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| KBC Set To Hit the Screens with Season 4 Posted: 08 Jul 2010 04:26 AM PDT  KBC The much loved and talked about show Kaun Banega Crorepati is all set to make its comeback after a long break on Sony TV. There are no prizes for guessing that show will be hosted by none other than Mr. Amitabh Bachchan. KBC was earlier aired on Star Plus by Siddharth Basu’s Synergy. Big B mentioned it in his Blog, "KBC is back! And it was announced tonight at a special press conference, which has just concluded. And yes it can be said now that I shall be hosting it!!" In KBC's season 3 Shahrukh Khan though tried his best to connect with audiences but failed as fans and followers of AB can't replace him with anyone. Now audiences are just waiting to hear magical words like 'sure, confident', 'lock kar de', 'computer ji' once again by their favorite Mr. Bachchan. Quizmaster, Siddharth Basu said, "Star relinquished the KBC license some time back. And yes, the show is with Sony now. All the questions regarding the show and the host will have to be addressed to them since they are the broadcasters now. Of course, my company, Big Synergy, looks forward to producing it for them." By the end of this year show will be on air hopefully. | ||
| Humanoid Developed By Bitsians to Be Displayed At Delhi Posted: 08 Jul 2010 01:54 AM PDT Humanoid AcYut 3 designed by Center for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, BITS Pilani which won several awards at international competitions will be available for public viewing at Ansal Plaza, Khel Gaon, New Delhi on Saturday 10 July 2010 from 6 15 pm to 8 15 pm and on Sunday 11 July from 10 am to 9 pm. The AcYut team of five BITSians who designed the 92 cm tall humanoid will be present for explaining and demonstrating the humanoid at the event and also for interaction at the event. Team leader, Akash Gupta said that the AcYut will perform its famous dance on Bollywood song 'Rockon' at Ansal Plaza on 10th apart from manipulating objects and giving a demonstration of its soccer playing abilities. In order to increase the public awareness of robotics, the team shall conduct various activities on 10th and 11th to introduce a beginner to the realm of robotics, and illustrate the practical application of robots, especially humanoids, in high-risk environments, outer space, medicine, defense, and everyday life, said Akash Gupta. Humanoids AcYut II and AcYut III won India's first Gold and Silver medals in Sumo category and Silver medal in freestyle demonstration category in Robo Olympics 2010, which is the biggest robotics event and held at San Fransisco, US, on 23 – 25 April 2010. Besides, it won bronze medal in Kung Fu category at the same event. Participants in Robogames included entries from 17 Countries and there were 59 Events, 181 Teams, 489 Entries, 508 Robots, and 667 Engineers. AcYut was the only one competitor to participate at this event from India. This puts India at the 5th position overall in medals tally. . Besides Robogames, the team has participated in various competitions including Robo One Japan, Ideen Expo Germany, Korea Robot Festival and won numerous international accolades. Team AcYut has been working on this project since the past 4 years under the guidance of Prof R K Mittal of BITS Pilani. AcYut III, an improved version of AcYut II, was designed and developed in a span of one year at an approximate budget of INR 35 Lakhs($70,000) said Akash Gupta . There has been tremendous enthusiasm and response to AcYut since the team started working on this project. The team has been invited to demonstrate in various countries and some of the places they demonstrated so far are given below: 1. Stanford University – San Francisco, USA. Former president Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam , showed a lot of interest when he unveiled AcYut II at Quark 2009, which was the technical festival at BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa campus, held on 7th February 2009. Event at Ansal Plaza is to be considered as an all India launch of AcYut III for public viewing, said Mr Gupta. He said the launch will be done in close association with Grey Orange Robotics Pvt. Ltd , a BITSian startup by former and current Team AcYut members dedicated to raising the level of robotics in India. Based on its extensive exposure to robotics and research conducted at various Universities in USA, South Korea and Japan, the team plans to launch an educational initiative for young school going children by visiting various schools of the country, said Mr Gupta. Videos of AcYut on youtube can be found at the following links:
For more information relating to this press release, please contact Dr M Ishwara Bhat, Unit Chief, Publications and Media Relations, BITS Pilani. Cellphone +91 9414082462 Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani is an all India university established under Section 3 of UGC Act. It has the main campus at Pilani, Rajasthan and additional campuses at Goa, Hyderabad and Dubai. |
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