Once upon a time, maps were used to find or locate the place where we are. The patterns are drawn in the map by noticing the unique turns and crosses. But, there was a way in a war, a technique to take advantage by locating the enemy from very high altitude places like mountains or …
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The touch screen is one of the significant reasons to call a mobile phone a “smartphone”. It emerged in the beginning years of the 21st century. At that time, it was used only in large scale private sectors to monitor and control machines. Later, it spread over the world, particularly in well-developed countries like England, …
First appearance in the automotive industry: Denso Wave, an ancillary of the Japanese auto components producing industry, works on constructing industrial robots and PLC (programmable logic controller) used for industrial manufacturing. In 1994, the QR code was invented by them for auto works. At first, they used it to track automobiles and their instrumental parts. …
Geothermal energy is a natural source of renewable energy which can be produced in specific geographical areas. The term geothermal originated from Greek words “Geo”, which means earth, and “therme” means heat. This energy can be generated where the water from the earth’s mantle comes out as steam due to the heat produced by the …
About 70% of the earth’s surface is roofed in water. 97% of it exists as seawater (saline water). Only 2-3 per cent are freshwater, but most of them are within the north and south poles in the form of glaciers. The remaining one per cent of the freshwater is usually groundwater, and few of it …
Remote signalling through infrared rays has been used for many decades for various purposes. To understand infrared remote signals, we would take the television remote control as an example. If we see the top of the remote control unit, there will be a small plastic LED (Light Emitting Diode) which emits Infrared radiation (IR). This …
German scientists are known for their innovations and latest discoveries. One more breakthrough in which they announced that they measured the shortest period ever- a Zeptosecond. Nuclear Physicists from Goethe University at the DESY accelerator facility, which is located in Hamburg, have executed and measured a process that reveals the discovery of zeptoseconds for the …
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Whenever we hear of pixels nowadays, our mind would go to google pixel phones. However, It has two different definitions of this term in use today. The original and classic definition of the term “pixel” could be a “picture element” contraction, a point sample of a picture. In other words, a dimensionless point or rather …
