by Charu Thakur | Aug 8, 2025
(August 8, 2025) One late evening in a Boston high school robotics lab, 16-year-old Arjun Goray was trying to make his team’s robot recognise a game object. But the robot just couldn’t see it right. That moment of frustration sparked an idea. What if teams like his...
by Amrita Priya | Jul 15, 2025
(July 15, 2025) At 19, Nishesh Basavareddy walked onto the court at the 2025 Australian Open as a rising American star, facing none other than his childhood idol, Novak Djokovic. For most, it would be a moment filled with nerves. For Nishesh, now 20, it was the...
by Charu Thakur | Jun 5, 2025
(June 5, 2025) In the cold February of 2021, Texas was hit by a series of brutal winter storms that brought the state to a standstill, causing the biggest energy failure in its history. Millions were left scrambling for essentials as power grids collapsed, leading to...
by Charu Thakur | Apr 17, 2025
(April 17, 2025) Every year, nearly a third of all food produced globally—about 1.3 billion tons—is lost or wasted. A large portion of that loss happens even before food leaves the farm, due to factors like crop disease, poor infrastructure, and lack of early...
by Charu Thakur | Apr 12, 2025
(April 12, 2025) Indian-American teen’s journey began with a simple yet powerful question: how could technology help children with autism overcome the challenges they face every day? While observing that many children were struggling with communication and...