Washington: An 18-year-old Indian-origin girl in the US has developed a potentially revolutionary device that can charge a mobile phone in just 20 seconds, a media report said.
The charging device has been dubbed a 'supercapacitor' by Esha Khare of Saratoga, California, the Daily Mail reported. Khare won $50,000 for her invention at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, held in Phoenix.
Khare has only used her 'supercapacitor' to power a light-emitting diode (LED), but says that one day her invention will power cell phones, cars and any gadget that requires a rechargeable battery.
Asked what inspired her to work on the technology, Khare said, "My cell phone battery always dies. It has a lot of different applications and advantages over batteries in that sense."...
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09:26 PM, May 20, 2013
New Delhi: 'Hotel California' is a name that has inspired filmmakers across the globe. The latest to get influenced by the name is director Aji John whose Malayalam film is called 'Hotel California'. The film features Anoop Menon, Honey Rose, Maria Roy and Aparna Nair. It has Shaan Rahman as music composer while cinematography is handled by Jithu Damodar. The film has already been released on May 3, 2013 and...
09:39 AM, May 18, 2013
Washington: Kolkata-born Ritankar Das, a bioengineering and chemical biology double major at the University of California at Berkeley, has become the youngest student to receive the University Medal in more than a century. The medal is given to the year's top graduating senior. Das, who began his freshman term when he was 15, will be graduating with more than 200 credits and a GPA of 3.99, which includes eight A+...
11:20 AM, May 11, 2013
A bride-to-be and four of her friends died after their Limousine caught fire in California. According to the Highway Patrol, the white stretch Lincoln was carrying members of a bachelorette party. The driver and 4 others got out uninjured. They are being treated for smoke inhalation. The cause of the fire is under investigation. ...
10:10 AM, May 06, 2013
In this photo from 1997, Beverly Hills, 'The Backstreet Boys' donate an outfit from their world tour to Planet Hollywood's world renown collection of memorabilia. In this Los Angeles, California April 22, 2013 image the Backstreet Boys (from L-R) Howie Dorough, Kevin Richardson, AJ McLean, Nick Carter and Brian Littrell touch their star after it was unveiled on the Walk of Fame. ...
11:16 AM, Apr 25, 2013
Los Angeles: A Los Angeles college campus was evacuated on Thursday after the university received a telephoned bomb threat, but no explosives were found during a search of the campus, police said. Los Angeles Police Department spokesman Commander Andrew Smith said the college made the decision to close the campus of California State University, Los Angeles, and evacuate staff and students. "The CSULA campus is closed as of noon, April...
09:04 AM, Apr 19, 2013
Washington: US President Barack Obama has apologised to California Attorney General Kamala Harris for causing a stir when he called her "the best-looking attorney general" at a Democratic fundraiser they attended together this week. A spokesman for Harris said she had a great conversation with Obama and strongly supports him but would not say whether she had accepted the President's apology. Obama apologised to Harris by telephone on Thursday night...
09:18 AM, Apr 06, 2013
As many as 2000 black holes kicked away from their homes are now living on the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of California, Santa Cruz, used new computer simulations to look at how our galaxy grew through mergers with smaller galaxies. ...
05:55 PM, Mar 31, 2013
A civil lawsuit has been filed against a school district in California seeking to suspend a controversial yoga programme which parents feel "unlawfully" promote religious beliefs. ...
01:57 PM, Mar 09, 2013
A gunman on a shooting spree in suburban southern California shot and killed three people and wounded two others on Tuesday before killing himself, police said. ...
01:26 AM, Feb 20, 2013
A woman employee is suing San Diego Christian College in California after she lost her job allegedly because she had pre-marital sex. The woman, who is six months pregnant, also said the father-to-be has been promoted. ...
03:00 PM, Feb 19, 2013
Armed men barged into a Gurudwara in California City and took away the money from a donation box kept inside the complex, police said. ...
12:10 PM, Jan 30, 2013
2013 Ferrari California is the first engine V8 Ferrari. This Ferrari is also the first which have a dual clutch speed transmission among other brand new features. ...
05:24 PM, Jan 26, 2013
Ben Affleck won the best-director Golden Globe on Sunday for his Iran hostage thriller 'Argo,' a prize that normally bodes well for an Academy Award win - except he missed out on an Oscar nomination this time. Affleck's now in an unusual position during Hollywood's long awards season, taking home the top filmmaking trophy at the second-highest film honors knowing he does not have a shot at an Oscar. ...
09:20 AM, Jan 14, 2013
Morgan Alldredge had just finished her oceanography test when a classmate she knows well suddenly walked in the open door to her science class with a shotgun. "He didn't say anything. He just shot right away," said the 16-year-old junior who was sitting by the doorway as the terrifying events unfolded Thursday morning at Taft Union High School, about 120 miles northwest of Los Angeles. ...
10:12 AM, Jan 12, 2013
In yet another shooting incident in the US, at least two people were shot on Thursday at a California high school while the suspected shooter, believed to be a student armed with a shotgun, was taken into custody. ...
12:35 AM, Jan 11, 2013
The suspect, sending shoppers at a crowded Southern California shopping mall sprinting for safety, was cooperative when officers took him into custody. ...
09:35 AM, Dec 17, 2012
A suspect who fired about 50 shots in the parking lot of a crowded Southern California shopping mall, sending shoppers sprinting for safety, was cooperative when officers took him into custody, authorities said on Sunday. Witnesses said people ran, screaming and ducking for cover, when 42-year-old Marcos Gurrola fired into the air and onto the ground on Saturday afternoon near the Macy's department store at the open-air Fashion Island mall...
08:25 AM, Dec 17, 2012
