Author: Arushi Chaudhary

A journalist by profession, a freelance writer by choice. When not writing, she likes to spend her time in the company of books and food or hitting the road to explore new places, besides juggling roles as an army wife and mommy.

In a bid to take the virtual reality experience to the next level, a China-based VR company, Pimax, is in the process of making a 8K VR headset, which it claims is the first-of-its-kind in the world. To get things going, the company launched a Kickstarter campaign on September 19 with a goal of raising $200,000. A month into the campaign it has already surpassed that goal with the help of 3,571 backers. So what is this 8K VR headset all about and should you be excited about it? Let’s find out: The first striking feature about the Pimax 8K…

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Jupiter, the largest planet of our solar system, has been a goldmine for scientific mysteries and puzzling phenomena. The Juno mission sent out by NASA, which arrived at its appointed destination in July 2016 after covering a distance of two billion miles over a span of five years, seems to have succeeded in unraveling some of the mysteries associated with the planet. But there is still so much about Jupiter that astronauts and scientists struggle to make sense of. The notorious storms witnessed on the planet’s surface certainly top that list. It is these zonal winds that result in the…

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NASA has recently discovered an invisible magnetotail trailing behind Mars, which is far more twisted than any other such magnetic tail in our solar system. An analysis of data collected by NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) spacecraft, this magnetotail is quite unlike similar feature associated with Earth and Venus and may be a contributing factor to the thinning of the planet’s already light atmosphere. Gina DiBraccio, the project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, said that the magnetic tail found at Mars was neither like the magnetotail found at Venus, which has no magnetic…

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See Sense, a tech company focused on enhancing performance, enjoyment, and safety for cyclist around the world, is coming up with a cutting-edge new bike light powered by AI. After the successful run of the See Sense Intelligent light and See Sense ICON, the startup is taking its commitment toward using technology for safer cycling experience to the next level with its See Sense ACE bike light – an intelligent, connected, cyclist-led design with “big vision for you and your city”. The AI tech used in this bike light is capable of monitoring and reacting to every moment of a…

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After a long run-in with epic fails and misses in the past, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rockets are finally tasting sweet success. This year alone Elon Musk’s aerospace manufacturer and space transport company achieved a perfect score for all nine of its landing attempts for the Falcon 9 rocket. And now, some of the leading aerospace players have expressed interest in using these recovered SpaceX reusable rockets for their flying missions in future. This includes NASA, US Air Force, Iridium, and Spacecom. The growing interest of leading player in reusable rockets could well mark the beginning of a paradigm phase change…

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Which was the most popular Netflix show this summer? Well, the answer is here and it’s quite surprising. Netflix ushered in 2017 on a high note, with a $6 billion budget allocated to content alone. The results of this change in posturing have been out there for everyone to see. The popular streaming platform has already rolled out a dozen of movies and original series so far this year and there are plenty more in its kitty, waiting to be dished out. The one question that has remained largely unanswered through it all is how well these shows were received…

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This motorized paper airplane from PowerUp will surely revive your good ol’ memories from childhood. Making airplanes with paper, blowing them with all our might and then watching them nosedive was a big part of our childhood. Oh, the sense of triumph when those paper planes went flying right across the room. And the sinking feeling of watching them fall flat on the ground… Popular toymaker, PowerUp, is changing that bittersweet experience of flying paper airplanes forever with its latest offering of motorized paper airplanes. After introducing the concept of motorized paper airplanes and then adding the Bluetooth remote functionality…

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Running out of interesting things to put on your viewing list? We feel ya, and that’s why we are back with a fresh line-up of mind-blowing new movie trailers that will keep you hooked and leave you wanting for more, at the same time. Drop whatever it is that you are doing, because these 8 new Hollywood movie trailers deserve your undivided attention: Black Panther This trailer was originally unveiled at the Comic-Con International a few months ago, but wasn’t released to the masses. The makers have now released a slightly different cut of the made-for-Comic-Con trailer, and it is…

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Embrace OnePlus fans, the Chinese firm is rolling out yet another update for its latest flagship, the OnePlus 5. It has been a little over three months since the Chinese manufacturer rolled out its latest flagship phone, the OnePlus 5, and several updates for its operating system have already been rolled out. The latest of these is a firmware update rolled out in the form of OxygenOS 4.5.12 version, designed to bring new fixes to the flagship device. What’s up with the new OnePlus 5 update? The update was released over the past weekend and is being rolled out to…

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Vortx 4D Simulator wants you to immerse yourself in the video games you play, literally. What if you could actually feel bullets whizzing by as you played Battlefield on your screen? Or find yourself amid swirls of inferno being let out by the fiery dragon in the Game of Thrones? Vortx, the world’s first 4D simulator created by a startup named Whirlwind FX, is here to turn what’s every fantasy lover’s dream into reality. This 4D environmental simulator uses a patented software engine that relies on adaptive algorithms to analyze on-screen scenes and recreate those effects in the real world.…

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