Hero group, which makes the popular motorbikes Hero Honda, is venturing into making small aircrafts. The technology and design for these aircrafts would be provided by a German company. Several German companies like Daimler Benz Aerospace and Deustche Airbus are into aircraft production business. Hero plans to setup their aircraft manufacturing in a SEZ (Special Economic Zone) in Madhya Pradesh in central India. The SEZ will be dedicated to defence and aerospace industries and will have a 1.5 KM long air strip. Indyvation is unable to understand if Hero plans to sell these aircrafts in India or just export them. If they are to be sold in India, why are they being made in an export zone? We hope that soon an Indian company will design and fly an aircraft from scratch like a real "Hero".



Source: Hindu Businessline

Robocon 2008 is being organized in Pune by MIT School of Technology. The main contest is on August 31st with the playful theme of handling butter cubes. The theme is inspired by Lord Krishna's playful antics as a child. Let's see who well the robots from Asia Pacific team do that!


Source: Robocon Asia-Pacific 2008 Official Site

A neat invention that would be most relevant to India - A neo-waterless washing machine. This machine uses only a cup of water to wash clothes. Given India's population and rapidly rising urban middle class, a washing machine that uses such a low amount of water would be an instant hit. This machine uses chips that absorb dirt, which was released by the reaction of detergent and small amount of water added in the wsahing process.

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