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W orld's Lightest Satellite Made By Students The Kalamsat-V2 is the lightest satellite in the world, the ISRO said, adding today's launch will also mark another milestone - it's the first satellite designed and built by an Indian private entity and Space Kidz India to be launched by ISRO. The satellite designed and built by students who work with a private organisation called "Space Kidz India" in Chennai weighs less than a wooden chair at only 1.26 kg. Click  HERE  to know more. Largest collection ever of breached data found A Cybersecurity researcher has stumbled upon details of over 772,904,991 emails and passwords floating on the web in plain text. The emails and passwords, according to Hunt, were stored in over 12,000 separate files. All files combined had a size of 87GB. Click  HERE  to know more. Worlds biggest IoT and AI lab by Microsoft Microsoft’s largest artificial intelligence (AI) and IoT lab in the wor...

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  Indian Railways join with ISRO for live tracking The Indian Railways has linked its locomotives via ISRO satellites , making it easy to track trains. RTIS device installed in the locomotive detects position and speed of the train using the GAGAN GPS. It can automatically feed the control charts about the arrival and departure of the train. Click  HERE   to know more. Self-lacing basketball shoes by Nike Nike's Adapt BB is an app-controlled , self-lacing basketball shoe. It has a battery, lights, buttons,  accelerometer , gyroscope, BT module , pressure sensors and a motor. Power-lacing system called FitAdapt that can be adjusted manually or with a smartphone app. Click  HERE to know more. SpaceX Dragon reaches earth by Monday night Dragon is a reusable cargo spacecraft developed by SpaceX to deliver both cargo and people to orbiting destinations. Dragon was launched on ISS on December 8 with more than 5,600 pounds of scie...

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Say GoodBye to App lockers for Whatsapp WhatsApp may soon allow users to lock, unlock app via fingerprint sensor. According to WABetaInfo, a fan site that tests new WhatsApp features early, the feature is currently under development in Beta for Android 2.19.3 version. Click here  to know more. Microsoft joins with LG's for self-driving cars LG will apply Microsoft’s AI knowledge to its Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Driver-Status Monitoring Camera (DSM) and Multi-Purpose Front Camera products and incorporate Microsoft’s Virtual Assistant Solution Accelerator in LG’s infotainment systems. Click here to know more. LG's Rollable 65" TV will start at $8000 LG Display's 65-inch 4K OLED can produce 3.2.2-channel Dolby Atmos audio without speakers by using crystal sound technology.  LG Rollable OLED TV Unveiled, AirPlay 2 is now supported Click here to know more. Alienware Area-51m Flagship Gaming Laptop With Upgradeable CPU...

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Let's have a small recap on The Best Inventions of 2018 1. 3D Metal Printing We’ve all become used to 3D plastic printing over the last few years, and the ease it has brought to design and prototyping. Advances in the technology mean that instant metal fabrication is quickly becoming a reality, which clearly opens a new world of possibilities. 2. Artificial Embryos For the first time, researchers have made embryo-like structures from stem cells alone, without using egg or sperm cells. This will open new possibilities for understanding how life comes into existence – but clearly also raises vital ethical and even philosophical problems. 3. Sensing City At Toronto’s Waterfront district, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, are implementing sensors and analytics in order to rethink how cities are built, run, and lived in. The aim is to integrate urban design with cutting edge technology in order to make “smart cities” more affordable, liveable and environmentally sust...