Popular Science India - November 2015 (gnv64)

Popular Science India - November 2015
English | 76 pages | PDF | 21.5 mb

FEATURING
THE CAR DISRUPTED
Tomorrow’s breakthroughs are already here—and they’re transforming vehicles today. Your ride will never be the same. ERIC ADAMS AND ANDREW ROSENBLUM PAGE 42
ON FIRE
In one of the worst wildfire seasons on record, a few scientists are often all that stands between life and death. KYLE DICKMAN PAGE 50
BRAIN MYTHS BUSTED
We debunk 10 common misperceptions about the brain—plus, share three strategies that will make you smarter. MEGAN SCUDELLARI PAGE 56
FEED
08 From the Editor
10 Peer Review
12 A Bit About Us
NOW
13 A desktop robot (that dances)
14 Ten things we love this month
16 A camera that shoots the stars
18 Sneakers for athletes with disabilities
20 How Roomba will rule the home
22 New tools for makers
24 Lithium-ion based energy storage solution
28 Utilities Available Now!
32 Road Test / FIAT Punto Evo Abarth
34 First Ride / Honda CBR 650F
NEXT
35 A machine that could reveal the true age of planets
36 Your 3-D-printed Thanksgiving
38 A fighter jet on wheels
40 Using electricity to treat epilepsy
41 Hugh Herr talks the future of bionics
MANUAL
67 Fold a robot out of paper
69 Sculptures with a life of their own
70 A 300 mph pingpong cannon
71 The art of racing clunkers
72 Create a hologram with your smartphone
END MATTER
73 Ask Us Anything: Why do stars twinkle?