US researchers said on Thursday they have created a plastic “skin” that is capable of distinguishing the pressure difference between a limp handshake and a firm grip and then transferring these sensory signals to the brain cells. For the many people around the world living with prosthetics, such a system could one day allow them to feel sensation in their …

Engineers have devised a new technology to develop a wireless charger that will be compatible with different consumer electronics from different brands. The team from University of California-San Diego developed a dual frequency wireless charging platform that can charge smartphones, smartwatches, laptops and tablets at the same time, regardless of which wireless standard, or frequency, each device supports. “To our …

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, (born October 13, 1948, Lyallpur [now Faisalabad], Pakistan—died August 16, 1997, London, England), Pakistani singer who is considered one of the greatest performers of qawwali, a Sufi Muslim devotional music characterized by simple melodies, forceful rhythms, and energetic improvisations that encourage a state of euphoria in the listener. Nusrat’s father, Ustad Fateh Ali Khan, and two …

माँ के निधन के पश्चात इकलौते बेटे ने पत्नी के कहने में आ कर अपने पिता को वृद्धाश्रम में भेजने का निर्णय ले लिया। पिता की समस्त भौतिक वस्तुएं समेट वो एक ईसाई पादरी द्वारा संचालित वृद्धाश्रम में पिता को ले आया। काउंटर पर बैठी क्लर्क ने बहुत से विकल्प दिए – टेलीविज़न, AC, शाकाहारी / मांसाहारी इत्यादि। पिता ने सादे एक …

Daughter of an Army officer, Nimrat was born on 13 March, 1982 in Pilani, Rajasthan, and like most army children travelled widely living in army cantonments in Arunachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab, Maharashtra and Kashmir. She had changed schools six or seven times by the age of 11. In fact, hers was the archetypal army child’s life when tragedy struck. On …

Students who change schools frequently are at risk of lower math scores and have a harder time managing their behaviour and attention in the classroom than students who stay in the same school, says a new study. Children who experienced fewer school transitions over a five-year period, demonstrated greater cognitive skills and higher math achievement in early elementary school, relative …

Presenting a platform for the folk and root musicians of Rajasthan with international music collaborations, Jodhpur RIFF, which will present its ninth edition during October 23-27, has been creating new music for not just audiences but to the country, festival director Divya Bhatia said. Jodhpur’s Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF), with its Rajasthani folk musicians and international artists, has been …

Internet giant Google on Thursday launched a new app – Delhi Public Transport App – which aims to make it easier for the residents of the national capital to get around on public transport. The new experimental app will be built into Google Maps and will help users get transit directions easily even when the connection is slow and data …

If you want to remember a poem or some other lesson, repeating it aloud while addressing another person may be the most effective way to recall, says a study. “We knew that repeating aloud was good for memory, but this is the first study to show that if it is done in a context of communication, the effect is greater …

If she is yet to respond to your email request for a date this weekend, don’t get hassled. This is because you may have to wait about four minutes longer for an email response from a woman than an email response from a man, an interesting study has revealed. While you may also be obsessing if an email never arrived …