*IBM Watson’s trial period gets over in 30 days, so NICOLIS is now partially deactivated. The instructions, however, remain largely the same for their new updated services too. You probably noticed the little purple icon in the bottom right corner of your screen, before opening this post. If you didn’t,
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About a month back, I was asked whether I would like to give a talk at TEDxPanaji. Needless to say, I jumped right into this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! After several weeks of preparation, revisions, rehearsals at 91Springboard and hard work, the efforts of over a hundred spirited individuals culminated yesterday at
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During the first month of my summer vacation I had an opportunity to visit the DLR – Deutches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (i.e. German Aerospace Centre) at Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich in Germany. The DLR is a branch of the European Space Agency (ESA). But before I proceed any further, a little
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Quark 2016 – A Cosmic Odyssey Days of festival: 5th, 6th & 7th February 2016 I participated in Line Following, Roborace and, for the first time, Open Showcase! RoboRace Objective: Design & build a remote controlled all-terrain racer that can traverse any given path with obstacles like rocks, sand, slopes, uneven
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During the last week of my Diwali vacations, I had the wonderful opportunity to be part of Project GEIT (Goans Empowered with Information Technology) and teach Scratch programming as a volunteer instructor to students at 3 village schools. The project was divided into 10-day camps conducted at the following schools: Azmane High
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Three weeks back, I received a message from my mentor, Mr. Pranav Pai Vernekar (Founder of Inventrom) saying that he would be going to a conference in Bangalore. The conference was being organized by UNICOM. The theme was: ‘Internet of Things: Link Your World’ and it was part of India
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