Mind-controlled drone, electronic scooter and robots are key attractions at IIT-B’s TechFest
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Mind-controlled drone, electronic scooter and robots are key attractions at IIT-B’s TechFest

Hindustan Times  

Ever watched an X-Men movie and wondered what it would be like to be able to move objects just by using your mind like Charles Xavier, more commonly known as Professor X? At the exhibition, Indian Space Research Organisation will display small scale models of its rocket launcher. Come Friday, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay will display Puzzlebox Orbit, a drone controlled by human neuro senses, as part of an exhibition at its annual technology extravaganza — TechFest. This year, in addition to the mind-controlled drone, IIT-B will also put on display a whole range of new, seemingly quirky, technological innovations from across the world. READ: Students question IIT-B’s intellectual property rule, but alumni give it a thumbs up However, according to organisers, there’s more to these exhibits than mere visual spectacle.

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