General Awareness

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY - June 2017

Jun 2017

Feb 02, 2018

FASTER AND BETTER

Lamborghini, with its Urus, claims to have made the world's first super sports utility vehicle. One of the key elements of the car is its powertrain. It has an engine that is compact, powerful and has the ability to deliver astonishing Torque at low revs. At its heart is Lamborghini's first V8 four-litre twin-turbo engine that delivers a max power of 650 PS at 6,000 rpm and max Torque of 850 Nm at 2,250 rpm. With 163 HP per litre, the V8 engine has the highest specific power in the SUV segment.

The car has more than seven driving modes and a 'Tamburo' driving dynamics selector on the centre console. With STRADA, SPORT and CORSA and the additional NEVE (snow) TERRA (off-road) and SABBIA (sand) modes, the adaptive damper concept is automatically adjusted to different driving modes. It can be customised by the driver via the EGO mode, choosing the required rigidity for a comfortable ride to an aggressive setting depending on the driving style and road conditions.

Jan 30, 2018

Look out for Super Blue Blood Moon

Mumbaikars are in for a unique celestial show on January 31 as a rare combination of a total lunar eclipse, full Moon and Supermoon, making it a Blue Moon and Red Moon, occurs simultaneously. The three lunar events will take place between 6 pm and around 9 pm.

Jan 23, 2018

IIT-Kgp Develops Clickbait Blocker

Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) has developed a browser extension that would stop 'clickbaits' from appearing while reading online news. Clickbait is a term used for web content whose main goal is to get a user to click on a link to go to a certain webpage. Such clicks and page visits are often paid for by advertisers.

Jan 20, 2018

African-American astronaut's first flight to ISS nixed

Nasa’s Jeanette Jo Epps, an astronaut and American aerospace engineer, will not be a part of the International Space Station crew set to launch in June, the US space agency said. Epps, who would have been the first African-American crew member on board the ISS, was pulled from her mission for unspecified reasons. Only three other African American women have flown into space. Epp’ assignment in January 2017 garnered a fair amount of favourable publicity for the space agency.

Jan 17, 2018

Gadget to help you sleep

A new wrist-worn gadget may help people with sleep problems by objectively tracking their real-life sleep habits and quality. The gadget, called actimeter, records data on wrist movement from which one can obtain activity patterns for up to three months. The researchers from a German University used the actimeters to assess rest/activity cycles, not just over the course of the day, but also during sleep itself. The findings are the latest in a larger, ongoing human sleep project, designed to learn more about sleep and its essential role in our lives by collecting sleep data on thousands of people in the real world.

Share on

TCY Analytics (View Subscription Plans)

Subscribe to GK Updates

I want to receive

GK Tags

October GK, September GK, August GK, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS AND ECONOMY, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, SPORTS, NATIONAL AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, PERSONS IN NEWS, DAYS AND EVENTS, AWARDS AND HONOURS, GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES, GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION, ART AND CULTURE, BOOKS AND AUTHORS, TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS, ART AND CULTURE, LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

Start Discussion

On any topic

Take Tests

Compiled from GK updates

Login

Sign Up

Forgot Password

Download TCY App

Unlock All Services and Enjoy The Premium Benefits

US$ 10

US$ 13

US$ 15

US$ 17

US$ 19

US$ 20

US$ 21

US$ 22

US$ 23

US$ 24

US$ 25

US$ 26