The document provides an overview of various scientific developments and discoveries that were reported in recent years, including the unveiling of various robots with new abilities, the development of advanced technologies like a bionic ear and intelligent knife, and discoveries such as a new super-heavy element and most distant galaxy. New vehicles were also unveiled, including the world's first solar-powered car and attention-powered car.

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World’s first bionic man, Rex was unveiled in London.
Scientist of France's Insern CNRS and University Claude Bernard Lyon 1 have
unveiled the iCub robot which wan understand what is being said and even
anticipate the end of a sentence.
World’s most powerful telescope ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array) became
operational in Chile. It has a vision 10 times sharper than that of the Hubble Space
telescope.
Indian-origin scientist Ram Ramamoorthy created a first-of-its-kind highly
intelligent robot that can play rock-scissor-paper with human. It can respond to
gestures and anticipate human actions with the help of Microsoft Kinect, a motion
sensing device.
Scientist at the Princeton University, USA unveiled a bionic ear which can hear radio
frequencies beyond the range of normal human capacity.
Russia has launched bio-satellite BION-M1 packed with an array of mice and other
small creatures to study the effects of long flights on living organisms.
The ‘Madeleine’ camera which was unveiled on 30th June, 2013, is able to capture
smell.
China’s defence scientists claimed that they have built the world’s fastest
supercomputer named Tianhe-2.
BBC News has reported that scientists have developed the world’s first highresolution 3D digital model of the human brain named ‘BigBrain’.
Researchers of Netherland Eindhoven University of Technology unveiled the
world’s first solar-powered car ‘Stella’.
A 15-year-old schoolgirl from Canada named Ann Makosinki invented a flashlight
which can produce light just by using the warmth of the user’s hands.
Kirobo, a talking humanoid robot has been launched abroad a rocket to the
International Space Station.
Scientists of Germany have developed a pen which will give a signal to the writer
while wrong spelling.
A team of British scientists developed the world’s first intelligent knife named
‘iKnief’ which can detect cancer in less than three seconds.
Dutch scientists claimed that they ha built the world’s smallest autopilot for tiny
unmanned aircraft.
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of a new super-heavy element whose atomic
number is 115.
A team of South Korean scientists developed a hi-tech ‘electrified’ road that can
recharge moving electric vehicles while driving over it.
Scientists of Illinois Institute of Technology, USA have developed a new software
which enables touchscreen smartphone to identify its owner simply by the unique
way he/she taps and swipes on the device.
Scientists of Australia have developed the world’s first attention-powered car.

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Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA have announced
that they have developed a robot named ‘M-Block’ which can assemble together to
form arbitrary shapes.
Astronomers have found the Earth’s twin named Keplar 78b which is 700 light years
away.
Scientists of USA have developed a new four-legged robot named WildCat that
gallops at 25 kmph on flat ground and will aid military and rescue operations.
US scientists developed a new smart phone application named SpyMeSat which
provides notifications when spy satellites and unclassified imaging satellites zoom
above the user’s head.
Volkswagen HL1 hybrid car, the world’s first one-litre vehicle debuts in Beijing,
China.
Scientists have discovered the most distant galaxy ever named z8-GND-5296 which
was created within 7-million years of Big Bang.
A study conducted by World Wide Web Foundation that India is the 56th position in
internet freedom.
US space agency, NASA, launched its unmanned mission named as Mars
Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) to study the Red Planet’s atmosphere
for clues as to why Earth’s neighbor lost its warmth and water over time.
A computer in Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, has been declared as
the 44th fastest machine in the world. It is capable of 719 trillion calculations per
second.
Researchers have identified the coldest place on Earth which is a high ridge in
Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau where temperatures in several hallows can
dip below minus 133.6 degree Fehrenheit on a clear winter night.
China has launched its first moon rover mission, Jade Rabbit, which is the 3rd in the
world after those of USA and the former Soviet Union.
Iran has announced the sending of a monkey in space for the second time which is
part of an ambitious program aimed at manned space flight.
The Hubble Space Telescope has identified two huge plumes of water as high as
200km which occasionally erupt on Jupiter’s moon Europe.
Indian scientist Sanyog Jain from National Institute of Pharmaceutical Educational
and Research has developed an Insulin Pill that can save millions from the painful
daily injection.
The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister has launched an indigenous device,
AV Magnivisualizer, a diagnostic kit to detect early cervical cancer.
India’s super-computer PARAM Yuva-II, developed by the Centre for Development
of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), is ranked first in India, 9th in the Asia Pacific
Region and 44th in the world, among the most power efficient computer systems.