January 24th, 2010
Another regular like the Full throttle, this one event has caught the imagination of the IITians. They seem to be not only enjoying it but also getting addicted to it at the same time. Probably one of the reasons they progressed it from just gliding these planes to using motors and propellers to fly them. You must have seen people flying these custom made planes which are normally very clumsy and do not have great controls. But to my surprise the ones used in this competition had amazing controls and full credit goes to the flyers of these planes. They performed breathtaking maneuvers enthralling the audience. I must admit that even I was captivated by these high flying planes and was lost in my own world looking at them. We managed to get a detailed video of one of the high flyers who did very well in the competition and is one of the (more…)
Categories: Entertainment, TechFest, Videos |
Tags: aeroplane, blackbird, competitions, flying planes, iit, iit techfest, rc planes, TechFest, techfest 2010, techfest blackbird | 1 Comment
January 24th, 2010
While the Full throttle inferno was a battle of speed and a show of strength (like many other competitions including Blackbird, Robowars etc) these little and relatively inexpensive ships has just one goal – run without any batteries! Yes ladies and gentlemen, the ships had a propeller but no batteries to run them. The contestants had to rely on the 500watt fuse that hangs over the water track to extract solar energy from and use that to run race their boats.
Most ships were made from thermacol or plastic (however we caught an innovative one with stress balls put to good use) with one or more solar panel attached to the top. Most boats were able to draw the power and sail initially, but as soon as they reached a part of the track that lies between two light focuses (that means the direct light from the bulb not coming over the ship) quite a few of them stopped (more…)
Categories: TechFest |
Tags: competitions, competitions at techfest, iit b, iit techfest, solar splash, techfest 2010 | 1 Comment
December 30th, 2008
Earlier this year Cuil (pronounced ‘Cool’) was believed to be a Google killer. A new search engine started by some industry veterans and well funded. I was personally amazed to see the amount of PR and buzz it managed to create early on. Though the day it launched we were disappointed (it didn’t index us), the quality was not upto the mark. And eventually, few months down the line it seems to have hit a dead end with no real traffic.
So what really caused this crash? Is Cuil really that bad? Maybe not
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Categories: Reviews, Tech Industry News |
Tags: competitions, cuil, cuil search, google competitor, google killer, search, search engines, search wikia, wikia | 2 Comments
