Bank of America has unveiled a virtual assistant called Erica
China launched micro satellite Banxing-2
Mars lander (rover) of the European Space Agency (ESA) that failed to send any signal after landing on Mars’ surface
Scientist find the procedure to produces electricity from water without using any external energy
World-first optical sensor that may quickly detect vitamin B12 defficiency:
1. Scientists have developed a new world-first optical sensor that may quickly detect vitamin B12 defficiency.
2. Vitamin B12 defficiency is a condition linked to an increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
3. It is the first time a rapid technique based on optical spectroscopy has been shown to be able to detect vitamin B12 in human blood serum.
India’s first indigenous zero-emission electric bus launched by Ashok Leyland :
1> On 17 October 2016, In India Ashok Leyland has launched India’s first electric bus series that has been fully made in the country and also boost to Indian Government’s ‘Make in India’ campaign.
2> This electric bus has been named ‘Circuit’ and it is a zero-emission, non-polluting vehicle, created specifically for Indian road and passenger conditions. The Bus is integrated with a fire detection and suppression system (FDSS), this truly Indian innovation can travel 120 kilometers on a single charge.
3> In April 2015, at FAME Delhi workshop, Ashok Leyland had committed to vehicles with full electric power trains by January 2017.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has launched free Wi-Fi facilities at Metro stations on its Airport Express Line (22.7 Kilometer). Now, Commuter will be able to avail free wifi services by logging onto which netwrok access and access internet applications like email, Facebook, Google, video chat as well as live streaming of cricket and football matches etc inside the station premises : ‘Oui DMRC Free Wifi‘
The mines ministry on 15th oct came out with which system, a pan-India surveillance network using latest satellite technology, to check illegal mining. It is a satellite-based monitoring system, which aims to check illegal mining activity through automatic remote-sensing detection technology : Mining surveillance system (MSS)
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) in Kolkata have found a new way to produce cathodes for solar cell. The researchers have used which part of human to produce cost-effective, metal-free cathodes for use in solar cells thus this is the first time where a bio-waste-derived electrode has been used as cathode in a quantum dot sensitised solar cell device : Human hair
Which organisation has developed a high-tech electroactive bandage. The bandage creates an electric charge to help promote the healing process of wounds. Electroactive material is so sensitive that a push or even a blow on it can create an electric charge : National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
