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Sam Bankman-Fried

29 Mar 2024

Sam Bankman-Fried: Once Wealthy, Now Faces 25 Years Behind Bars - Read More

Bankman-Fried is born on March 6, 1992. He grew up in a family of highly educated parents, both professors. Bankman-Fried was ultimately sentenced to 25 years behind bars.

21 Jul 2023

Pizza At Your Fingertips: Mind-Controlled Pizza Ordering Device Unveiled

In essence, this means that after wearing the gadget, one can order a pizza or a tube ride without having to speak to anyone.

world's youngest billionaire

28 Jun 2023

World's Youngest Billionaire: At The Age Of 19, He Used To Make Piles Of Notes

Alexandr Wang's business obtained financial backing of about US$350 million last year. Due to this financial support, Scale has already generated US$100 million in revenue. The young entrepreneur's business was valued at an astounding US$7.3 billion.

JEE Advanced 2020 results

05 Oct 2020

JEE advanced topper Chirag Falor to skip IIT to study in United States' MIT

Falor, who bagged the top rank in the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced, had also scored 100 percentile in the JEE-Mains. He secured admission in MIT in March but was pursuing studies online from here due to the COVID-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown. Falor said he had prepared for the JEE for four years as it is just one exam but with a vast syllabus, while MIT evaluates a candidate on personality and potential and checks how much one can leverage from opportunities. "I have secured admission in MIT and I will go ahead with it. The classes have already begun and I am attending them online. I had prepared for four years for these exams so I didn't want to skip appearing for the exam," Falor told PTI over the phone from Pune.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

05 Feb 2019

Earth may not appear as blue by 2100: MIT study

There will be a noticeable difference in the colour of 50 per cent of the ocean by the end of the 21st century, said MIT study.

International Space Station

10 Jan 2019

Long-duration space missions may shrink spinal muscles: Study

Scans obtained before and after missions were analysed to determine changes in the size and composition of the paraspinal muscles.

08 Jan 2019

MIT researchers propose tiny satellites to guide huge space telescopes

In a bid to study planets beyond our solar system, NASA engineers are developing designs for next-generation space telescopes.

26 Nov 2018

MIT engineers fly first-ever silent plane with no moving parts

The new light aircraft, inspired from the movie and television series "Star Trek", carries neither propellers or turbines, nor it depends on fossil fuels to fly.

silicon robotic fish

23 Mar 2018

Meet SoFi, the silicon robotic fish built to study marine life

The remote-controlled robot fish swims quietly through coral reefs and schools of fish and uses a fisheye lens to capture high-resolution photos and video with a camera built into its nose.

28 Jun 2017

MIT scientists develop robotic drones that can travel by land and air

This new robotic drones can efficiently navigate cityscapes with parking spots, no-fly zones and landing pads.

Prosthetic limbs

05 Jun 2017

New technique to make prosthetic limbs feel more natural

The researchers believe that their strategy could work for nearly any amputee, including people whose amputations were performed many years ago.

02 May 2017

This wireless device can measure walking speed with ease

The new device called "WiGait" could help reveal a wealth of important health information, particularly for the elderly by measuring the emerging vital sign.

30 Apr 2017

Material that changes properties according to environment developed

The team found that at the molecular level, the structure of protein material is strengthened when the environment contains zinc ions and certain pH indexes.

22 Apr 2017

Apple hires man who 3D printed his brain tumour

Apple has hired Steven Keating, the doctoral student from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) who made a 3D printout of his own brain after he was diagnosed with a tumour.

16 Apr 2017

This new solar-powered device can harvest water from dry air

In a first, scientists have developed a new device that can harvest water from air everyday by using ambient sunlight, even in dry or desert climates.

23 Nov 2016

IIT-Kharagpur in top 100 of Employability Ranking

IIT - Kharagpur has been ranked exceptionally well with regard to the parameters of `Graduate Employability Rate` and `Employers` Presence` on the Campus.

23 Oct 2016

Training informal health providers can boost healthcare, reveals study

Training of informal health providers, a major component of primary care, can help fill the gap in the rural healthcare system due to huge shortage of medical professionals, a study has suggested.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

14 Sep 2016

Indo-American scientist awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

An Indo-American imaging scientist and inventor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has been conferred with the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize for his path-breaking inventions to improve lives globally.

14 Sep 2016

Proud moment! Indian-born MIT researcher wins prestigious 'Marconi Young Scholar' award in US

Dinesh Bharadia, an Indian-born researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has won the prestigious 'Marconi Young Scholar' award in the US.

Neuroscientists

09 Sep 2016

Brain regions that builds panoramic memory identified

Neuroscientists have identified two brain regions that are involved in creating panoramic memories and help us to merge fleeting views of our surroundings into a seamless, 360-degree panorama.

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