Friday, December 8, 2017

Quick notes: Indian drones, Microwave weapon...

  • Drone from Indian Start-Up! Could achieve an altitude of "at least 65,000 feet". NewSpace Research and Technologies did all research and development in-house, which is being validated by Boeing.


  • Microwave weapon: The U.S. has microwave weapons that could dismantle North Korean missiles by firing microwave energy to interfere with ground controls and power circuits within the missiles themselves.


  • Israeli startup helping bring kirana stores online: Seemba is a mobile phone-based platform that helps businesses build their websites, giving the country’s 51 million kirana stores an online identity through a website.


  • “It was all theater”: Pentagon-backed Kurdish commander confirms U.S. made secret deal with ISIS to let thousands of fighters flee Raqqa... Russia has long accused the U.S. of being supportive of ISIS and other jihadi groups


  • You remember more of what you read out loud: Hearing your own voice boosts the likelihood that it will stick to your memory. This trick can be used not just by students but adults and seniors working on recall


  • Sand to soil: China's success in reversing desertification.



  • A legitimate Tesla rival: The Jaguar I-Pace signals the beginning of the end of Tesla’s hegemony in the premium, high-performance electric vehicle market.


  • A world with fewer cars: Volkswagen thinks its ride-sharing electric minibus will take 1 million cars off the road


  • Future generation: Babies' brains at risk from toxic pollution


  • Religion in politics :


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