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Why Indian Vehicles steering is on Left Side while few Foreign countries in right side?

Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Shanmukh Pasumarthy
Updated on 29-Apr-2022 5K+ Views

Left side driving is followed by the British and the habit dates back to the period when people used to ride on a horse. Historians believe it has started with the idea that It will be convenient if you keep your right hand free to greet someone or to draw a sword if someone attacks you.During the 17th and 18th centuries, most of the countries were British colonies and they also followed the same rule, including India. Along with UK and India many countries like Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, Kenya, Ireland, Jamaica, Malta, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand etc., still have ...

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How is technology affecting the lives of people with disabilities?

Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar
Updated on 27-Jun-2020 287 Views

The impact of technology has been nothing short of phenomenal on the lives of people with disabilities. Nothing articulates this better than the statement by Mary Pat Radabaugh, Director of IBM National Support Center for Persons with Disabilities - "For most people, technology makes things easier.Technology Makes Things PossibleFor people with disabilities, technology makes things possible." That's one of the most accurate observations on the matter and it is based on a whole list of examples that could be found across different parts of the world. In fact, there's a term that has been coined specifically for this kind of ...

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Is it necessary to bring in automation in every sector of the Indian economy? Won’t it deny jobs to millions in an overpopulated country with high unemployment?

Dev Kumar
Dev Kumar
Updated on 25-Jun-2020 171 Views

Automation is an integral part of the development and progression of equipment and processes that in turn, are integral parts of most of the activities that act as engines of growth across most economies around the world. There's another side to automation and that is the importance of its application in military equipment and processes. It has been seen that nations with a history of producing robust and highly efficient military equipment, are the ones that are dominating the automation industry today.The USA, Germany, Japan, France, UK, Russia, Sweden, Italy, and Canada among a few others dominate in automation excellence.The ...

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Is Fully Autonomous Driving possible through TESLA AUTOPILOT?

Sharon Christine
Sharon Christine
Updated on 24-Jan-2020 238 Views

Fully self-driving cars may soon be a reality with Tesla cars. But Tesla still has a long way to completely set its autopilot suite of self-governing technologies in place. Autonomous driving refers to driving cars without the need of any human involvement. As of now, Tesla cars are semi-autonomous i.e. features that assist drivers on highways.The Tesla Autopilot SystemThe Tesla autopilot is a semi-autonomous system. It was rolled out in October 2014 in Tesla Model S cars. But it was only in 2015, that the Tesla Autopilot system (Tesla Version 7.0) rolled out. It allowed the car to adjust its ...

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How does Xiaomi’s Foldable Electric Bicycle Work?

Sharon Christine
Sharon Christine
Updated on 21-Jan-2020 148 Views

We need technology for everything today , be it washing clothes, dishwasher for utensils, or getting medical reports. Our increasing dependency on technology round the clock has inspired the Chinese Technology Giant, Xiaomi to introduce a new product to the market.Yes we are talking about the new talk of the town, the electronic bicycle by Xiaomi, named “Qicycle”How Does it Work?The Qicycle weighs 14.5 kgs and 7kgs.Any other information is yet to be revealed by the Chinese company. But this is a new concept introduced by the company that lures people who love riding eco-friendly bikes, unlike this one the ...

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How did Mercedes Fleet-board Technology brings the First all-electric Truck?

Sharon Christine
Sharon Christine
Updated on 21-Jan-2020 192 Views

The world these days is all about going green. With the increasing levels of pollution and its aftermaths like greenhouse effect and global warming, we are in a desperate need to replace the nonbiodegradable fossil fuels like petrol, diesel and coal with renewable energy resources like hydroelectricity, solar energy, geothermal energy and wind energy.Moreover, we are running out of fossil fuels at an alarming rate. Even this rate is also increasing. This is another promoter of the idea of going green. Nevertheless, we have an abundance of hydropower and wind energy. it has been quite a challenge for automotive manufacturers ...

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What is called "Angle of Banking"?

Vandana Rao
Vandana Rao
Updated on 30-Jul-2019 272 Views

The occurrence of lifting the outer border of the curved road over the inner border is to give necessary combining force to the vehicles to take a guarded turn and the curved road is termed as Banking of Roads. When a vehicle prevails around a curved road, it needs some combining force.While moving around the curve, the wheels of the vehicle have a propensity to leave the curved path and recover the straight line path. Force of friction between wheels and the roads goes against this propensity of the wheels. This force of friction accordingly acts towards the middle of ...

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