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'Avatar' is out

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This movie is a true technological marvel.Don't miss it. http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/avatar-clip-this-is-your-avatar/57ifx8d?from=sharepermalink

“Person of the Year” for 2009- Pranav Mistry

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I don’t want to lag behind Time magazine in naming my “Person of the Year" for 2009 now that they have named Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for this honor. My person of the year is Pranav Mistry --this guy is a genius of our times.  Pranav is redefining the meaning for the word “SixthSense'. His ground break research on, bringing intangible, digital information out into the tangible world, and allowing us to interact with this information via natural hand gestures is just amazing. 'SixthSense' devices are wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information. I would like you to watch his video and visit his website to get a clear idea about the extent and impact of this technology. http://www.pranavmistry.com/ This guy is a true philanthropist –all his work is open source. Prototype sixth sense gadgets cost as little as $350. I hope we...

Nemo H2--First fuel cell boat

After  automobile it is the trun of boats to Go Green.Recently world's first  fuel cell boat -Nemo H2 was launched, emitting only water vapour and gliding silently through Amsterdam’s centuries-old canals, a canal boat—a popular tourist attraction—powered by fuel cells made its debut cruise on Wednesday. The “Nemo H2,” which can carry about 87 people, is the first of its kind designed specifically to run on a fuel cell engine, in which hydrogen and oxygen are mixed to create electricity and water, without producing air-polluting gases.

Networking sites boost privacy

Did you notice that resently Facebook took a step towards opening up parts of its site to outsiders by introducing more options for user’s privacy settings. The changes will make it easier for Facebook’s more than 350 million users to limit who sees their musings, videos, photos and other personal information, but will also give them the opportunity to expose a wider swathe of their information to a broader internet audience. The move comes as internet search engines like Google and Microsoft are showing interest in incorporating the growing trove of user-generated content from social media websites into their search results. Schrage, Facebook Vice President of Global Communications and Public Policy said Facebook users will be greeted with a message on Wednesday presenting them with new options to customise privacy settings and directing them to a new, simplified overview page of all their personal privacy settings. You will see that my blogs are short these days and We're qui...

Paper and Cloth Batteries

If a team of researchers at Stanford University are to be believed, Batteries made from plain copier paper could make for future energy storage that is truly paper thin. These guys started with off-the-shelf copier paper, painting it with an "ink" made of carbon nanotubes-tiny cylinders of carbon - to collect electric charge.. The coated paper is then dipped in lithium-containing solutions and an electrolyte to provide the chemical reaction that generates a battery's electric current. The paper acts to collect the electric charge from the reaction. Using paper in this way could reduce the weight of batteries, typically made with metal current collectors, by 20%. The team's batteries are also capable of releasing their stored energy quickly. That is a valuable characteristic for applications that need quick bursts of energy, such as electric vehicles - although the team has no immediate plans to develop vehicle batteries. The team says that adaptations to the technique...

Broadcast live through you iPhone with Ustream

This summer has been crazy and I was forced to stay away from my blogging. I will be active again on blogosphere —My new year resolution for 2010 and I am starting on it right away. Just downloaded Ustream application on my iPhone and it turned my iphone live video broadcast equipment and it works like magic. Today the Ustream Live Broadcaster for the iPhone, was made available from the official iTunes App Store. This is the first live broadcaster ever available in the App Store, bringing the ability to broadcast live to anyone. The Ustream Live Broadcaster is a free app that enables live streaming on 3G or Wifi , and users can notify their Twitter communities when they start broadcasting, and interact with their viewers using chat or Twitter through Ustream ’s Social Stream. For more information, go to www.ustream.tv/mobile