Reporting Blood Donation Camp Posted on October 31, 2017 By Team SPark Blood. Red blood cells, White blood cells, Platelets. Basic terms everyone has heard of. ‘Blood is used to carry oxygen to different parts of the body’, 5th graders read off their textbook. And then there is Thalassemia, a disorder which does not allow the blood to perform its very basic… Read more
Reporting FSAI-SPIT Installation Posted on October 30, 2017 By Team SPark Wednesday, October 11, marked the installation of the student chapter of Fire and Safety Association of India in Sardar Patel Institute of Technology. This, being the first student chapter of its kind in the whole of Mumbai, was a matter of immense pride for everyone at SPIT. The event, organized… Read more
Columns The Best FIFA Football Awards 2017 Posted on October 28, 2017 By Team SPark Millions of players break their sweat week in and week out to sustain the beautiful game of football(soccer, not hand-egg). To honour such players, The BEST FIFA Football award had its second ceremony on October 23, 2017. These awards are held since FIFA and France Football’s Ballon D’or parted ways… Read more
Ayntka AYNTKA:The Demilitarization of Costa Rica Posted on October 27, 2017 By Team SPark The existence of a nation without an army seems too implausible. As far-fetched as it sounds, Costa Rica is one of the countries which have constitutionally abolished their military and have been thriving in peace for nearly seventy years. Article 12, Constitution of Costa Rica, 1949. The Army as a… Read more
Columns Geekonic – Flow Machines Posted on October 25, 2017 By Team SPark If you’re living in the 21st century, you’ve probably heard of AI – Artificial Intelligence. Mentored by the world’s finest – Google, IBM, Apple and Amazon, AI is a child who is slowly learning to mirror human-like behaviour. AI’s today can perform medical diagnosis, they can guide aviation systems, make… Read more
Recommends SPark Recommends: Novels Posted on October 21, 2017 By Team SPark With the vacations closing in and your favorite T.V series coming to an end, it is time you switch to reading books and to help you out, here are a few books that’ll keep you happily busy. If Tomorrow Comes by Sidney Sheldon Genre: Crime Fiction Published in the 1980’s, If… Read more
Ayntka AYNTKA: Nobel Peace Prize Winner, 2017 Posted on October 20, 2017 By Team SPark The beginning of October witnessed the announcement of the laureates of the most illustrious award that recognizes academic, cultural and scientific advances. In light of North Korea detonating its most powerful nuclear bomb yet and President Donald Trump planning to decertify the Iran nuclear deal, the Nobel Peace Prize 2017… Read more
Columns Geekonic – Internet Beaming Drones Posted on October 18, 2017 By Team SPark You’re probably reading this article via the good old internet, however at this very moment 4.3 billion people don’t have any sort of access to the World Wide Web. While Europe has a connection rate of about 75%, the connection rate in Africa is closer to just 20%. Cabling the… Read more
Reporting RUMINATE Posted on October 17, 2017 By Team SPark E-Cell’s RUMINATE brought 2 days of fun and frolic to SPIT, as the first years took over. 12 events, and all organized by SPIT’s youngest students, the events were as big, unique and as successful as envisioned. Minute To Win It It tested both, the participants’ mental and physical abilities… Read more
Reporting WIE AND IEEE TALK – BRINGING IN THE FUTURE Posted on October 16, 2017 By Team SPark “Your job in a world of intelligent machines is to keep making sure they do what you want, both at the input (setting the goals) and at the output (checking that you got what you asked for).” – Pedro Domingo (Author of The Master Algorithm) The WIE and IEEE of S.P.I.T… Read more