Ancient hindus invented flying saucers is just one example,here's another 

According to this hinduwadis honcho:

"...even Nasa, while building a super computer, had said that Sanskrit was the most suitable language for it.."
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Sanskrit-most-useful-for-science-technology-Rajnath-Singh-says/articleshow/48641682.cms

The consolation is many of them still stick to their ancient tradition