A boy of 17 inc!!

I am talking about the ROBOT boy built by David Hanson .Its a robot boy with 17'' height and weighing 6 pounds.

He is the outcome of 5 yrs hardwork of Hanson and his group.

Eventhough the robot cant walk or talk he has blinking eyes which can track a person and he is able to express as in this picture below..

Hanson says he envisions Zeno as an interactive learning companion, a synthetic pal who can engage in conversation and convey human emotion through a face made of a skin-like, patented material Hanson calls frubber.

"It's a representation of robotics as a character animation medium, one that is intelligent," Hanson beams. "It sees you and recognizes your face. It learns your name and can build a relationship with you."

One of the robot Zeno's biggest advancements is that its brains aren't inside the robot. Instead Zeno synchs wirelessly to a PC running a variant of Massive Software — the same Academy Award-winning code that enabled the fantastical battles among humans, orcs and elves in the "Lord of the Rings" movies.

want to join zeno's world ?

http://www.zenosworld.com/

A new way to preserve endangered fish...

In a quest to preserve endangered species japan researchers are producing endangered species from other plentiful species through surrogation.
Papa salmon + mama salmon = baby trout!!
Goro Yoshizaki, a Tokyo University marine scientist is leading the research..
what he did is
he used"salmonids," a family that includes both salmon and trout.
he engineered salmon to be sterile.He injected newly hatched salmon with stem cells destined to grow into sperm that he had culled from male rainbow trout.
Once they were grown, 10 of 29 male salmon who got the injections produced trout sperm, called milt!
Those new trout grew up able to reproduce.

Want more details?
here is the source:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/WireStory?id=3598169&page=2

emWave PC Stress Relief System

The emWave PC technology is an easy-to-use software program with a heart rhythm monitor. The system is an innovative approach to stress relief based on learning to change the heart rhythm pattern and create physiological coherence in the body.

When stressed, your heart rhythms have an irregular, jagged incoherent pattern. When you shift to a more positive emotional state, the heart rhythm pattern changes to a smoother, wave-like coherent pattern. By seeing the visual change on the screen and associating it with a more peaceful, calm internal state, you learn to manage stress and maintain a state of physiological coherence and balance.

It leads you to reduced stress, improved mental function, better memory, clearer decision-making, better relationship communications, and improved physical health.

The system includes :
emWave PC 1.0 software CD
In-depth computer-based tutorial
USB sensor pod (interface device)
USB finger tip pulse sensor with strap*
USB 6 foot extension cable
Free technical support
Free telephone orientation class

As with any physiological training tool that can effectively help you improve your health, you may find you need less medication, if you are taking medications for stress, anxiety, pain, high blood pressure, diabetes or other stress related disorders. It would be wise to discuss any changes in your needs with your prescribing doctor.

Its price is $295 and can be purchased online through

http://bio-medical.com/product_info.cfm?inventory__imodel=6005

Google GGGGG PHONES.......

Google mobile phones are coming!

Google had pushed before for the fact that the consumers in USA can buy any phone and can use it on any carrier on the future.

Google phone will most likely be 3G as well that means allowing videoconferencing!

well you cant do that in IPHONE right?

Google mobile phone may have a google software inside allowing you to do any tasks related to web (hurray :))..

It might have a video IPOD and since it will have a google software built in the surfing in the mobile phone will be faster than the usual..

The device,article speculates could go on sale in 2008..

here are some more pictures of how it may look ..

A typical southern karnataka dish..

Can any one guess what it is..

Its called PALYA in karnataka.

Its a vegetarian dish and is usually served along with rice.

Simple to make and tasty to eat.

Ingredients are as shown

• 2 cup of any green vegetable like beans,ladies finger.


• 1 table spoon curry leaves
• chili powder 1 teaspoon
• turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon
• 2 to 3 red chilli
• a cup of water
• salt for taste
• 3 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 1 teaspoon urad daal
• 3 table spoon oil

Take oil in a pan.Heat it put mustard and urad daal when mustard starts sputtering add the curry leaves.Put the cut vegetables and a cup of water.let it boil.As the water boils keep constantly stirring vegetables.Add chilies,salt (2 teaspoon),sugar and turmeric to it.Add chilli powder if you like it to be more spicy.now cook it in a low flame.once in a while stir it so that vegetables get cooked correctly.check the water content.when the water content has diminished and vegetables are fully boiled remove it from heat.(if vegetables are not fully boiled (can see by using a spoon ;) ) then add some more water and allow to boil)

now decorate it using coconut shreds and our palya is ready!!!

Gadgets on your vista screen!!!

hi everybody.

When i wake up the first thing i do is on my computer.

It feels so nice to see my favourite gadgets on the screen wishing me good morning :)

My gadgets are a smiley clock,calendar,newsreader,weather gauge etc..

I feel so refreshed when i see the news in my news feed along with a cup of tea..

you can make these gadgets to change their place or remove or add one in the sidebar of your screen and acheiving this is very simple.

want to know how?

• choose if the gadgets should be in the left or right of the screen.


• right click on the empty space of the sidebar.


• you get many options by which you can add gadgets,remove or bring the gadgets to the front.


• click on the properties where there is an option "sidebar is always on the top of other windows" you can check or uncheck it.


• To remove a gadget move the mouse over it and click there will be a close x sign.


• At the top of the sidebar there is an add button if you click on it it shows a list of gadgets.The list in my computer are clock,calender,news feed,stock,currency,picture puzzle,cpu meter,weather,notes etc.


• There is an option inthe corner "get more gadgets online" which will lead you to location http://vista.gallery.microsoft.com/vista/SideBar.aspx?mkt=en-us from where you can download more gadgets or create one of your own.

If you want to see my vista screen here it is..

" Let us dance to the tune of music "

says sony's egg shaped,palm sized cute stereo..

well it looks so cute that sony has nicknamed it as ROLLY..

Rolly emits light (contains LED)and dances to the tune of music by stretching its two arms and rolling..

sony has used its robotic technology to acheive this!

guess how much does this rolly cost?

40,000 yen..



Rolly will be coming to the market next monday thats sept 29

its size is 104 millimeter wide,65 mm tall and 65 mm deep, and weighs just 300 grams..

imagine holding rolly and dancing to the tune of music!

Rolly i am coming to have you.. ;)

las vegas!! cool pics..

Here are some of the pictures of las vegas..

night view..

cool..

isnt it?

My relatives had gone last week for a trip to vegas..

i was amazed by the clarity of the pictures..

When asked they said about their new camera..

which is..

Canon EOS 400D / Digital Rebel XTi

To know more about the camera visit

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0608/06082416canoneos400drebelxti.asp

oh! is there no light in the street?.. have a nightlight ..

OVAL's flashlight!!
having an innovative design,easy to carry and shows you the road ahead as well as at your feet.
So no need to move your hands or rotating the light for a better view..

source:
http://www.firststreetonline.com/product.jsp?id=51360

Palm secure PC login kit using a mouse model..

Fujitsu Limited and Fujitsu Frontech Limited unveild on sept 11 that they have developed a PC Login Kit for use with the PalmSecure palm vein biometric authentication device.

A mouse model and standard model is being selled to corporate users.

key features:

• elliminates the need of using an authentication server becauze the kit comes with a login authentication software.


• The mouse model shown in the figure is the worlds first PC mouse having a biometric authentication in it.


• hygeinic since the user doesnt have to touch the surface.


• highly secure method since veins are present internal to the body and no one can forge it :)


• login to PC is very easy not requiring a password or ID.

So its a nice way to prevent data leak from your PC which may contain many valuable(secretive!) information.

colours.. colours and more colours..

colour colour which colour do you want?

here is Philips living colours expected on sept 13th.

The lamp uses 4 LEDs, two red, one blue, and one green .

By increasing, reducing, brightening or dimming each LED through a remote,they can produce over 16 million different colours!

To know about its features ,settings and price visit

http://www.red5.co.uk/Philips-LivingColors-pr-403.html?affiliate=543d1cd4

Tune out the world!!!

NEW ARRIVAL..

Plantronics Voyager™ 855 Bluetooth® Headset:claims the title "Worlds lightest stereo bluetooth headset "..

its just 15 gms..

USES NEW TECHNOLOGY:

• mono-to-stereo switching


• AudioIQ DSPi noise reduction.

A detachable stereo cable enabling the user to listen to music via stereo bluetooth.
The cable when detached works as a normal bluetooth headset.
convenient one-touch button helping to control calls and music from your headset.

expected on october 2007 with a tag prize 150$..

so save this months salary :)..

leads u to the plantronics:
http://www.plantronics.com/north_america/en_US/press/releases/index.jhtml?id=pr_20070909_2326_en_US

sweet eco-friendly battery for your walkman!!

I am talking about sony's bio battery.

Sony has unvield its new fuel cell which now uses sugar or glucose extracted from grape juice and soft drinks.

Sugar solution is poured into each cell of the batery.This sugar is converted to electricity by the enzymes which break down the glucose molecules to active energy.

The four cell battery each of 1.5" shown in the figure was tested to produce a Power of about 50 mW that can be used to make small devices like mp3 walkman to start working.

GARDASIL.. vaccine for life threatening diseases..

important note for women:

Vaccination in females 9 to 26 years of age for prevention of the following diseases caused by Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Types 6, 11, 16, and 18:

Cervical cancer
Genital warts (condyloma acuminata)

and the following precancerous or dysplastic lesions:

Cervical adenocarcinoma in situ (AIS)
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 2 and grade 3
Vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) grade 2 and grade 3
Vaginal intraepithelial neoplasia (VaIN) grade 2 and grade 3
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 1

The results showed that in women who had not already been infected, Gardasil was nearly 100 percent effective in preventing precancerous cervical lesions, precancerous vaginal and vulvar lesions, and genital warts caused by infection with the HPV types against which the vaccine is directed.

Gardasil is the first vaccine licensed (by FDA) to prevent cervical cancer.

Facebook .. acting as a mirror to ur life and ur networks..

FACEBOOK as the name indicates its a platform where u can present your abilities,interests,pictures and anything else a user wants to post(with some limitations ;) )..


Launched by Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg in April 2004..

(The analysts think he could be the nation's richest man under 25, with a net worth estimated at $1.5 billion!!!) ..


If a college student is asked about the facebook its almost like asking do u know what is a computer..Yes facebook phenomenon has swept the college landscape..

Students of about more than 2000 colleges are using it for chatting with friends,meet new people,find parties and help with academics..

Well, now it's signing up nearly 1 million new users a week. By the end of August there were 36 million of them.
And these aren't just the tweens or college kids you might suspect; the fastest-growing segment of Facebook users is over 35, a group that represents 11 percent of all site users.


Zuckerberg's company acts as a model for how communication,connection and commerce can work online..



Purpose of facebook and steps used to acheive it:


Zuckerberg wanted to create a "social graph"online -the web of people's real world relationship.
(thats why facebook is different from other social networks..like myspace which encouraged users to create new identities and meet and link to people they barely knew).

He wanted to create it in such a way that whenever a user logged on instead of greetings by Google News like aggregator, a collection of headlines and blog postings, written or handpicked by your closest friends and relatives will appear.. (it would be lke attending a dinner party through people whom u know and trust :))..


In his words:
"People already have their friends, acquaintances, and business connections,So rather than building new connections, what we are doing is just mapping them out."

Here users are encouraged to post personal information — colleges attended, workplaces, email addresses. Facebook also emphasizes honesty.


step 1:
make it easier for friends to communicate with one another
step 2:
extend Facebook's membership to the entire world
step 3:
open the site to developers and encourage them to build Facebook applications that would keep people signing up and coming back to the site.



For the accomplishment of step 1 our hero introduced news feed(which automatically broadcasts users important activites to others in their network).This new feature was anounced on sept5,2006.
There were many protests from the users becauze instead of making communication easier they felt it revealed their information without users permission!!

Instead of removing newsfeed wat he (our hero ofcourse) did is , he posted a 485-word open letter to his users, apologizing for the surprise and explaining how they could opt out of News Feed if they wished.It clicked !!



Now it was time for the second step, step2: let anyone in the world join.
Zuckerberg took a risk (well we should have the courage to take risk if want to move to higher heights)..
and this step of risk taking gave a fruitful result..
By January 2007, Facebook's user base had grown to nearly 14 million, up from almost 9 million in September!! great isnt it?



As the number of users increased the next problem was how to satisfy all of their needs?!!
Zuckerberg had to come up with a solution for this that is site was in bad need of more application which lead to the third and most audecious step 3.
Here Zuckerberg opened the site for independent developers.Among the 85 initial applications in facebook picnick (a online photo editing site by Sposato) was the one.

100000 users downloaded it within three days and this miracle happened becauze of the news feed which notified other friends about the download).

Users no longer need to search for applications that they may not even know they want; instead, the applications find them :) .

we should honestly thank our hero. wat say?
Hey one more thing, now u can keep facebook in your pocket and take it wherever u go!!
I am talking about facebook for IPHONE..