When a ‘mouse’ selects your ‘brush’ from a screen displayed menu of choices. Following which a command assigns a colour, same as dipping a real brush in to paint; the artist simply moves the device across a table, resulting in a swathe of colour on the screen; and an exquisite design gradually emerges; it is […]
No single factor has contributed as much to the electronics revolution as miniaturization. The pinnacle being VLSI. At the leading edge of the technology, we are now operating at the .5-micron level. And by the turn of the century hope to touch .25 microns. The interest in VLSI growing in India. That international conferences are […]
In this series, we cover unusual groups. This week, Ketan Tanna profiles a movement unleashed by a legendary hacker They are not idealists. They are fighting for a cause because, among other reasons, they are making a living out of it. These are India’s free software warriors who want to extricate people from the hold […]