E-Ink Cellphone Concept – Gizmodo Hmm. Cool. So we get rid of keyboards? Maybe we should just get rid of the handheld part completely and just have a headset with the keyboard & controls projected in 3-D in virtual space. Hey why not?
Karnataka Medical College, Hubli is almost 50! A bunch of us were thinking of having a reunion for 2007 in Hubli. I believe the director is already working on getting permissions etc. Watch this space for more details. Update 7/5/2006: Register at KMC Hubli Alumni Network for more details.
Inviting all coders for four weekends of coding jamboree in Bangalore! Meet interesting people, create open source software, help your communities and win exciting prizes! Well, maybe you can do three out of the four. A bunch of my friends and ex-colleagues are going to get together for the next four weekends to “jam” and […]
Curious activity spotted in koramangala. Road repair work. I had an interesting conversation with a contractor supervising the road work turns out that they are laying MUD & jelly to fix the roads. Mud! I asked him again. Yes he said the road is very bad here. I just patted him for his thought. Now […]
First, i was able to check email from my mobile phone (nokia 6260) which was a huge deal for me. Then i discovered that i could send emails too! Once i figured out how to use the settings wizard. Next stop.. Surfing the net with opera mini.. What a browser. The icing on the cake., […]
Hmm, interesting article in the express about how Kaajal can be used as cheap source of carbon nano-tubules Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, announced that kajal constituted carbon nano tubes (CNT). So? Now consider this: till now the generation of CNT was an expensive affair in which an organic compound like benzene was vapourised and […]
By George Fox & Ashwinikumar Naik Current theories on the origin of life envision an RNA World as the culmination of chemical evolution. The extent of this RNA World, and the biochemical complexity of the progenotes1 that populated it, is subject to much debate. It, nevertheless, is likely a point of agreement among workers in […]
From the Airlinesindia.org website 1910: The first Indian, or maybe even Asian, to have an airplane is the young Maharaja of Patiala, Bhupinder Singh, who has a keen interest in aviation. Singh sends his Chief Engineer to Eurpoe for a study with orders to buy three planes, including a Bleriot monoplane and Farman biplanes, which […]
British entrepreneur Freddie Laker is recognized world over as the person who pioneered venture to open the skies for low cost travel in 1977. The Sky Train went bust in 1982 when stronger competitors used unfair means to drive him out of the business. But his legacy not only lives on but has since become […]