Tuesday 31 May 2016

BIONIC EYE (Visual Prosthetic)

VISUAL PROSTHETIC

A visual prosthesis, often referred to as a bionic eye, is an experimental visual device intended to restore functional vision in those suffering from partial or total blindness.

Netaji lived as K K Bhandari in Shalumari Ashram.......

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose lived as K K Bhandari in Shalumari Ashram

HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT BUTTERFISH?

BUTTERFISH

Butterfish , any of thin,deep-bodied , more or less oval and silvery fishes of the family Stromateidae (order Perciformes). Butterfishes are found in warm and temperate seas and are characterized by a small mouth, forked tail and a single dorsal fin. Like the related rudderfishes (Centrolophidae) and man-of-war fishes (Nomeidae), they also have peculiar toothed outpocketings in the esophagus. (The Centrolophidae and Nomeidae have sometimes included in Stromateidae.)

Certain butterfishes, such as the dollarfish(Poronotus triacanthus), are noted for taking shelter when young among the tentacles of jellyfishes. The dollarfish and several other species of butterfishes are commonly used as food. Among these are the harvest fish (Peprilus alepidotus), an Atlantic species that usually grows to about 20 cm (8 inches) long; the Pacific pompano (Peprilus simillimus), a silvery Californian fish; and Pampus argenteus, a black-spotted, Oriental fish.

Saturday 28 May 2016

THE FIRST CALCULATOR - ABACUS

ABACUS

Mesopotamians usher in the age of computing with the calculator.

The early calculating instrument we know as the abacus - consisting of a wooden frame supporting wires or rods on which wooden beads slide from side to side - was developed in Mesopotamia from a flat, sand covered, stone counting board on which pebbles were moved. This aid to calculation was in use long before the adoption of Hindu-Arabic numeral system and can be adapted to any numeral base. The abacus has a huge advantage over counting on the fingers of the hand, simply because it can be used to record very large numbers accurately.

The easiest type of abacus to understand is the modern Western version that uses a base of ten. Here each wire carries ten beads and represents a decadal unit, that is one, ten, 100, 1,000 and so on. A number, say 734,234 can be represented by positioning the respective number of beads, on each wire, against one side of the abacus. It is then a relatively easy task to add or subtract another number from the first one. After a calculation, the whole abacus can also be reset for futher computing by a simple shake.

Abaci was widely used throughout the ancient world and are still important as a teaching aid in pre-school. The movement of the beads helps children to understand the groupings of ten that are the foundation of our present number system.

Other abaci were produced with an interior dividing bar. The Chinese suan-pad, introduced about 1200 C.E., had five beads on one side of the bar and two above. The Japanese soroban originally had five-to-one bead distribution. The Russian schety followed the European pattern with ten beads and no bar.

Friday 27 May 2016

BOSE--EINSTEIN CONDENSATE

Bose-Einstein condensate

A Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) is a state of matter of a dilute gas of bosons cooled to temperatures very close to absolute zero (that is, very near 0 K or −273.15 °C). Under such conditions, a large fraction of Bosons occupy the lowest quantum state, at which point macroscopic quantum phenomena become apparent.

This state was first predicted, generally, in 1924–25 by Satyendra Nath Bose and Albert Einstein

GRAPE SEED EXTRACT FIGHTS CANCER

Grape seed extract more effective than chemotherapy in advanced cancer

THE MOST DEADLY SELFIE

The most deadly selfie: Man killed while taking pictures with a 1.5-tonne WALRUS as the animal 'playfully dragged him into the water'

Shark Bay Bloodbath

Shark Bay Bloodbath: 70 Sharks Devour a

Humpback Whale

Brain treats rejection like physical pain

BRAIN TREATS REJECTION LIKE PHYSICAL PAIN

WORLD'S FASTEST HELICOPTER - EUROCOPTER X3

World's fastest helicopter

No junk-food diet: Even in cities, bees find flowers and avoid processed sugars

NO JUNK-FOOD DIET

New research from North Carolina State University finds that bees in urban areas stick to a flower-nectar diet, steering clear of processed sugars found in soda and other junk food.

ALLO

Allo Is Google's New Super-Powerful Messaging App

Watch This Drone Land on Walls and Ceilings Like an Insect

SERVICE DOG EARNS GRADUATE DEGREE

Johns Hopkins University Graduate Student Carlos Mora Certainly Put In A Lot Of Time And Effort To Earn His Master’s Degree In Counseling. He Conducted In-Depth Research, Completed Mountains Of Homework, And, With A Little Help From His Best Friend And Service Dog, A Golden Retriever Named Kirsch, Was Able To Attend Classes At The Prestigious Baltimore, Md. University.

A photo of Carlos Mora and his seeing-eye service dog, Kirsch, quickly went viral.

The World’s Biggest Cruise Ship Is Finally Here And It Looks Like Heaven On The Sea

Mind a date on the world’s largest cruise ship? Yes! You heard that right. The world’s largest cruise ship, “Harmony of the Seas”, has opened its doors to the public. Its not just the biggest cruise ship in the world, but the most expensive one ever built.

The ship was built for the US based Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited by the STX France yard in Saint-Nazaire on the Atlantic coast. Its 362 meter length makes it 50 meters longer than the height of the Eiffel tower! It will embark on its maiden voyage on 22nd May to Barcelona.

Enough said! Lets watch how it looks inside out!