Technology

How the Panama Papers journalists broke the biggest leak in history

Gerard Ryle led the international team that divulged the Panama Papers, the 11.5 million leaked documents from 40 years of activity of the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca that have offered glimpse of the secretive world of offshore finance.

@dheerthan 04:43 PM 01-Aug-2016

Artist Spends a Decade Tweaking Robot That Draws Beautifully Organic Portraits

With years of experience painting and tinkering, artist Patrick Tresset created this drawbot that produces amazing, organic portraits.

@mahind 10:22 AM 27-Jul-2016

14-yr-old Indian designs safety, aid app for fishermen, wins Google award

Ramesh Advay, a student of class 10 at the National Public School in Chennai, is working on an application that runs on a hand-held device like a smartphone that will warn fishermen if they are about to cross an international water boundary.

@mahind 10:00 AM 25-Jul-2016

$229 vacuum tube amplifier wows audiophiles

Who says high-end audio has to be expensive? This amazing $229 vacuum tube amplifier from MiniWatt rocks.

@mahind 10:23 AM 19-Jul-2016

When Woman Is Boss: Nikola Tesla on Gender Equality

The average woman will be as well educated as the average man, and then better educated, for the dormant faculties of her brain will be stimulated to an activity that will be all the more in…

@dheerthan 09:49 AM 11-Jul-2016

The Rich and Their Robots Are About to Make Half the World's Jobs Disappear

So where does that leave the world's working class?

@dheerthan 09:28 AM 11-Jul-2016

A scientist is turning locusts into cyborg bomb detectors

A researcher in the US is developing technology that will enable locusts - those Biblical crop destroyers - to detect explosives hidden in hard-to-reach areas. If successful, the technology has the potential to completely change the way...

@dheerthan 12:32 PM 07-Jul-2016