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Tejasvi Prabhulkar from Mumbai has103 tattoos on her body, varying insize from 2.54 cm to 15.24 cm. The
black and grey tattoos were all donewithin a span of 45 days from May toJune 2018!
Ateam led by Lt Commanders VartikaJoshi, the woman sailors completedthe circumnavigation in 254 days
onboard the 56-ft sailing vessel INSV Tarini.Their journey ended at INS Mandovi jetty inPanaji on May 21, 2018, from where they hadset sail on September 10, 2017. The othercrew members were Lt CommandersPratibha Jamwal and P. Swathiand Lieutenants S VijayaDevi, B Aishwaryaand PayalGupta.
Badari Narayan Kaggadasa, 45, fromMysuru, performed more than 1,000shirshanas in a year, each session
lasting 15 minutes.
BIGGEST EDAKOODAM
Rajasekharan Paramesran, 55, con-structed the biggest edakoodam ordevil’s knot — an ancient form of
Rubik’s cube — with interlocking woodenpieces taking the help of three carpentersin Kollam, Kerala. The edakoodam has sixblocks and is 24 ft in length and two ft eachin height and width and was built in 45 days.
MOSTTATTOOEDWOMAN
MOSTSHIRSHANAS
FIRST ALL-WOMAN CREWCIRCUMNAVIGATE THE GLOBE
FASTEST EATER
Dinesh Shivnath Upadhyaya,42, from Mumbai enteredthe record books by being
the fastest person to drink 458gm of ketchup in 25.37 seconds,eat five tomatoes in a minute andfive French toasts also in aminute, peel and eat eightoranges in 2.43 minutes, eat 502gm watermelons in 30 secs andgobble up six raw eggs in 30 secs.He also stuffed 94 grapes in hismouth in 3.47 seconds...
FIRST INDIAN FATHER-DAUGHTERDUO ON MOUNTEVEREST
Ajeet Bajaj, 50, scaled Mt Everest(8,848 m) with daughter Deeya,24, on May 16, 2018, from Tibet.
They were the 3rd such duo in theworld to achieve this and the firstfather-daughter combine to climb thepeak from the harder north side.
FIRST ROBOTIC TELESCOPE
India’s first robotic telescope became operational on June 12, 2018, atIndian Astronomical Observatory in Hanle, Ladakh. It is the first telescopedesigned to observe dynamic or transient events in the universe and is a
joint project of Indian Institute of Astrophysics and IIT-Bombay.
The 2019 edition of Limca Book of Records is replete with feats and records set by Indians from all walks of life andfrom across fields between 2017 and 2018.Here is a snapshot of some of them
Unusual startups andwhat makes them tick
AMO LABSouth Korean startup Amo Lab is using bioelectric medicinein a wearable sleep device called the Amo+ that looks like a
necklace. Electromagnetic signals from the device stim-ulate nerves in the chest to reduce stress and
stabilise heart rate. The company plans tolaunch the Amo+ this year for under $200.Amo Labs is also developing a device that
helps with blood circulation and respiration.
MYCROFT AIThis open-source, privacy-focused voice assis-tant, does not gather any personal data andkeeps all communications private. The startupwill start shipping Mycroft Mark 2 from mid-2019. The speaker, from the Kansas City-basedstartup, also has a mic array, 1080p LCD, plusa physical camera shutter and mute button.The web-based voice assistant can run ondesktops, in cars, or on a Raspberry Pi.
AERONEXTThis Japanese startup launched in 2018 builta self-stabilising drone capable of deliveries,industrial use and most interestingly, shoot-ing a 360-degree virtual reality footage.Using what Aeronext calls its 4D Gravitycore technology, the drone is always able tokeep its centre axis vertical in order toshoot uninterrupted high-res drone footagethat can be incorporated into VR content.
BRAINTAPA startup called BrainTap Technologies is offering
a service called ‘Braintapping’, which uses a‘neuro algorithm’ to sync a user’s brainwavesto a specialised sound. The combination ofbinaural (dual-toned) beats through theheadphones and gentle light pulses throughthe eye mask is designed to induce relax-
ation and ‘ensure maximum neuroplasticity’ inabout 20 minutes. It is controlled via an app.
The autonomous subsea iBubble drone,from French startup Notilo Plus, can dive
to a depth of up to 200 ft anduse AI to follow a diver
around from up to 60ft away with no cable
attached. The divercan control the drone with
quick gestures from a smart water-proof wristband, or the drone can be con-trolled from a remote on the surface.
FLUX PLANETThis Seoul-based start-up, the brainchild offormer Samsungemployees, has built a4D scanner and 3D pro-jector for mapping andrendering AR/VR con-tent. The company aimsto release what it callsthe first-ever consumer 4D scanner this year for$50,000. It uses 250 cameras for full-body move-ment and cloud-based software to reconstructcomplex models.
YapeYape, which waslaunched in 2018out of a researchgroup from theMilan TechnicalInstitute, is a compactself-driving, zero emissionsrobot for last-mile delivery. The two-wheeled, electric motor robot has a rangeof 80 km. It is designed to avoid traffic inthe narrow streets of European cities, trav-elling at a max speed of around 6 kmph onthe pavement and up to 19 kmph on roads.
From cutting-edge AI and 4D scanners to high-techdrones, check out the startups and their fascinating tech ROBOMODIX
Robomodix is arobotics platformdesigned to experi-ment with and refineopen-source AI tech-nologies in a robotintended to reducethe stigma of robotswith the humanoid form. The Oregon-based compa-ny recently showed off its two prototypes, Alan andAlena. The prototypes are social robots with smartspeaker and assistant capabilities, integrated withAlexa, Siri and Google Assistant.
Notilo PlusiBubble
What are
GoogleEaster eggs?Just like Easter eggs packed with surprises, GoogleEaster eggs are playful hidden features inserted intothe company’s platforms such as Google Search andYouTube. These Easter eggs have been added since2000 for users to stumble upon them.
WE’VE LISTED A FEW BELOW AND YOUCOULD TRY THEM OUT!
ASKEW: Want to view the search results page with atilt? Type in ‘askew’ in the search bar and watch themagic unfold!
DO A BARREL ROLL: If you want the results pageto make a dramatic entry, type ‘do a barrel roll’ in thesearch bar and see what happens.
BREATHING EXERCISE: Apart from yielding searchresults, Google can also keep you healthy. How? Key in‘breathing exercise’ and Google will open out an in-teractive 1-min breathing exercise simulator. Try it!
GOOGLE IN 1998: You might be a millennial, but whatif you could view how Google looked in 1998, the year itstarted? Key in ‘Google in 1998’ and see for yourself.
ANIMAL SOUNDS: Do you want to know what an owlsounds like? Or perhaps a cheetah? Justkey in ‘animal sounds’ and Googlewill throw you a list of random an-imals with their sounds. Ifyou want the sound of aspecific animal, you cantype ‘what sound doesa ____ make’
STOPWATCH AND TIMER: Manygames and activitiesmake use of a stop-watch and timer.But if you can’tfind one, justgoogle it!Type ‘stop-watch’ or‘timer’ andGoogle willopen out a stop-watch or a timerin the search re-sult.
