Tower Of Babylon: IITBs Nirmaan

29/07/2012

Einstein was right, again - Its been a bad year to bet against Albert Einstein.

05/06/2012

Planet Venus is set to move across the face of the Sun as viewed from Earth - a very rare happening that will not be seen again until 2117.

02/06/2012

It is difficult to renew existing cities beyond a point. The only solution to address present needs is to build new planned cities.
Its the time when India can get sustainable cities.

We need more cities - Every city has its own history, culture and identity.

24/05/2012

Europa posses a deep, global ocean of liquid water beneath a layer of surface ice. The subsurface ocean plus ice layer could range from 80 to 170 kilometers in average depth. Adopting an estimate of 100 kilometers depth, if all the water on Europa were gathered into a ball it would have a radius of 877 kilometers. To scale, this intriguing illustration compares that hypothetical ball of all the water on Europa to the size of Europa itself (left) - and similarly to all the water on planet Earth. With a volume 2-3 times the volume of water in Earth's oceans, the global ocean on Europa holds out a tantalizing destination in the search for extraterrestrial life in our solar system.

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

16/05/2012

like IITB's ToB team, a student of Middlesex University (London) also utilized "bamboo" to create something unique !!

British student 'designs smartphone made from bamboo' - In a world's first, the 23-year-old has designed a mobile phone made from bamboo.

16/05/2012

There are billions of microbes out there with the potential to generate power - Grant Burgess, Professor of Marine Biotechnology at Newcastle University.

Electricity-generating superbugs from space offer new source of power - Bacteria usually found 30km above the earth have been identified as extremely efficient generators of electr

12/02/2012

"waste is unrecognised wealth"

Waste Business - An interest in waste management is shaping into a full-fledged business venture for three friends at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).

28/06/2011

the final point tally for Tower of Babylon 2011:
IIT Bombay makes it top at 166,
GeorgiaTech Atlanta is runners at 158,
SJTU Shanghai stands third at 150,
NTU Singapore bags 147, and
ETH Zurich is at 141.

we won!!!
thank you everyone for your prayers and support

28/06/2011

Jeet Gaye ..... :)

28/06/2011

for details and more comments, do visit:

http://www.towerofbabylon.ethz.ch/jury.php

21/06/2011

thank you all for your support.

17/06/2011

The final video is up on Youtube. Here is the link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwebTcU91qo