The Honeycomb Conjecture

by Rajat Chandavar   |   October 23, 2017

Why do bees build hexagonal structured hives? Why not any other shape? Let us deliberate these questions which troubled many thinkers. Consider prisms of different regular polygons and assume them to have same height and volume. This means that the...

Charge your phone whenever you walk into the room

by Sowjanya Kandula   |   October 23, 2017

Charge your phone whenever you walk into the room One quick and easy way to induce anxiety is to misplace your phone charger. You’re stressed out just thinking about it right now, well what if instead of dealing with your...

Augmented Reality

by Anumeha Agrawal   |   October 23, 2017

Whether you have played “Pokémon Go” or not, you’ve probably at least heard of the game. A special app on your smartphone or tablet makes it look like Pokémon is right there in front of you  while you search for...

The Brain behind a Formula One Car

by Anirudh Sundar   |   October 16, 2017

The track belongs to the driver, the pits belong to the engineers Formula One cars are mean machines. They have been fine tuned for one purpose- Speed. In fact, they are the most efficient mode of transport after space shuttles....

Robots Can Now See In 3D

by Sinchana Hegde   |   October 16, 2017

Autonomous robots can inspect nuclear power plants, clean up oil spills in the ocean, accompany fighter planes into combat and explore the surface of Mars. Yet for all their talents, robots still can’t make a cup of tea. That’s because...