Now you get the free messages raleted to science. Science is now at everyone's fingertips!
Vigyan Prasar and IGNOU together have launched a free SMS service for mobile users that delivers content on science and related areas.
The application — Science@Mobile — launched on February 29, 2012.
“I believe society without the appreciation and knowledge of science is incomplete. If we do not understand the power and application behind a phenomenon, we would live in darkness and consider it black magic. So the spread of knowledge on science is very important,” said by Amit Roy, Director of the Inter-University Accelerator Centre..
“The number of mobile phones in the country have touched almost a billion. The penetration of mobiles has been immense, so the service would be of great help to create the right culture for science,” Roy said.
Users can subscribe to the service by messaging “SCIMBL” to 092230516161 or clicking the link provided at Vigyan Prasar website.
“The service currently is available only in English. Efforts to provide SMSs in Hindi is in progress and will be available within a week or little more,” said O P Sharma, Project Coordinator of Science@Mobile service.
