Technology
Frugal engineering – Indian Firms Shift Focus to the Poor
This kind of innovation can serve all Bottom of the Pyramid markets. In Latin America about 25% percent of the people (130 or so million) live on less than $2 a day. WSJ.com India’s many engineers, whose best-known role is to help Western companies expand or cut costs, are now turning their attention to the [...]
Global firms draw on India for ideas
livemint Today, as the economic slowdown shrinks demand in mature markets, some of the world’s largest companies are drawing on inputs provided by their Indian talent and running critical functions from their Indian units. They are devising future strategy, creating blueprints for marketing campaigns, building brands and new businesses from India-based centres that are more [...]
Destination moon: Indian Space Research Organisation’s lunar mission set for October launch
Image via Wikipedia Antrix, a division of ISRO, is a outsourced satellite launch provider with costs 30% cheaper compared to those of US and Russian providers. Outsourcing beyond IT! Wired magazine did a feature article on India’s space program a couple of years ago. livemint.com The Indian Space Research Organisation, or ISRO, plans to launch [...]
Intel unveils first Made-in-India chip
The Economic Times The world’s largest chipmaker, Intel, on Tuesday unveiled its latest microprocessor for servers, designed entirely by its Bangalore team and developed in a record two years. The Intel R&D centre in Bangalore designed the Xeon 7400 series processor and it marked the first time that work on the 45 nanometre technology was [...]
India’s low-cost patient care earns plaudits in US study
During a visit to India last month, I accompanied my mother to Apollo hospital in Chennai for some minor plastic surgery. This was to stitch up a ruptured ear piercing. From seeing a doctor to getting the required surgery and coming home took about 1.5 hours and cost $125. Incredible! I’ve spent more time and [...]
Massive floating generators, or ‘eco-rigs’, to provide power and food to Japan
Gotta the love the long-term thinking JapaneseTimes Online Battered by soaring energy costs and aghast at dwindling fish stocks, Japanese scientists think they have found the answer: filling the seas with giant “eco-rigs” as powerful as nuclear power stations.The project, which could result in village-sized platforms peppering the Japanese coastline within a decade, reflects a [...]
Solar plants in deserts could yield water and crops
The Guardian Vast greenhouses that use sea water for crop cultivation could be combined with solar power plants to provide food, fresh water and clean energy in deserts, under an ambitious proposal from a team of architects and engineers. The Sahara Forest Project, which is already running demonstration plants in Tenerife, Oman and the United [...]
Algae Based Biofuels in Plain English: Why it Matters, How it Works
Triple Pundit You’ve probably heard the term tossed around, and have maybe even said it in a sentence or two yourself. But have you ever really understood what it means, what the implications are, and on a basic level, how it works and if it has even the slightest chance to be a viable large [...]
Engineers Without Borders Bring Tech to Villages Without Power
This is one of my key passions – to facilitate companies with a Gandhian engineering approach to their product portfolio to enter and serve previously ignored market segments in Latin America. Poster child for this approach – the Tata Nano car. Definition of Gandhian engineering [via Innosight]: Gandhian engineering, or appropriate design, – a terrific [...]
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