avishkar topics

1)  PAPER DEVICE CHARGED BY BODY   MOVEMENTS.

Scientists have developed a light-weight, paperbased device that can harvest energy from body movements to power sensors and watches.The finding is based on triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) system which makes the energy through Triboelectrification. 

2 SILICON BASED POLYMER AN ELASTIC SECOND SKIN (ESS).

at MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital have developed a new material that can temporarily protect and tighten skin, and smooth wrinkles.

3. CROP PROTECTION: FIRING TO KEEP THE STORM AT BAY.

Orchid owners of Himachal Pradesh have, recently, installed the anti-hail storm gun through collective mobilisation of funds.More than 15% of total plantation crop is damaged by hail storms in Himachal Pradesh.

Existing scheme for crop protection such as anti-hail net is old technique which end up damaging the crop by blocking the sunlight.An anti-hail cannon is a shock wave generator intended to disrupt the formation of hailstones in the atmosphere in the beginning stage.
 

4. EXPORT OF GENERIC VERSIONS OF PATENTED DRUGS .

 The court noted that Section 107A of the Patents Act permitted sale of a patented product during the term of the patent but only for the purpose of obtaining regulatory approvals for making and marketing the patented product after the expiry of the patent. 

5. GRAPHENE FROM SOYBEAN

Scientists have used a soybean to make the world's strongest material graphene commercially more viable.

6. NEW TRANSGENIC RICE VARIETY TO FIGHT DROUGHT

The new variety has been developed by transferring a gene of Arabidopsis thaliana, into a variety of Indian rice called samba mahsuri.