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Nirvana Luxe: The Party Speaker That Refuses to Tone It Down
20 Jan 2026
Every great party has one thing in common: sound that sets the mood and keeps it alive. Yet, too often, speakers fall short—low volume, weak bass, or batteries that give up before the night does. That
Meet boAt Storm Verge: The Smartwatch That Does More (Without Costing More)
20 Jan 2026
The smartwatch market is crowded. Everyone wants a big display, bluetooth calling, health tracking, and solid battery life, but not everyone wants to spend a fortune to get it. That’s why the search f
Meet Nirvana Crown: The Earbuds That Don’t Follow the Rules
20 Jan 2026
Some days, the world just doesn’t know when to shut up. Traffic honking like it’s a competition. Notifications going off for no reason. Someone on a call who definitely should’ve stayed muted. And you
boAt Airdopes Prime 700 ANC: Silence the Chaos
15 Dec 2025
Meet the Airdopes Prime 700 ANC! These aren't just earbuds; they're the ultimate personal soundtrack machine, a potent noise-killer, and your personal vibe-setter, all packed into a compact de
Chrome Endeavour: The Smartwatch That Refuses to Stay Quiet
28 Nov 2025
Introducing boAt’s all-new Chrome Endeavour, a smartwatch built for those who want more than predictable features. This one brings a larger 1.96” AMOLED display, sharper AI-driven health tracking, sma
boAt Chrome Eon: The Smartwatch That Refuses to Play Simple
28 Nov 2025
Introducing boAt’s latest Chrome Eon, a smartwatch built for people who seek features more than just step counts and boring old notifications. This one brings brains, attitude, and a whole lot of styl
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
