Niharika Singh

Class of 2014

Articles

  • Autonomous cars sharing the roads

    As technology advances, more machines are gaining capabilities that have been previously seen only in science fiction. One of the most prominent examples of these machines is self-driving cars. Despite how complicated and dangerous the technology sounds, in practice, it is perfectly feasible and close to becoming a reality.

    SciTech | January 20, 2014
  • How Things Work: Open-source software

    Most students at Carnegie Mellon have used, or at least heard of, open-source software. Examples of such software include the browser Firefox and the mobile operating system Android. Open-source software, in most basic terms, makes its code publicly available for modification and distribution by users. Proponents believe that creating an open community of programmers who modify software for their ...

    SciTech | October 7, 2013
  • How Things Work: food preservation

    Incoming first-years always recieve a ton of advice: go to office hours, make new friends, try out new restaurants. Among these pieces of advice is one that warns students that hot plates and other similar cooking appliances are not allowed in dorm rooms; they’re fire hazards. Stripped of these cooking appliances, many students turn to preserved foods in their quest for a rejuvenating midnight sna...

    SciTech | August 26, 2013
  • How Things Work: Food Preservation

    Incoming first-years always recieve a ton of advice: go to office hours, make new friends, try out new restaurants. Among these pieces of advice is one that warns students that hot plates and other similar cooking appliances are not allowed in dorm rooms; they’re fire hazards. Stripped of these cooking appliances, many students turn to preserved foods in their quest for a rejuvenating midnight sna...

    SciTech | August 19, 2013
  • The science behind a breakfast staple

    In many people’s thoughts, eggs are as strongly associated with Easter as pumpkins are with Halloween, or turkeys with Thanksgiving. According to about.com, one theory suggests that his is because in days before modern technology, the beginning of spring would be the first time people tasted fresh eggs after a cold, hard winter, making them special during spring. However, there is much more to e...

    SciTech | April 8, 2013