Purifying water with waste Ramakrishna Mallampati, a Ph.D. student at the University of Singapore, has developed the first water purification technique that removes pollutants using apple and tomato peels. Mallampati discovered that apple and tomato peel not only removes contaminants but also dissolves chemicals, dyes,...
Tvilight zone Dutch Indian designer Chintan Shah has invented a technology for ‘smart street lamps, ‘Tvilights’, which glow brightly only when they sense the presence of people, bicycles, or cars, slashing energy costs by almost 80 percent. They dim on their own otherwise. The technology...
One minute mobile phone charger Most teenagers worldwide perhaps have complaints about constantly charging their phones. In 2013, EeshaKhare of Saratoga, USA, did something about it and ended up winning the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award along with $50,000. Indian-origin Khare was awarded for inventing...
Tetra pack marvel On May 7, 2013, the International Telecommunication Union awarded 13-year-old AarushiNairofSardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi, for her design of a recyclable tetra pack that will present a cure for diarrhea. It can hold 350ml of safe drinking water and has a separate...
World’s first smartphone for the visually impaired A post-graduate diploma in information and interface design from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, SumitDagar has developed a smartphone that can convert any SMS or email sent in any 14language into Braille. The phone is based on...
Indian bravery showcased in Brighton museum Sussex’s Brighton Museum and Art Gallery held an exhibition of photographs and letters to mark the 100th anniversary of World War I, from July 12, 2014, to March 1, 2015. The bravery of Indian soldiers and their sacrifices were...
Excavation site at PuranaQila For the first time, visitors witnessed an open excavation site in early 2014 at PuranaQila, one of the oldest forts situated in the heart of Delhi. Enclosed with a glass covering, the visitors were able to see without climbing down into...
Gargoti – the mineral museum A treasure trove of precious/ semi-precious minerals and stones has been recreated on land at the Gargoti museum in Nashik. The soft lighting lends an eerie glow to the giant-sized ‘half-coconuts’ of gleaming semi-precious stones in their natural form. Apart...
Most privately owned museums Ahmedabad, in Gujarat, boasts of some of the most diverse privately owned museums in the country. Apart from the world-renowned Kite Museum and the Calico Museum, which has a rare collection of textiles, there are the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum of Indology,...
Butterfly Museum, Shillong, in Meghalaya Shillong, in Meghalaya, is home to a Butterfly Museum, with butterflies and beetles from all over India displayed here. The museum, also known as the Wankhar Entomology Museum, is the private, lifetime collection of the late SK Sircar and his...
