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India puts world’s first smartphone in space

Written on 27 Feb, 2013 at 17:14 in Tech | viewed 261 times | 0 Comments

London:India has become the world’s first country to launch a smartphone into space – loaded with a number of experimental ‘Apps’, some serious and some just for fun. The British-built Strand-1 spacecraft, developed by scientists in Surrey, was sent into orbit... (Continue reading)

PSLV-C20 launches 7 satellites

Written on 25 Feb, 2013 at 19:05 in Tech | viewed 194 times | 0 Comments

Sriharikota (AP): Indo-French oceanographic study satellite ‘SARAL’ and six foreign mini and micro spacecrafts were succesfully launched today by ISRO’s PSLV-C20 rocket from this spaceport. Indian Space Research Organisation’s(ISRO) workhorse Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV) lifted off from the first launch pad... (Continue reading)

Stage set for PSLV-C20 mission to launch Indo-French satellite ‘SARAL’

Written on 25 Feb, 2013 at 12:23 in Tech | viewed 230 times | 0 Comments

Chennai: All is set for the launch of Indo-French satellite ‘SARAL’, aimed at oceanographic studies, and six foreign mini and micro satellites onboard ISRO’s workhorse rocket PSLV from the spaceport of Sriharikota in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh on Monday. The Polar Satellite... (Continue reading)

Efforts on to develop tech for hypersonic version of BrahMos

Written on 25 Feb, 2013 at 12:16 in Tech | viewed 169 times | 0 Comments

Tiruchirappalli (TN): BrahMos Aerospace, an Indo-Russian joint venture, has initiated efforts to develop technology for hypersonic version of the BrahMos missile which can travel at five to seven times the speed of sound, a top company official has said. “The company... (Continue reading)

Samsung unveils 8-inch tablet with phone capability

Written on 24 Feb, 2013 at 15:05 in Tech | viewed 181 times | 0 Comments

Seoul:Samsung today unveiled an eight-inch tablet with phonecall capability to rival Apple’s recently launched iPad mini and to cement its market dominance by offering devices in a variety of sizes. The Galaxy Note 8.0 features an eight-inch screen and, where it... (Continue reading)

59-hour countdown for ISRO’s PSLV-C20 begins

Written on 23 Feb, 2013 at 13:32 in Tech | viewed 250 times | 0 Comments

Chennai: The 59-hour countdown for the February 25 launch of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle to put into orbit seven satellites, including Indo-French spacecraft SARAL, commenced at 6.56 AM today at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in the spaceport of Sriharikota. The... (Continue reading)

Scientists discover water on Moon’s oldest rocks

Written on 18 Feb, 2013 at 13:03 in Tech | viewed 225 times | 0 Comments

Washington:Researchers have detected traces of water within the crystalline structure of one of the oldest rocks obtained from the Apollo missions on Moon. The new findings indicate that the early Moon was wet and that water there was not substantially lost... (Continue reading)

Asteroid to whiz past Earth today

Written on 15 Feb, 2013 at 16:44 in Tech | viewed 196 times | 0 Comments

Boston:NASA is closely tracking an asteroid large enough to destroy a city that is set to whiz past Earth today in what the US space agency says is the closest flyby ever predicted for such a large object. The 45-meter wide... (Continue reading)

N Korea carries out apparent nuclear test

Written on 12 Feb, 2013 at 13:08 in Tech | viewed 162 times | 0 Comments

Seoul: North Korea appeared to have carried out a threatened nuclear test today, with international monitoring agencies reporting a seismic event near the site of Pyongyang’s nuclear test site. The tremor, whose magnitude was estimated at between 4.9 and 5.1, was... (Continue reading)

NASA to launch world’s largest solar sail in 2014

Written on 10 Feb, 2013 at 18:24 in Tech | viewed 249 times | 0 Comments

Washington: NASA has announced plans to launch the world’s largest solar sail in 2014 � and it will be travelling an incredible two million miles from Earth. The giant solar sail will use photons from the Sun for propulsion, paving the... (Continue reading)