ELECTRONICS
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ELECTRONICS November 11, 2018 Battery Fashion: Scientists Weave Rechargeable Electronics Into Clothes
By: Loknath DasWearable electronics are nothing new, but the technology has been limited by the question of how to power them for long periods without toting around a bulky charge storing device. Not any longer. Thanks to UMass Amherst materials scientist Trisha L. Andrew, a battery can now be stitched directly into your lapel. Andrew and her […]
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ELECTRONICS November 10, 2018 Black Friday: A Conscientious Buyer’s Guide To Buying Electronics
By: Loknath DasBlack Friday Can Be Fair Tech FridayPhoto by Oliver Pecker on Unsplash We can bash Black Friday and mindless consumerism until the cows come home, but let’s face it – who doesn’t love a bargain? Credit cards in hand, people are going to go out there en masse the Friday after Thanksgiving and they’re going […]
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ELECTRONICS October 14, 2018 India’s draft electronics policy aims $400 billion manufacturing industry by 2025
By: Loknath DasThe country’s draft electronics policy released by the IT ministry on Wednesday has set an ambitious target of creating a $400 billion electronics manufacturing industry by 2025, with the mobile phone devices segment accounting for three-fourths of the production. The draft National Policy on Electronics (NPE) aims to promote domestic manufacturing in the entire value-chain […]
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ELECTRONICS October 10, 2018 Xiaomi Mi TV 4 Pro 55-Inch, Mi Home Security Camera 360, Mi Luggage to Go on Sale for First Time in India Today
By: Loknath DasXiaomi’s Mi TV 4 Pro 55-inch model, launched in India last month, is set to go on sale for the first time in India today via Flipkart and Mi.com, at 12pm IST. Alongside, the company’s Mi Home Security Camera 360 and Mi Luggage have also go on sale in the country today, with the former being made available via Amazon […]
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October 3, 2018 Tesco clothing like-for-like sales improve 2.4 percent
By: Loknath DasGroup sales at Tesco Plc, for the second quarter, grew by 12.5 percent at constant exchange rates to 28.3 billion pounds (36.8 billion dollars) with like-for-like growth of 2.2 percent, while at actual exchange rates, sales grew by 12.8 percent including a 0.3 percent foreign exchange translation benefit due to the depreciation of sterling. The […]
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ELECTRONICS September 17, 2018 Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 3DMark Performance Benchmark Results Leak
By: Loknath DasHIGHLIGHTS Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 is priced at $699 Leaked benchmark results show a score of 10,147 graphics point The 3DMark Firestrike graphics score result is 27,000 points Nvidia’s recently unveiled GeForce RTX 2080 graphics card has seen its first benchmark results leaked online, showing some very impressive performance. Nvidia’s latest 2000 series GPUs were announcedlast […]
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ELECTRONICS September 10, 2018 Bharat Electronics, Vodafone Idea, Force Motors, IndiGo hit 52-week lows
By: Loknath DasA broker reacts while trading at his computer terminal at a stock brokerage firm in Mumbai (Photo: Reuters) Shares of Bharat Electronics (BEL), Vodafone Idea, Force Motors, Castrol India, InterGlobe Aviation (IndiGo) and Tata Communications have hit their respective 52-week lows on the BSE as the benchmark indices are trading lower for the sixth trading days. Besides BEL, total […]
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ELECTRONICS September 10, 2018 Indians begin to buy premium electronics online
By: Loknath DasIndustry executives say that now consumers have shed the inhibition to purchase costly products online which even last year, was mostly for small-ticket items, and now the brands are launching products priced even up to couple of lakhs. Indian consumers have started to buy premium smartphones, large screen televisions, multi-door refrigerators and large capacity washing […]
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ELECTRONICS September 10, 2018 Bharat Electronics corrects for 9th consecutive session, hits new 52-week low on Axis Capital downgrade
By: Loknath DasState-owned defence company Bharat Electronics share price has been correcting for ninth consecutive session on Thursday amid government’s likely new pricing policy for defence orders which may limit margin. The stock corrected 23.7 percent in nine straight days to hit fresh 52-week low of Rs 89.70 despite positive management commentary on new pricing policy and after large […]
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ELECTRONICS August 28, 2018 Robots Are Getting More Social. Are Humans Ready?
By: Loknath DasPersonal home robots that can socialise with people are starting to roll out of the laboratory and into our living rooms and kitchens. But are humans ready to invite them into their lives? It’s taken decades of research to build robots even a fraction as sophisticated as those featured in popular science fiction. They don’t […]
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ELECTRONICS August 28, 2018 Parker Solar Probe Operating as Planned, NASA Says
By: Loknath DasNASA’s historic mission to solve the mysteries of the Sun which was launched aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket on August 12 is operating according to plan, mission controllers have said. As of 12pm EDT on August 16, the Parker Solar Probewas 4.6 million kms from Earth, travelling at 62,764 kms per hour, and heading […]
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ELECTRONICS August 28, 2018 Experts Assemble for UN-Hosted Meeting on ‘Killer Robots’
By: Loknath DasHIGHLIGHTS Experts are meeting to discuss ways to deal with “killer robots” These are weapons that could conduct war without human intervention Amnesty International urged countries to work toward a ban Experts from scores of countries are meeting to discuss ways to define and deal with “killer robots” – futuristic weapons systems that could conduct […]