gravitas_2012_scitech_finals

Structure of Finals

• Theme Round – 1

• Clockwise bounce (1-8)


• Anti Clockwise bounce (9-16) • Theme Round – 3

• Clockwise bounce (17-24)


• Anti Clockwise bounce (25-32)

The Quotes Round

• Written round.

• Quote along with the person who said it is given. Tell me what is the person talking about or simply put funda.

• Blanks are intentionally given in some quotes to not to make them too obvious.

• +5 for every correct answer.• Bonus +5 for getting all correct.

• No negatives.

1.

"Its seems I have just lost $100"- Stephen Hawking

2.

“Again, I have said this before and I will say it again; ____ has done the industry an enormous favor because they basically told the world expect a media player as a software feature on a good smartphone. As the leading smartphone appliance company and platform company, we could not buy that kind of validation for $100 million.” - Jim Balsillie,10 April 2007

3.

"Yes, America STILL manages to reach ____ despite half the country preparing to elect a guy who believes he will get a planet when he dies."

- Richard Dawkins

4.

“Very similar in color palette to Google, especially Chrome. I’m not saying _________ is copying or following Google here. I’m just saying if you put this logo next to Chrome’s, it’s hard not to notice they’re pretty much the exact same colors.”

- Daring Fireball (John Gruber)

5.

“Here’s the thing, ladies and gentlemen of the _____: It would take me more than three days to understand all the terms in the verdict! Much less come to a legally binding decision on all of these separate issues. Did you guys just flip a coin?”

- Above the Law

6.

“There are several obvious reasons why ______ provokes such unhinged media contempt. The most obvious among them is competition: the resentment generated by watching someone outside their profession generate more critical scoops in a year than all other media outlets combined.”

- Glenn Greenwald, from The Guardian

7.

"This movie is to climate science as Frankenstein is to heart transplant surgery."William Hyde, paleoclimatologist from Duke University

Answers follow

1.

"Its seems I have just lost $100"- Stephen Hawking

Ans 1.

Stephen Hawking after he lost a placed bet with Gordan King of Michigan University regarding discovery of Higgs Boson

2.

“Again, I have said this before and I will say it again; ____ has done the industry an enormous favor because they basically told the world expect a media player as a software feature on a good smartphone. As the leading smartphone appliance company and platform company, we could not buy that kind of validation for $100 million.” - Jim Balsillie,10 April 2007

Ans 2.

Jim Balsillie, CEO of RIM, on the iPhone

3.

"Yes, America STILL manages to reach ____ despite half the country preparing to elect a guy who believes he will get a planet when he dies."

- Richard Dawkins

Ans 3.

Richard Dawkins after Curiosity reaches Mars

4.

“Very similar in color palette to Google, especially Chrome. I’m not saying _________ is copying or following Google here. I’m just saying if you put this logo next to Chrome’s, it’s hard not to notice they’re pretty much the exact same colors.”

- Daring Fireball (John Gruber)

Ans 4.

Daring Fireball (John Gruber) on Microsoft's new logo

5.

“Here’s the thing, ladies and gentlemen of the _____: It would take me more than three days to understand all the terms in the verdict! Much less come to a legally binding decision on all of these separate issues. Did you guys just flip a coin?”

- Above the Law

Ans 5.

Above the Law on Apple v. Samsung jury verdict

6.

“There are several obvious reasons why ______ provokes such unhinged media contempt. The most obvious among them is competition: the resentment generated by watching someone outside their profession generate more critical scoops in a year than all other media outlets combined.”

- Glenn Greenwald, from The Guardian

Ans 6.

Glenn Greenwald, from The Guardian on Assange and his legal and personal problems hogging the spotlight making it easy to lose sight of what WikiLeaks has accomplished

7.

"This movie is to climate science as Frankenstein is to heart transplant surgery."William Hyde, paleoclimatologist from Duke University

Ans 7.

William Hyde, paleoclimatologist from Duke University on The Day After Tomorrow

Clockwise Infinite Bounce 1

Qn.01

American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson sent a snarky email to X pointing to flaws in an otherwise very accurate portrayal of a prominent historical event.

Continued..

Qn.01

The image shows the starfield on 15th April, 1912 at 4:20AM as seen from 600 miles south of Newfoundland.The following excerpts are taken from his criticism.“[When ____ ] was looking up and there is only one sky she should have been looking at. The left side of the sky was a mirror of the right side of the sky. It wasn’t only wrong, it was lazy.”X then requested Dr. Tyson to send him the right stars which he incorporated in the recent rendition of his creation. X is also a member for NASA’s Advisory Council for the upcoming manned Mars missions.

Ans.01

X- James Cameron

Qn.02

X are a set of defunct gold mines known for the neutrino particle experiments and observations that took place there starting in 1960. The experiments ended with the closing of the mine in 1992.

Some experimental observations here have yet to be explained. They suggest the existence of massive (>3 GeV) particles having a long life (10−9 secs). These massive particles are also seen to decay into 2–3 particles.

Name X.

Ans.02

Kolar Gold Fields

Qn.03

The name is a nod to the eponymous elephant in Dr. Seuss’s classic children’s book Horton Hears a Who.

It was named after the yellow stuffed elephant that once belonged to the son of its founder, Doug Cutting. It’s unclear whether the Seuss estate is looking for royalties. But Cutting’s son certainly is. “I’ve told him I’ll pay his college tuition,” Cutting says.

What is being talked about here?

Ans.03

Qn.04

Physics theories of the late 19th century assumed that just as surface water waves must have an intervening substance, i.e. a "medium", to move across (in this case water), and audible sound requires a medium to transmit its wave motions (such as air or water), so light must also require a medium, the "luminiferous aether", to transmit its wave motions. Because light can travel through a vacuum, it was assumed that even a vacuum must be filled with aether. However, its absence was first confirmed using the negative results of a groundbreaking experiment.

Which experiment are we talking about?

Ans.04

Michelson–Morley experiment

Qn.05

The Codling Moth, although natively from Europe, is a common agricultural pest world wide. Each larva burrows into the fruit, eats for around three weeks, then leaves the fruit to overwinter and pupate elsewhere. Most nourishment is obtained by feeding on the proteinaceous seeds. It has been known to destroy several orchards of tree fruits.

Although it is controlled today with the use of pheromone traps, pesticides and a few advanced techniques, its notorious reputation led to its Latin name to be used fittingly in an unrelated field.

What are we referring to?

Ans.05

Cydia ,an application for iOS that enables a user to find and install software packages on a jailbroken Apple products.

Qn.06

X is a torus comprising two layers of energetic charged particles (plasma) around Earth, which is held in place by Earth's magnetic field. While it poses one of the biggest hazards for satellites, recent studies confirm that it can confine anti-matter.

The Hubble Space Telescope, among other satellites, often has its sensors turned off when passing through regions of X in order to prevent damage. The Apollo missions marked the first event where humans traveled through X.

Name X.

Ans.06

Van Allen Radiation Belts

Qn.07

Connect the following methods of putting oneself into to great danger:

-Whizzing on an electric wire-Smoking in an oxygen tent-Being hit by a train or automobile-Aerosol cans, etc., in the oven-Climbing into zoo cages-Falling off precipice while posing or pissing-Carbon monoxide poisoning-Most of the autoerotic deaths

Ans.07

All of them have been specifically stated as being no longer eligible for a Darwin Award, which aims to recognize individuals who contribute to human evolution by self-selecting themselves out of the gene pool through putting themselves (unnecessarily) in life-threatening situations, as they are too common [continued…]

Qn.08

The following inventions have a very peculiar relation with their inventors. What’s this relation?

•Motorized Bicycle

•Atom Bomb

•Liquid-fueled Rocket Engine

•Printing Press

Ans.08

Inventors killed by their own inventions

The Pokemon Round

• Written round.

• A picture of the Pokemon along with its name is given.

• Guess the real life animal that inspired the given Pokemon’s creation.

• Clues may be present in the picture or/and the name.

• +5 for every correct answer.• Bonus +5 for getting all correct.• No negatives.

1.

Relicanth

2.

Charmander

3.

Omanyte

4.

Vulpix

5.

Psyduck

6.

Lapras

Answers follow

1.

Relicanth

1.

Coelacanth, an ancient variety of fish to have gone extinct 65 million years ago, until an intact specimen was discovered in 1938. Hence, its a living 'relic'.

2.

Charmander

2.

Salamander, a lizard-like amphibian

3.

Omanyte

3.

Ammonite, an extinct species of mollusc. Part points for those who say Nautilus, which is a closely related extant (still surviving) species.

4.

Vulpix

4.

Fox, whose Latin genus is Vulpus

5.

Psyduck

5.

Duck billed Platypus, a semi-aquatic egg laying mammal

6.

Lapras

6.

Inspired from plesiosaur, a large sea dwelling dinosaur.However, in the older Pokemon games, it was originally called as 'Ness', which is derived from the Loch Ness Monster.

Qn.09

Sites including Reddit, FourSquare, Yelp, LinkedIn, Gawker and StumbleUpon came crashing down after a certain adjustment played havoc with their servers and source code.

The most recent such adjustment took place on June 30, 2012.It is irregularly spaced because the unpredictability in the Earth's rotation speed which explains why these are announced only six months in advance.

What is being talked about here?

Ans.09

Leap Second

Qn.10

The Concertina, a free-reed musical instrument similar to the Accordion was invented in both England and Germany, most likely independently. The English version of it was invented in 1829 by a famous scientist and inventor who is best known (by Engg. students) for his contributions in electrical circuit theory.He is also responsible for the development of the stereoscope (a device for displaying three-dimensional images), and the Playfair cipher (an encryption technique). In addition, he was also a major figure in the development of telegraphy. Which inventor is being talked about?(Pic on next slide)

Ans.10

Sir Charles Wheatstone

Qn.11

Although it first observed by Lewis Fry Richardson, French mathematician and physicist Benoît Mandelbrot highlights in a famous publication that when one tries to measure X using a yardstick of 200km, the length is around 2400km. With a 100km yardstick, it shortens to 2800km. One reducing further to a 50km yardstick, we see X measuring up to 3400km.

This brings a counter-intuitive observation to our notice.

How do we better know this finding?

Ans.11

Coastline ParadoxBlank is the length of the Britain Coastline. Alternatively known as Richardson effect.

Qn.12

Whose bust is it?

Ans.12

Qn.13

The following equation is inspired from which famous mathematical equation?

Ans.13

Drake Equation

Qn.14

From which manual is the following picture photographed from?

Ans.14

Apple Store Genius Manual

Qn.15

In 1995, AMD launched their K5 series of microprocessors. The intention behind their marketing at that time was to claim that this new series would ‘cripple’ and ‘weaken’ their main competitor then which was Intel’s Pentium.

What does ‘K’ stand for?

Ans.15

Kryptonite

Qn.16

Which phenomenon is preventing the stunt man from getting his finger burnt in the scorching hot crucible of molten lead?

Ans.16

Leidenfrost effect

Audience Question

The Quiz Resumés

• Written round.

• Excerpts from the Curriculum Vitae of 8 renowned personalities closely linked with science and technology.

• Guess the person. Part points on QM’s discretion.

• Clues may be present in the info provided.

• +5 for every correct answer. Bonus +5 for getting all correct.

• No negatives.

1.

Ethinicity: Chinese PanamianResearch Interests:Robotics and Neural ProstheticsEducation:Bachelors in Mechanical Engg. from Georgia TechMasters & Doctorate from StanfordPositions Held:Instructor/Researcher at CaltechInvited Talks:"The Power of Procrastination" in over 80 universities worldwide

2.

Education:Bachelors in Physics from Christopher Newport UniversityWork Experience:Independent contractor for NASA at the Langley Research CenterAchievements:Nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist in 2011 and again in 2012Created a portal that contains an algorithm that generates pseudo-random coordinates around the world every dayHobbies:Meeting new people through GeoHashing

3.

Education:B.Sc. from Presidential CollegeMasters from IIT KanpurDoctorate from Stony Brook UniversityAwards/Honors:ICTP Prize in 1989S.S. Bhatnagar award in 1994Padma Shri in 2001Fellow of the Royal Society 1998Infosys Prize in the Mathematical Sciences, 2009Fundamental Physics Prize, 2012

4.

Education:Bachelors from UCLA in neuroscience, Hebrew and Jewish studiesDoctorate from UCLA in neurosciences for a thesis investigating the Prader-Willi syndromeAchievements:Nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

5.

Education:Bachelors in Mathematics from King's College, CambridgeDoctorate from Princeton UniversityAchievements:Cryptanalysis of the ENIGMALogical Computing MachineEssays:"Intelligent Machinery", 1948Titles:Father of Computer Science

6.

Education:Bachelors and Masters in Mathematics Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University)Doctorate from Princeton UniversityCurrent Occupation:Senior Research Mathematician at Princeton UniversityPublications:"Equilibrium Points in N-person Games""The Bargaining Problem""Non-cooperative Games""Two-person Cooperative Games"

7.

Education:Bachelors from St John's College, Oxford UniversityDoctorate in Particle Physics from California Institute of TechnologyResearch Interests:Computational Engines, Cellular Automata, Symbolic ManipulationBooks Authored:A New Kind of Science, 2002Achievements:Speaker of the Event for a talk titled "Computing a Theory of Everything", TED 2010MacArthur Award

8.

Education:Bachelors in Computer Science from Brown UniversityDoctorate in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch Interest:Human Computer InteractionWork Experience:Virtual Reality with Walt Disney ImagineeringInterface Design with Electronic ArtsBook Authored:The Last LectureAwards/Honors:Time's Time 100Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award

Answers Follow..

1.

Ethinicity: Chinese PanamianResearch Interests:Robotics and Neural ProstheticsEducation:Bachelors in Mechanical Engg. from Georgia TechMasters & Doctorate from StanfordPositions Held:Instructor/Researcher at CaltechInvited Talks:"The Power of Procrastination" in over 80 universities worldwide

1.

Jorge Cham

2.

Education:Bachelors in Physics from Christopher Newport UniversityWork Experience:Independent contractor for NASA at the Langley Research CenterAchievements:Nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist in 2011 and again in 2012Created a portal that contains an algorithm that generates pseudo-random coordinates around the world every dayHobbies:Meeting new people through GeoHashing

2.

Randal Munroe

3.

Education:B.Sc. from Presidential CollegeMasters from IIT KanpurDoctorate from Stony Brook UniversityAwards/Honors:ICTP Prize in 1989S.S. Bhatnagar award in 1994Padma Shri in 2001Fellow of the Royal Society 1998Infosys Prize in the Mathematical Sciences, 2009Fundamental Physics Prize, 2012

4.

Education:Bachelors from UCLA in neuroscience, Hebrew and Jewish studiesDoctorate from UCLA in neurosciences for a thesis investigating the Prader-Willi syndromeAchievements:Nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

4.

Mayim Bialik (played the role of Amy Farah Fowler)

5.

Education:Bachelors in Mathematics from King's College, CambridgeDoctorate from Princeton UniversityAchievements:Cryptanalysis of the ENIGMALogical Computing MachineEssays:"Intelligent Machinery", 1948Titles:Father of Computer Science

5.

Alan Turing

6.

Education:Bachelors and Masters in Mathematics Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie Mellon University)Doctorate from Princeton UniversityCurrent Occupation:Senior Research Mathematician at Princeton UniversityPublications:"Equilibrium Points in N-person Games""The Bargaining Problem""Non-cooperative Games""Two-person Cooperative Games"

6.

John Nash

7.

Education:Bachelors from St John's College, Oxford UniversityDoctorate in Particle Physics from California Institute of TechnologyResearch Interests:Computational Engines, Cellular Automata, Symbolic ManipulationBook Authored:A New Kind of Science, 2002Achievements:Speaker of the Event for a talk titled "Computing a Theory of Everything", TED 2010MacArthur Award

7.

Stephen Wolfram

8.

Education:Bachelors in Computer Science from Brown UniversityDoctorate in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearch Interest:Human Computer InteractionWork Experience:Virtual Reality with Walt Disney ImagineeringInterface Design with Electronic ArtsBook Authored:The Last LectureAwards/Honors:Time's Time 100Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award

8.

Randy Pausch

Clockwise Infinite Bounce - 3

Qn.17

In the 1880s Phelan & Collander, manufacturers of billiards balls offered a $10,000 reward for a suitable substitute for ivory, the growing shortage of which was threatening their business. A person called John Wesley Hyatt won the prize.

What did he invent?

Ans.17

Nitrocellulose, later commercially called Celluloid. Made by reacting pyroxiline with acid and using camphor as Plasticizer

Qn.18

X is the CTO and Senior Vice President of Research of Seagate Corp. A 2005 Scientific American article, titled "X's Law", describes the work of X and the fact that magnetic disk areal storage density is increasing very quickly, at a pace much faster than the doubling transistor count occurring every 18 months in Moore's Law.

According to a 2009 report by X, if hard drives continue to progress at their current pace, then in 2020 a two-platter, 2.5-inch disk drive will be capable of storing more than 14 terabytes (TB) and will cost about $40.

Ans.18

X: Mark KryderKryder’s Law

Qn.19

Who created the following convention for representing the complex phenomena and equations in quantum mechanics?The illustrations below make use of this technique to show the dynamics in academia.

Bigger picture on next slide..

Ans.19

Richard Feynman and Feynman Diagrams

Qn.20

What are these laws collectively known as?

1. When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Ans.20

Clarke's Laws of Prediction

Qn.21

A certain Lebanese American scholar’s work mainly focuses on problems of randomness, probability and uncertainty.

His most famous work called _____ is a metaphor that describes an event that is a surprise (to the observer), has a major impact, and after the fact is often inappropriately rationalized with the benefit of hindsight. His theory has been extended to explain a variety of high impact global events including the 9/11 terror attacks.

There is even a Hollywood blockbuster by the same name.

FITB.

Ans.21

Qn.22

Connect the following music clips

Ans.22

Contents of the Voyager Golden Records which contain sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth, and are intended for any intelligent extraterrestrial life form.

Qn.23

Connect the following to something in the world of computer technology.

Continued..

Ans.23

Code names for AMD processors

Qn.24

The reflex that is responsible for this is called horripilation. This reflex is linked to the sympathetic nervous system which is responsible for most fight-or-flight responses.

It provides no known benefits for humans, but the reflex makes sense for animals as they have greater body hair density than most humans. Many claim that horripilation is simply a reflex left over from the evolutionary process, a constant reminder that humans were not always as they are now.

What is it that is being talked about?

Ans.24

Goosebumps

The Five Worder

• Written round.

• Webby Award is an annual international award given for excellence on the internet with various categories.

• It is known for the 5-word acceptance speeches that the winners give.

• Given is the speech after winning. Tell me who gave it.

• Clue(s) may be present in the quotes themselves.

• +5 for every correct answer. Bonus +5 for getting all correct.

• No negatives.

1.

“President Obama ... Sounds good, right?”

2.

“Free, open... Keep one Web”

3.

"Free education for anyone, anywhere."

4.

"We want our 18 minutes."

5.

“Person of the Year. Ironic.”

6.

"Stay angry - get those pigs!"

7.

“Please don't recount this vote.”

Hint: He was introduced by Vint Cerf who used the same format to state, "We all invented the Internet."

8.

"Please recycle your old magazines"

8.

Answers Follow

1.


1.


Arianna Huffington

2.

“Free, open... Keep one Web”

Sir Tim Berners Lee

3.

"Free education for anyone, anywhere."

Khan Academy

4.

"We want our 18 minutes."

TED.com

5.

“Person of the Year. Ironic.”

IBM Watson

6.

"Stay angry - get those pigs!"

Rovio Entertainment Ltd.

7.

“Please don't recount this vote.”

Hint: He was introduced by Vint Cerf who used the same format to state, "We all invented the Internet."

Al Gore

8.

"Please recycle your old magazines"

National Geographic

Qn.25

Centigram Communications is San Jose based company providing Internet-enabled call management and speech technology products. A few years ago it was working on the British version of its program 'Prose-2000'.

What/who was the main motivation behind the British version of their program?

Ans.25

Qn.26

In March 1760, French astronomer, Guillaume Le Gentil set sail for Pondicherry on a unique mission. He was part of an international collaborative, headed by Russian astronomer Mikhail Lomonosov.

But sadly for Le Gentil, Europe was at war between 1756 and 1763. Collectively called the Seven Years' War, these conflicts between the British and the bourbons of France and Spain; and the Prussians and Austrians, affected not just Europe, but also its colonies.

Le Gentil was already well on his way to India when Pondicherry fell to the British forces, and in spite of his many attempts to make it to the Coromandel coast, he was forced to retreat to Mauritius. [conti]

Qn.26

In 1763, the British and the French signed the treaty of Paris, and the French regained control of Pondicherry. Le Gentil arrived at Pondicherry in 1768 but unfortunately he could not complete his mission again.

In 1769, James Cook completed the mission and his contributions have unique place in astronomical history.

What was the unique mission of Le Gentil and what contribution to astronomy did he miss out?

Ans.26

Le Gentil’s mission was to observe the transit of Venus on June 6, 1761 and June 3-4, 1769 and these were best seen from Asia.

With these observations their ultimate goal was to measure the distance between Earth and the sun and subsequently the size of the entire solar system.

Qn.27

After an accidental meeting with an ear, nose and throat specialist at a concert, American singer Tim Storms learned of the biology behind his record breaking voice.

"He said that my vocal chords were about twice as long as normal - than he's used to seeing anyway - and the arytenoid muscles around my vocal chords, they had a lot more movement to them," Storms said.What record does he hold?

Ans.27

The man with the deepest voice also has the world's widest vocal range can reach notes as low as G-7 (0.189Hz), an incredible eight octaves below the lowest G on the piano.

Qn.28

Salar de Uyuni (or Salar de Tunupa) is the world's largest salt flat at 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 sq mi). It is located southwest of Bolivia, near the crest of the Andes.It has a stable surface which is smoothed by seasonal flooding (water dissolves the salt surface and thus keeps it leveled). As a result, the variation in the surface elevation over the 10,582-square-kilometer (4,086 sq mi) area of Salar de Uyuni is less than 1 meter (3 ft 3 in), and there are few square kilometers on Earth which are as flat.Therefore in the right season, this region is transformed and becomes ideal for calibrating the distance measurement equipment of satellites.What does this salt flat turn into?

Ans.28

It turns into the world’s largest mirror

Qn.29

A forager ant does not return to the nest until it finds food. If more food is available, foragers return faster,

and more ants leave the nest to forage. If, however, ants begin returning empty handed, the search is slowed,

and perhaps called off.This phenomena gave us lessons on improving a tool which forms the backbone of today's age. Specifically what are we talking about?

Ans.29

Congestion avoidance feedback loop (ack/ no ack) in TCP is similar to the organisation in ants

Qn.30

In 1848, Bezzel proposed this problem. Various mathematicians including Gauss have tried to solve it.

The problem can be quite computationally expensive as there are 4,426,165,368 (i.e., 64 choose 8) possible arrangements.

Dijkstra is believed to have got the most successful solution of the problem in 1972. It has sort of become a repeat in tech interviews.

What problem am I talking about?

Ans.30

8 Queens problem

Qn.31

X classified in the flowering plant family Lauraceae along with its more famous members cinnamon and camphor.

X comes from Nahuatl word for 'testicle', which is a direct reference to the shape of the fruit. X’s leaves, bark, skin, or pit are documented to be harmful to animals; cats, dogs, cattle, goats, rabbits, rats, birds, fish, and horses can be severely harmed or even killed when they consume them.

ID X.

Ans.31

Avocado

Qn.32

James Doohan was a Canadian actor who was well known for his role as Montgomery 'Scotty' Scott in the original Star Trek series.

He led an interesting life. He was part of a Canadian regiment that landed at Normandy during WWII. He shot two snipers, but was himself shot (six rounds) by friendly fire. One of these rounds hit a cigarette case in his breast pocket which prevented it from entering his heart.

Qn.32

After his successful Star Trek career, he inspired many children to go on to be engineers. He died in 2005 and left a will that expressed a desire to be cremated and ashes beamed up in space. This was attempted on August 3, 2008 but failed. Finally, on May 22, 2012, it was completed successfully. The completion of this last wish of his was coincident with a major milestone in the history of space technology.

What milestone?

Ans.32

SpaceX, first private space launch vehicle

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Reserve Qns

Qn.

This logo belongs to a platform that allows users to rent virtual computers on which to run their own computer applications. ID the platform.

Ans.

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)

Qn.

• X began research and consultation with Chevron Corporation to develop an artificial substitute for tallow and coconut oil in soap production; X's investigation confirmed the potential of dodecyl benzene as a suitable replacement. Later, Procter & Gamble used the substance as the basis for Tide laundry detergent.

• X also worked on the DARPA-funded CALO project, which is described by X as the largest artificial intelligence project ever launched, although the outcome of this project is better known as a non-military application.

• X housed Leslie Lamport when she created LaTeX, a typesetting system which is based on the idea that authors should be able to focus on the content of what they are writing without being distracted by its visual presentation.

Ans.

Stanford Research Institute International

Qn

Put funda