IBM with its strong focus on IT has been recently populating the advertising space with its new campaign of designing smarter cities. This wave of new ideas roots from the ability (provided by IT) to collect, process and disseminate information in a faster and more effective manner. Higher crime rates in bigger cities are not only caused by the size, density and distribution...
We perceive the world around us using our five natural senses but when the perception gets intangible e.g. decision making, knowledge enhancement, data collection etc, our sixth sense comes in handy. Using our sixth sense, we can grasp some things which are not intelligible by sense of touch. It is a fact which we all are aware of but to develop something really miraculous...
Picture this: A common pedestrian sitting on a wayside bench using a finger and a palm to make a call halfway across the world; no cell-phone on his hand only an image of a telephone keypad on the palm, and nothing else. Seems like a scene from a sci-fi movie? Think again, because, for all you know, a couple of years down the line, such a scene might just actualize...
The iPhone 4, as is the case with every other product from Apple, is yet another gadget brought out to quash the competition that has been brewing from Google and Microsoft. With new features that include an ultra-fast A4 Central Processing Unit (CPU), a new industrial design, a front-facing camera along with the five mega pixel camera on the back, and the all new Retina...
We are all familiar with the œnicotine patches that ex-smokers use in order to gradually reduce their dependence on nicotine. These patches are scientifically known as Transdermal Drug Delivery Patches. They deliver drugs to the body through the skin. Since the skin acts like a natural barrier, these patches are limited to the delivery of drugs of small molecular sizes...
The company’s (apple) flagship store in the regent street of central London was expecting a huge crowd of apple addicts and enthusiasts, but event they were surprised at the turnover as they opened an hour early to handle the excessive pressure. People were actually camping for around 20 hrs and the ones at the last of the queue were ready t shell out hundreds of...
The Council for Science and Technology is basically a governing body and also holds the position as the UK prime ministers advisory body which mainly deals with the science and technology issues in the country. CST mainly works keeping 5 main factors in mind i.e. the research work, science and how it will affect the society, the related education factors, government, and...
An early-morning cup of tea is an often heard-of pick-me-up, but some daring souls around the world seem to prefer a more readily available energy-drink in the morning—their own piss. The middle stream of their early-morning urine, often mixed with fruit juice or honey, apparently gives them ample amounts of energy as well as curing them from various maladies, starting...
The story of evolution, the journey from apes to astronauts is by far the best way to prove the saying “truth is stranger than fiction†true. Things that were far beyond imaginations are at the reach of a hand today by the mercy of acience and technology.What was just a fantasy to our parents are a reality to the today’s generation. Any advancement...
One of the latest additions to the genre of sports, though perhaps still not a fully accepted on, is that of video gaming. With the introduction of region wise gaming competitions and famous world wide gaming tournaments such as the ESWC (Electronic Sports World Cup), gaming is definitely on its way to become a major sport. However if there still existed conservative people...
