Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt told a group of Boston University graduates on Sunday to step away from their computers for one hour daily and to spend the time with your beloved ones. At least this would help human beings to see the real world without the technology and internet.
We have seen the images of the earth taken by NASA’s 64-megapixel “Blue Marble”. A Russian weather satellite, Elektro-L, has broken that record. Elektro-L has taken a 121-megapixel single image of Earth. As believed by some, the captured image shows the planet in more color and detail compared to previous imagery available.
If I say, you can now grow wheatgrasses on a working computer case using processor heat, what you will think about me? That, I have gone insane! No, my friend, I have not. A person named Mike Schropp, using donated computer parts, built a eco-friendly computer with a mini garden of wheatgrass on top of its casing. The computer is working fine, and it grows wheatgrass too.
Cycling is one type of exercise. Watching TV is one type of entertainment. How about doing them both at the same time? An English hotel, in the village of Brockenhurst, Hampshire, named Cottage Lodge has installed a bicycle-powered television in one of its rooms. If you want watch the TV, then you have to keep cycling.
It is truly horrifying to note that sometimes, the lack of access to technology can result in some very dire consequences for the humans of modern era. This is manifest in this case where an elderly couple was unable to connect to anyone else via call due to poor network coverage and consequently, died.
Using cellphone while driving is ruled as illegal in more or less all parts of the world. The chief reason is that it makes the driver distracted and can cause an accident. In an accident back in 2009, two victims were severely injured because the driver of a truck was reading text messages while driving. The question is, should the sender of those messages be also held responsible?
In May 1997 a different kind of Chess game began, which draw the attention of the whole world. It was a game between a man and a machine. The man was none other than the world champion chess player Garry Kasparov, and the machine was IBM’s supercomputer Deep Blue. After several days and six matches, Deep Blue beat the world champion on 11 May, 1997 – two wins for Deep, one win for Garry Kaparov and three draws. Yesterday, IBM celebrated the 15 anniversary of Deep Blue’s historic victory.
NASA scientists spotted a dark hole on the sun’s surface that could send powerful solar flares to earth. This “monster sunspot” is 11 times wider (more than 60,000 miles) than the Earth turned to face our planet. Our star may soon start spouting off some powerful storms.
We have seen many Humanoid Robots. Normally, these humanoid robots fall down or can’t maintain their balance while kicked from any side. But, recently University of Tokyo’s JSK Lab researchers have developed a high-torque, high-speed robotic leg based on a novel electrical actuation system which lets a robot maintain its balance and stand even if get kicked.
Ever heard of an automatic sliding door which can operate without any external power source? You are going to hear about one. Japan’s Yuki Corp. has created an automatic sliding door which is capable of opening and closing by itself automatically without any external electric power source.
Imagine watching a hundred thousand fireflies floating on a the currents of a river. It definitely would be a scene to behold. This is precisely what was experienced in Tokyo when 100,000 solar-powered LED bulbs were let to float into the Sumida River. The bulbs pretty much imitated the ‘fireflies’ which are an important part of Japanese lore.
16 July, 2001. A Russian programmer named Dmitry Vitalevich Sklyarov was arrested by FBI for the violation of Digital Millennium Copyright Act. His fault was that he presented a study in DEFCON 2009 conference on how the DRM technologies used then could be hacked within seconds. The DRM technologies which were prawn to hacks included those from Adobe and Microsoft. On 19 July, 2001 Association of American Publishers stated their support for Sklyarov’s arrest. Probably, the publishers thought that piracy could be curbed by suppressing those who point out the flaws of the system. Little did they know that they were digging their own graves.
Last Tuesday, Boeing executives delivered their first 747-8 Intercontinental to Lufthansa Passenger Airlines during a ceremony in Everett, Washington. The company took more than 6 years to build the new 747-8 Intercontinental. The jet is supposed to fly commercially in skies from June 1.
We have seen the blockbuster movie Titanic from James Cameron which tried to rejuvenate the memories of its tragic history. We have seen efforts to unleash the mysteries surround the ship. But no one planned to re-build the ship, till now. Queensland billionaire Clive Palmer has announced that he plans to build a world class luxury ship, Titanic II, a full-size replica of the drowned Titanic. His company Blue Star Line Pty Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard to build Titanic II. The ship Titanic II will be made full of 21st century technology and the latest navigation and safety systems.
Have you ever heard that a boy or girl under 10 has gained vast knowledge in one of the most popular programming languages C++ without anyone’s help or going to any training center? I guess, no. A six year old boy Wasik Farhan-Roopkotha from Bangladesh with implausible talent have done it. He has became a computer expert without any formal training. He has gained expertise in simple word processing to programming in C++. Wasik’s family is hoping that his talents will be recognized by Microsoft and Guinness World Records.
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