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Physicist Sketches Large Hadron Collider In Leonardo da Vinci Style
Dr. Sergio Cittolin who has worked at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) for more than 30 years as a research physicist has made several ...
Scan QR Codes And Get Discounts On Shopping
Emart, has come up with a creative selling idea. By scanning the QR codes between 12:00 and 1:00 pm, the lucky successful consumer gets discount for shopping.
Satellite Photos Reveal Income Inequality
Income inequality is existent in every nook and corner of the world. Analysts try to gauge ways to better measure it and understand it from its characteristics. Now, it has been found out that satellite photos from space can help us understand how different the per capita income of two regions is, when compared to each other.
Survival Condo – Best Place In US To Survive Apocalypse
Though the Survival Condo is incomplete, but the units in the complex have already been sold out. The price was $2 million apiece for the 1,820 SFT units.
Tribute Paid To Steve Jobs In Pixar’s Film ‘Brave’
Steve Jobs has been an icon and an inspiration for a lot of people. While he has been criticized often too, Jobs undoubtedly was a living embodiment of a man who struggled and began from nothing, eventually becoming one of the most important people in the world. Jobs was the co-founder of Pixar studios too, a company he founded after he initially left Apple. Now Pixar has decided to present a tribute to its mentor.
Schmidt Advises Grads To Turn Off The Screen For One Hour And Spend The Time With Beloved Ones
Eric Schmidt advised recent grads to step away from their computers for one hour daily and to spend the time with your beloved ones.
Highest Resolution Single Image Of Earth Captured By Russian Satellite
A Russian weather satellite, Elektro-L, has broken that record. Elektro-L has taken a 121-megapixel single image of Earth.
Eco-Friendly Computer Mixes Tech And Organic Into One
A person named Mike Schropp, using donated computer parts, has built a computer with a mini garden of wheatgrass. The computer grows wheatgrass from its hot air.
17th Century Hotel Installs Bicycle-powered Television For Boarders
An English hotel, in the village of Brockenhurst, Hampshire, named Cottage Lodge has installed a bicycle-powered television in one of its rooms.
Elderly Couple Dies After Nine Dropped Cell Phone Calls For Help
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.
Message Sender Sued For Distracting The Driver And Causing The Accident
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?
IBM Celebrates 15th Anniversary Of Deep Blue’s Victory Against Garry Kasparov
11 May, 1997, IBM Deep Blue defeated world champion chess player Garry Kasparov. Yesterday, IBM celebrated the 15th anniversary of the victory.
‘Monster Sunspot’ Could Bring Powerful Solar Flares To Earth
NASA scientists spotted a dark hole on the sun’s surface. This "monster sunspot" is 11 times wider (over 60,000 miles) than the Earth turned to face our planet.
A Novel Design Keep Robots In Balance After Getting Kicked
Recently researchers have developed a high-torque, high-speed robotic leg.The electrical actuation system lets a robot to maintain its balance and keep standing
