Economic Times is reporting on an ATV designed by Punjab engineering students. "Three final-year mechanical engineering students here have taken the road less travelled by designing an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) named Ridge Ranger, which they plan to launch commercially. ....The three students of Indo Global College of Engineering here are Abhimanyu Sharma, Ish Awasthi and Vishesh Sharma. The four-member team formally unveiled the Ridge Ranger last week in the college campus."

SourceEconomic Times

This is a very interesting approach to micro-hydel application by using currents in water just like fish do. India has large potential for micro-hydel applications due to vast arid and semi-arid regions. How will make this a reality? "The world's river and ocean currents carry an enormous amount of kinetic energy, but most of this water flows slower than four miles per hour. Existing turbine and water-mill technologies can't generate enough electricity at such speeds to make their deployment economically viable. Researchers at the University of Michigan say that they have overcome this limitation by taking advantage of energy-packed vortices that are formed when water flows past a cylindrical object, even at low speeds. Salmon and trout are known to leverage the force created by these naturally occurring water swirls so that they can swim upstream. A new mechanical device designed to economically harvest that energy and convert it into electricity could turn waterpower into a much larger part of the world's renewable-energy mix."

Source:MIT Technology Review

India's first museum for explosives is coming up at Guwahati in the North Eastern state of Assam. The architect of this museum Dr. Padma Pani, Joint Director of the Forensic Laboratory of Guwahati, who is ranked as among the best forensic scientists in India. Different kinds of explosives will be showcased in the museum for police and public to become aware about. Assam is the state that has seen lot of disturbances in last many decades.

Source:Indian Express