Technology

Hundreds of visitors gathered as the country’s biggest international auto show kicked off in the capital of Iran on November 27.

Heard of the terms ‘bug’ and ‘debug’? This genius lady designed Harvard’s Mark I Computer, a five-ton, room-sized machine, in 1944 and coined these terms when she had to remove moths from the device! Hasn’t she made our lives a whole lot easier?

 Hedy Lamarr. Not only did the Vienna-born actor flee a loveless marriage to a Nazi arms dealer to secure a seven-year, $3,000-a-week contract with MGM, and become (probably) the first Hollywood star to simulate a female orgasm on screen– she also took time out to invent a device that would eventually revolutionize mobile communications.

University of California, Berkeley (=10th)- Home to the free-speech and disability-rights movements, Berkeley is a US hot spot for intellectual conversation, according to Lonely Planet, and is “one of the most vocal activist populations in the country.”

“Virtuagym Fitness – Home & Gym” is an application that helps people to have their personal trainer.