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  18-year-old, Rifath Shaarook is no typical teen. While most boys his age are busy on the internet ‘googling’ stuff like ‘how to get a girlfriend’ alongside some nasty things in their browser history. Shaarook is busy doing ‘adult’ stuff, and not the x-rated kind. He is busy doing genius stuff, and now, he has possibly broken the Guinness Book of Records for having developed the lightest satellite in history. The Indian teen has developed a satellite weighing just 64 grams (0.14 lb), and NASA is set to launch it into space come June this year. Shaarook became the winner in a youth design competition, and his satellite is set to go on a four-hour mission for a suborbital flight. During that flight, this lightweight satellite will operate for about 12 minutes within a microgravity environment in space. Shaarook says his primary goal was to demonstrate the performance and limits of 3D printed carbon fiber. “ We designed it completely from scratch. It will have ...

Though most PC’s nowadays come with an SD card reader, but it is always handy to have a USB reader with you. The list we have compiled is based on the SD card readers that actually combine performance with portability.  Have a read and tell us what you think of the best USB sd card readers. 10. Vandesail® Superspeed 3 Ports USB 2.0 Hub & 4 Ports Multiple Card Reader (21.35$) The USB reader can attain speeds of 480Mbps and works on USB 2.0 protocol. What is right about this USB reader is that it has HUB connectivity as well that allows data to be transmitted to three different USB terminals at the same time. Available  Here 9. CLWHJ®Micro USB(7.99$) This small USB card reader requires no drivers to be installed if you are using it any of Windows OS after 2000. The reader has both micro USB and a regular USB port making it suitable to be used with smart phone & tablets. Available  Here 8. Energizer ENR-CRPUNI Multi-Use Car...

Have you ever ran across some work task that requires you to input certain characters and symbols into your writing? Yeah, that’s quite a place to be in. You can agonise and get infuriated with how hard it can be to input a simple character into your work. Well, fear no more. We have got you covered. What follows is a complete list of Alt codes and symbols. For PC users, you need to make sure that your number lock is on. Press and hold the alt key while you type using the numeric pad in the numerical sequence. Once you release the key, the corresponding character will appear. For those who have to use Fn key for typing the buttons, you will have to hold alt and Fn both while typing in the number. For Mac users, simply use the option key instead of the alt key. Symbol alt code Symbol alt code Symbol alt code Symbol alt code Symbol alt code ? alt 1 A alt 65 ...