thus found by the team, is an important step to boost
further
In
many power stations, the concentration of the Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM)
exceeds the specified limits. This is due to the high ash content in our coals
(40- 45%), low sulphur content in our coal (<0.4% - better of course from SO2
emission), acidic to neutral nature of ash (6.8pH), humidity variation and above
all, gradual deterioration in the performance in the Electro Static
Precipitators (ESP) are few of the reasons for increase in SPM concentration
even in some well managed power stations.