IIT Kanpur

IIT-K’s Smart IV Bottle Level Detector Could Be Boon For Nurses

KANPUR/DELHI: In what could bring big relief to the medical fraternity, nurses and attendants might soon not need to worry about constantly monitoring the fluid level of IV bottles attached to every hospital bed to give saline and medicines to patients. To ensure that nurses don’t have to check the fluid flow of every saline […]

IIT-K’s Nano Drone Can Change Recce Game For Armed Forces

  KANPUR (UTTAR PRADESH): An engineer of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur has developed a nano “stealth drone” which could boost defence forces’ reconnaissance capabilities. The drone, which weighs just 239 grams, has been developed by aerospace engineer Vasanth. As per the government’s Drone Rules 2021, unmanned aircraft systems weighing less than 250 […]

IIT-Kanpur Develops Budget Smartwatch For Blind

  KANPUR: In his childhood, Prof Siddhartha Panda would often wonder how he could help his visually-impaired cousin live life with more ease. Nearly 35 years later, he met another man, a researcher with a similar mission. Together, they made a haptic smartwatch that could be a boon for people with impaired vision. Prof Panda […]

IndiGo Co-Founder Rakesh Gangwal Donates Rs 100 Cr To IIT Kanpur For Research

KANPUR: IndiGo airlines co-founder Rakesh Gangwal has donated Rs 100 crore to his alma mater Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur for setting up the School of Medical Sciences & Technology at the IIT. “In an extraordinary gesture, our alumnus Rakesh Gangwal, Co-Founder of IndiGo airlines has made one of the largest personal donations with a […]