4th Bangalore Nano 2011

  Madhura, Tuesday, February 8, 2011 | Category: Events        Comments (0)

The fourth Bangalore Nano event for the year 2011 is scheduled to be on 8th Dec and 9th Dec at Hotel Lalit Ashok, Bengaluru.

Bangalore Nano is organized by Department of IT, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) and MM ACTIV Sci Tech Communications.

The event comprising of exhibitions and conferences will encompass two full days of presentations and discussions and interactive networking activities with a focus on ‘Frontiers of Nanotechnology: Impact on India’.

More information: Fourth Bangalore Nano 2011

Nanoshirts – Spill proof, stain resistant, wrinkle resistant shirts

  Madhura, Monday, January 31, 2011 | Category: Nano moments        Comments (0)

How many times have we spilled coffee or ketchup on our way to an important office meeting or a party?

Spill proof nano-shirt (*Image provided by Nano Fabrics India)

Wish there was a way, the coffee or ketchup just wouldn’t stick to the shirt! You can brush it off as if it was dust.

Man’s dream come true! Nano shirts are the answer to your problems.

This is what Mr.Sagar R. Joshi, from Nano Fabrics India (www.nanofabrics.in) had to say about nano shirts.

NM: How did the company get the idea of manufacturing stain-resistant/spill proof shirts?

NF: Actually we are in manufacturing of biomagnetic bracelet wherein our labours needs to wear aprons while in the workshop,we thought of & had seen such material for military people. So thought of manufacturing such cloth for all common man all over the world. Everyone should get benefit of such  new innovative  technology.

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Nanotubes: Growth enhancers for plants

  Madhura, Tuesday, January 25, 2011 | Category: Health,Research        Comments (0)

“Sabyasachi Sarkar and colleagues at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur have developed a technique to dissolve carbon nanotubes in water, allowing them to be taken up by plants without damaging them. When the team fed their nanotube solution to chickpea plant seeds they found it more than doubled their shoot length and increased their root growth and water uptake.” – NewScientist

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Optogenetics: Light my brain

  Madhura, Tuesday, January 11, 2011 | Category: Health,Research        Comments (2)

Recently I read a very interesting article on Optogenetics in Scientific American magazine. It said  Optogenetics is an emerging field combining optical and genetic techniques to probe neural circuits within intact mammals and other animals, at the high speeds (millisecond-timescale) needed to understand brain information processing.

I am always fascinated by the workings of our human brain. Human brain is unique. It gives us the power to think, plan, believe, speak and imagine. 

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Why cook, when you can print your dinner!

  Madhura, Monday, January 3, 2011 | Category: Health,Products        Comments (1)

Food from the printer? I read the headline again. It did say “Now, a 3D food printer with edible ink”.

I always thought this was possible only in sci-fi movies like Star Trek or Star Wars. But apparently scientists at Cornell University in New York are developing a commercially viable 3D food printer, which uses raw food ‘inks’ that are fed into the printer and once you load the recipe and press the button, presto, you have your food ready! That’s like a dream come true.

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Do Digital games help create health awareness?

  Madhura, Friday, December 31, 2010 | Category: Culture        Comments (1)

Recently two sci-fi action and adventure video games namely “Escape from diab” and “Nanoswarm” were launched. These games are specifically designed to lower the risks of type 2 diabetes and obesity among kids.

The players have to make healthy lifestyle choices such as choosing nutritious food, eating right and exercising in order to win the game.

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