Preparation of Scientific & Technology Hand Book

A Round table workshop for the preparation of a Scientific & Technology handbook -cum-scientific terminology guide for the journalists in malayalam.

conducted by
KSCSTE,
Directorate of Public Relations and Publications, CUSAT and
Centre for Science Communication, CUSAT

Balloon Tricks

Balloon Tricks is the new book published by LAP-Lambert Academic Publishing

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CLEAN ENERGY FOR A SAFER PLANET

    Centre for Science Communication CUSAT conducted National Science day Oration by Dr. R.V.G.Menon at Electronics Hall on 1st February 2012.
In Oration, Dr. Menon narrate in his usual style about the impact of human being over the nature and destroy it. He said Slavery was considered as injustice only after the  invention of steam engine.
    The Human being is maximum utilising the nature now. But the oil and gas will only exisit up to a maximum of 60 years. So we have to find new sources.
Nuclear Source is not a good source. It will make hazards and heavy expences.
    Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Wave Energy, Hydel are the energy sources considered as the energy for the future.
    Among them wind is a good source which can adopt in India. With multiple Land use it can be istalled in the farms and fields.
After the Environmental study, wave energy can also be used. Power stations like Pelamis Wave Power have to be considered and for that global tender should be arranged.
Solar energy is the better source among this.Roof top solar system, Solar power concentrator, photo voltage source are different methods which we can maximum utilised solar power. It is good to have arrange storage devices for the solar energy in the day time and can be use it in the night time.
Dr. RVG Menon explained a grand solution for  the power by placing solar panels ont the dams, and with the mutual power from both power stantion give the maximum energy.
Pro Vice Chancellor Dr. Godfrey Louise made the key note address.
Director of Public Relations and the Coordinator of Centre for Science Communiaction, Dr. Anilkumar Vadavthoor made the welcome speech. Dr. Vasudevan, HOD of electronics distributed the certificateds to the participants of Natiional workshop for science communication. Sr.G Sureshkumar made the vote of thanks.

 

Science Communication & Science Journalism

Three day National workshop for Science Communication and Science Journalism held at Cochin University of Science & Technology Electronics Hall from 30th, 31st January and 1st February 2012. 

Directorate of Public Relations and Publications and Centre for Science Communication organised this Programme. The Media students from various institutions participated in this programme.

National Teachers' Science Congress- 2011

The 6th National Teachers Science Congress
held at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, U.P.
The Chief Guest of the function was Prof. YASHPAL

NTSC -2011

 

Hiroshima Day

The great Sadako Crane-
a large paper of size three meter length in each side is taken to make this sadako.......
the members of science club and iT club made this big idea........

History of Science and Technology

The science and technology is as old as the human civilization itself. Not only that both can be considered to be running parallel, but they can be taken to be in symbiotic mode. They mutually feed each other’s growth.

The homo sapiens might not have suffered nature silently and helplessly like other animals for long. The sense of mere wonderment was soon accompanied by curiosity and inquisitiveness - the ‘what, why and how’. Man from the very beginning was manipulative and interfering. Tool making, hunting, food gathering, rudimentary protection against rigours of nature, was beginning of primitive civilization as well as primitive science and technology. Discovery of fire making was perhaps a very significant breakthrough. Invention of the wheel was a very important technological event. It should be realized that the crucial impacts made by these simple primitive discoveries and inventions on the course of civilization, can not be easily matched even by the high profile discoveries and inventions of this age. In fact the importance of scientific and technological development is to be appreciated relative to the stages of civilization.

Still any meaningful review of the past of civilization, and therefore, of science and technology has to embrace vast expanses of space and time. Let it cover at least the entire old world – i.e., Eurasia and Africa. There is a tradition of generally ignoring exploits of civilizations like Maya (Middle America - 600 BC to 1400 AD), Aztec Mexico etc. – 1100 AD to 1500 AD) and Inca (Peru – 1300 to 1600 AD, in the American continents and Chinese etc. in the orient. So let it be like that territorially for now. Then time wise, as there is a prehistory period of civilization, so is with science and technology.

It is also to be borne in mind that the historical contents and frontiers of knowledge are liable to constant changes. The historical picture of science and technology delineated here, is as it stood towards the beginning of twenty first century. New knowledge can always change the view.