SEPTEMBER 2016
CONTENTS
FEATURES
05 Project Loon
Balloon-powered internet for all.
06 On Your Mark...
The knowledge of biomechanics in sports.
08 Cloud Computing
Maintaining non-local storage and computing
facilities, than maintaining infrastructure in-house.
10 Electronic Ink Displays
12 Smart Antenna
14 The Internet of Things (IoT)
16 A hidden gem inside the Department of
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
19 Arunella
For a better future generation.
30 The Age of Quantum Computing is upon
Us
20 Sri Lankan Economy & High-tech exports
22 “Houston, the Eagle has landed”
COVER
About the computer that took man to the
STORY
moon.
26 Li-Fi
A Binary Dream Comes True.
28 Vehicles becoming autonomous
Several techniques such as RADAR, LIDAR, GPS,
odometry and computer vision are used to detect the
surroundings in the vehicles.
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32 Displaying Technology
A walk through.
34 Magnetic Levitation to reduce
pollution?
The noise pollution caused by a maglev
vehicle is minimum when compared to other
highway vehicles since they are very much
quieter.