The Looking Glass

RAHUL MEHAN Doping by athletes is pretty scandalous. Doping is defined as ‘administering drugs to an athlete in order to inhibit or enhance sporting performance’. At times it's difficult to believe that some athletes, including many of our idols, make the decision to use performance-enhancing drugs. Athletes dope for a number of reasons such as wanting to win badly for money or for their country. Nonetheless it is still cheating and it creates an unfair advantage. It also creates a bad reputation for the sport and can tarnish the name of the athlete for decades to come.  Shane Warne, Lance Armstrong, Ben Johnson, Diego Maradona, Maria Sharapova. Recognise the names? They are all champions, leaders, legends - and cheaters! These athletes, who have been caught by doping officials, have won many prestigious awards. For example Maria Sharapova has won an incredible 5 Grand Slam titles, one at Wimbledon in 2004, one at the US Open in 2006, one in 2008 at the Australian Open and two at t...

MANITH EPPALAPALLY  There is a reason that we are all here in this world, and it is all about the discovery of Your Self : that very real part of you that is wanting to bring forth something so spectacular. But it is only when we are aware of that which we are, that we can go on and discover that which we bring. Most of the time you have thought of yourself as the image that you see in the mirror. Even that is a warped image, as your mind is telling you that you are too big, too tall, not pretty enough or too overdressed. Here is where your mind plays tricks on you. You are a creation of the infinite here on Earth. You brought yourself here through a process of creation. Creation has never been as magnificent as the day that you all were created by God. You see, much was created, but only when God put His mind to creating a man that could laugh, and talk and share emotions without wanting in return, then everything somehow seemed as though it would all be created perfectly. But yo...

HARUN KRISHNABALA Technology has been advancing rapidly since the 19th century and the automotive industry has been advancing alongside it. From electric to level 4 autonomous, cars are becoming more and more detached from the driving experience. Most people find this change exciting, seeing driving as a chore to be avoided. However, some enthusiasts aren't happy with the direction of the industry. Act 1: An electric revolution Climate change is the biggest problem my generation has to tackle and it makes sense that those who are environmentally minded want to purchase electric cars. Technology has advanced enough to reach a level where the general consumer can buy and live with an electric car easily. Devices such as 225kW rapid chargers and improvements in battery technology have made electric cars genuinely viable, albeit still expensive. Once the technology has trickled down to lower cost products, the uptake of electric cars will soar as their main disadvantage, the cost-quali...

[Picture Credit: Intel] MUHAMMAD-MAHDI HIRJI Intel has just announced  their latest 12th gen silicon, the Alder Lake chip, meaning this is the perfect time to discuss how such devices work. This chip is unlike past processors, as Intel has changed their product slightly. But before discussing this, let us learn about the basics of a CPU first. A CPU (Central Processing Unit) is essentially the brains of a computer. It executes instructions sent by a computer program. It is built from the ground up from transistors, allowing it to make the quick calculations needed to run a program, or even an entire operating system. Transistors are effectively a group of gates that run on binary code. Binary code is the format in which the computer receives its instructions, represented in 1s or 0s (1 being open/on, 0 being closed/off). This is, at the lowest level, how everything is done on a device, be it watching a video, or sending an email. One of the most common advancements in CPU technolog...