Startups & Innovators
Featuring start-ups and innovators who are reshaping technology, industry, and your future…
Handheld fieldman for pest surveillance
NOVEMBER 2011: In India over 10,000 species of pests destroy food which could feed 135 million people. The current annual loss due to insects,...
Robot That Breathes Life Into AC Ducts
“To regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science.”
—Albert Einstein
For commercial set-ups such as shopping malls...
Low-Cost, Fail-proof Root Canal Machine
APRIL 2012: It is not every day that you come across dentists who can also innovate. Sameer D. Jain, a student in Nashik pursuing...
Underwater Robot to Clean Tanks
Fantasies depicted in TV shows such as The Jetsons and Futurama are increasingly getting closer to reality. A step in this direction is the...
Moksha: Unmanned Ground Vehicle
FEBRUARY 2012: The robotics team of M.S. Ramaiah Institute of Technology has developed an autonomous unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) named Moksha. The objective of...
Suraksha: Mobile Alarm for LPG Leakage
MAY 2012: Prevention is better than cure-especially to secure your home against possible fire due to LPG leakage when you are away on a...