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Universal compatible wireless charger soon

Universal compatible wireless charger soon

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 …

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Delhi Public Transport App – Google’s public transport app

Delhi Public Transport App - Google's public transport app

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 …

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Girls spend 10 hours daily on cellphone

Girls spend 10 hours daily on cellphone

Women college students spend an average of 10 hours a day on their cellphones and male college students spend nearly eight, reveals new research from a US university. “That is astounding,” said lead study author James Roberts, professor at Baylor University in Texas, US. The findings suggest that excessive cellphone use poses potential risks for academic performance. “As cellphone functions …

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कर्नाटक के शिमोगा ज़िले में बसा मत्तूरु गाँव – जहाँ केवल संस्कृत बोली जाती है

Mattur Village, Shivamogga District, Karnataka

कर्नाटक – जिला शिमोगा स्थित मत्तूरु गाँव एक ऐसा गाँव है जहां का बच्चा बच्चा संस्कृत में बात करता है फिर चाहे वह हिंदू हों या मुसलमान। इस गांव में रहने वाले सभी लोग संस्कृत में ही बात करते हैं। तुंग नदी के किनारे बसा ये गांव बेंगलुरु से ३०० किलोमीटर की दूरी पर स्थित है। इस गांव में संस्कृत प्राचीनकाल से …

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1-on-1 tutoring can ease math anxiety in students

1-on-1 tutoring can ease math anxiety in students

Parents, take note! One-on-one tutoring can relieve math anxiety in kids by fixing abnormal responses in the brain’s fear circuits, scientists, including those of Indian-origin, have found. The study is the first to document an effective treatment for math anxiety in children, researchers said. “The most exciting aspect of our findings is that cognitive tutoring not only improves performance, but …

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Walking Alone? Get virtual company with this App

Walking Alone? Get virtual company with this App

If the thought of walking home alone worries you anytime, here comes a public safety mobile phone app that offers you a virtual company by allowing your friends or family members to a keep watch over you. The application named “Companion”, originally developed by students of University of Michigan in the US with the aim of providing lone travellers in …

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Cellphone data can help track spread of infectious diseases

Cellphone data can help track spread of infectious diseases

Tracking mobile phone data can help predict how infectious diseases will spread seasonally, a large-scale study has found. Researchers from Princeton University and Harvard University used anonymous mobile phone records for more than 15 million people to track the spread of rubella in Kenya and were able to quantitatively show for the first time that mobile phone data can predict …

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Way to keep surfaces dry underwater for months found

Way to keep surfaces dry underwater for months found

Scientists, led by an Indian-origin engineer, have identified a novel way to keep a surface dry for months when submerged in water, an advance that may save billions of dollars in a variety of industries. The research team at Northwestern University in US is the first to identify the ideal “roughness” needed in the texture of a surface to keep …

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Facebook, Twitter develops poor mental health in Kids

Facebook, Twitter develops poor mental health in Kids

Spending more than two hours daily on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram can put your kids at the risk of developing poor mental health, high psychological distress and even suicidal thoughts, new research shows. “The findings send an important message to parents and suggest an opportunity to increase mental health support service offerings on these websites,” said researchers Hugues Sampasa-Kanyinga and …

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