Users of a naturally occurring psychedelic drug are convinced they've encountered real alien beings, including'machine elves,' which inhabit a realm beyond our Earth. These machine elves, described as chattering, mischievous entities, consistently appear in the visions of those who take DMT, which one neuroscientist suggested could mean users are actually entering a shared alien reality. DMT (or N,N-Dimethyltryptamine) is present in thousands of plants, including ayahuasca, which is used in religious ceremonies, but is also present in small amounts within the human body. Dr Andrew Gallimore, who has a PhD was in biological chemistry and has studied computational neuroscience, said he encountered these beings firsthand after being transported to a hyper-dimensional world teeming with intelligent lifeforms. Unlike earthly creatures, these beings - ranging from insectoids to God-like figures -seem to exist in a space that defies our three-dimensional understanding.

As global giants like Tesla, Uber, and Google take self-driving cars to the streets, Indian companies are still at the experimental stage. Earlier this year, local carmaker Tata Motors sought permission to test its driverless vehicle on Bengaluru's roads. Software behemoth Infosys is training its engineers in self-driving technology. A number of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) are also working on such automobiles tailor-made for the country. However, there's been one major hurdle to self-driving technology in India: a legion of lawbreakers, from rash drivers and jaywalkers to cattle. But University of Michigan dean of engineering Alec Gallimore believes this isn't an insurmountable problem.