Sunday, 2 September 2012

Dolphin Carries Her Dead Baby for Three Days

A dolphin carrying her deceased calf out to sea was
filmed off the coast of the Guangxi Zhuang region,
in China. The female dolphin was spotted carrying
the 1.5-meter long baby on her dorsal fin as she
swam in the Sanniang Bay.
It’s pink skin indicated it was a newborn and it is
believed the female has carried it since its death
three days ago. A large gash, approximately a foot
long, was visible across the calf’s belly.It is possible
the infant was killed by the propeller offer a boat.
The dolphin was thought to be moving her dead calf
away from the shore to lay it to rest in deeper
water

Saturday, 1 September 2012

MOTHERS love ......... share it .... and show love at ur parents.....

This is a true story of Mother’s Sacrifice during the Japan Earthquake.

After the Earthquake had subsided, when the rescuers reached the ruins of a young woman’s house, they saw her dead body through the cracks. But her pose was somehow strange that she knelt on her knees like a person was worshiping; her body was leaning forward, and her two hands were supporting by an object. The collapsed house had crashed her back and her head.

With so many difficulties, the leader of the rescuer team put his hand through a narrow gap on the wall to reach the woman’s body. He was hoping that this woman could be still alive. However, the cold and stiff body told him that she had passed away for sure.
He and the rest of the team left this house and were going to search the next collapsed building. For some reasons, the team leader was driven by a compelling force to go back to the ruin house of the dead woman. Again, he knelt down and used his had through the narrow cracks to search the little space under the dead body. Suddenly, he screamed with excitement,” A child! There is a child! “


The whole team worked together; carefully they removed the piles of ruined objects around the dead woman. There was a 3 months old little boy wrapped in a flowery blanket under his mother’s dead body. Obviously, the woman had made an ultimate sacrifice for saving her son. When her house was falling, she used her body to make a cover to protect her son. The little boy was still sleeping peacefully when the team leader picked him up.

The medical doctor came quickly to exam the little boy. After he opened the blanket, he saw a cell phone inside the blanket. There was a text message on the screen. It said,” If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” This cell phone was passing around from one hand to another. Every body that read the message wept. ” If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” Such is the mother’s love for her child!!


frog..

The Costa Rican Variable Harlequin Toad (Atelopus varius), also known as the clown frog, is a neo-tropical true toad from the family Bufonidae (Crump 1986). Once ranging from Costa Rica to Panama, A. varius is now listed as critically endangered and has been reduced to a single remnant population near Quepos, Costa Rica (rediscovered in 2003) and is presumed to be extinct in Panama (IUCN, personal correspondence 2007). Recent variation in air temperature, precipitation, stream flow patterns, and the subsequent spread of a pathogenic chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) linked to global climate change have been the leading cause of decline for A. varius (Lips et al. 2003 and Pounds et al. 2006). A. zeteki has been considered a subspecies of A. varius, but is now generally considered a separate species (Savage, 2002).

Balancing Rocks!


These balancing rocks in Utah's Moab Desert formed
because wind eroded the lower-down rock layers
faster than it eroded the thicker caprock. Because
earthquakes can topple these balancing rocks, their
presence indicates that an area exhibits tectonic
stability.


samsung

food

What foods should you avoid if you suffer from high cholesterol?

High cholesterol levels are bad because they causes problems in the heart, and can also heighten your risk for many heart diseases. Cholesterol is also know to run in familie
s, so there are things that you can do to keep your cholesterol down. People will high cholesterol should stay at around 200 mg of cholesterol a day. If you eat 1 egg for breakfast, that egg contains 213 mg. Try fruit or a healthy whole grain cereal. Cheeseburgers are delicious, but are also so high in all the things we shouldn’t eat. For example, a Big Mac has 85 mg of cholesterol, almost half of what you should have in a day. Another all-American food is macaroni and cheese, yet this isn’t very good for you either. However, using a few substitutes can turn that around and make it a little more healthy. Ice cream is a favorite everywhere, but is another no-no for those with high cholesterol, 1 scoop having more cholesterol than 10 glazed donuts. Lastly, seafood is known to be high in cholesterol. If you do eat it, make sure it’s grilled, not fried, and keep away from the butter. Eating right will help you to live a little longer and enjoy more of your life. There are plenty of great tasting and healthy alternatives for these foods, so talk with your doctor about coming up with a tasty food plan. You don’t have to let your cholesterol control you.


Bear Grylls

Here are some facts about Bear Grylls, which probably you didn't know.

¤ His claim to fame is that he became the youngest person to
reach the tip of Mount Everest in 1998 at the age of 23. He made it
into the Guinness book of records but h
is record has since been broken - four times.

¤ Shockingly (not really), his name is not actually Bear. His real name is Edward Michael Grylls.

¤ His only sibling Lara gave him the nickname "Bear" when he was just a week old.

¤ He has a black belt in karate.

¤ He served three years with the British Special Air Service (21 SAS).

¤ It was with the SAS that he was trained in evasive driving, parachuting, demolitions, trauma
medic, unarmed combat and jungle warfare. At least it paid off.

¤ A year before climbing Mount
Everest, Grylls broke his back in three places in a free-fall
parachuting accident.

¤ His first book, Facing Up went into the top 10 best-seller list in Britain- it was also later launched
in the USA titled, The kid who climbed Mount Everest.

¤ Has written 11 books since, including four teenage fiction
books about survival titled Mission Survival.

¤ His 1st TV break came when he was approached to star in an advert for Sure for Men deodorant featuring the story of
his Mount Everest summit.

¤ The first major TV series he starred in was for Channel four,
called Escape to the legion, where he went through simulated basic training with legionnaires in North Africa.

¤ After this he was
commissioned to present 12 episodes, an hour each, for a
novel TV format called Man VS Wild on Discovery Channel.

¤ Man VS Wild went on to become No 1 cable show in all of
America, reaching a global audience of over 1.2 bn viewers,
in over 200 countries.

¤ In 2007, he led an attempt to become the first man to fly a
powered paraglider to a height above the world’s highest peak -
his efforts raised $2.4m for various charities.

¤ He has released a Man VS Wild Xbox, Playstation and Wii
game with Discovery Channel.

¤ While raising funds for charities in 2007, he got into trouble after it came to light that he and his camera crew spend
their nights in luxurious hotel rooms, rather than camping in the wild as his show depicted. The show was taken off the air and returned with a disclaimer:
"Bear Grylls and the crew receive support when they are in
potentially life threatening situations, as required by health and safety regulations."

¤ Grylls has consumed raw frozen yak eyeballs, camel intestine juice, raw goat testicles, a live snake, maggots as big as a hand, pulsating with yellow pus, and a giant live spider as part of his show.

¤ His favourite TV show as a kid was unsurprisingly (unlike his food tastes) MacGyver and The A-
team.

¤ He was appointed Chief Scout by the Scout association at the age of 35 in 2009. He became the youngest person ever to hold this position making him the Chief
Representative for millions of scouts around the world.

¤ Some of the injuries he has suffered over the years include crushed shoulders, a sliced finger, a broken elbow, a smashed knee cartilage, a broken big toe, a chipped shin bone, a
dislocated hip as well as various bites from snakes, bats, scorpions and 4319 mosquitoes (apparently he's into details).

¤ He attended prestigious British school, Eton College.
Enough said.

¤ In 1997, he also became the youngest Briton to climb the
iconic Mount Ama Dablam in the
Himalayas (6858m), a peak once described by Sir Edmund Hillary as "Unclimbable". Over-achieving
much?

¤ 90 days – the number of days it took for him to reach the top of Mount Everest.

¤ This guy is actually married and has 2 kids. His son already
saved a life at the age of seven when he rescued a girl who was drowning in a pool.



Photo: Here are some facts about Bear Grylls, which probably you didn't know.

¤ His claim to fame is that he became the youngest person to
reach the tip of Mount Everest in 1998 at the age of 23. He made it
into the Guinness book of records but his record has since been broken - four times.

¤ Shockingly (not really), his name is not actually Bear. His real name is Edward Michael Grylls.

¤ His only sibling Lara gave him the nickname "Bear" when he was just a week old.

¤ He has a black belt in karate.

¤ He served three years with the British Special Air Service (21 SAS).

¤ It was with the SAS that he was trained in evasive driving, parachuting, demolitions, trauma
medic, unarmed combat and jungle warfare. At least it paid off.

¤ A year before climbing Mount
Everest, Grylls broke his back in three places in a free-fall
parachuting accident.

¤ His first book, Facing Up went into the top 10 best-seller list in Britain- it was also later launched
in the USA titled, The kid who climbed Mount Everest.

¤ Has written 11 books since, including four teenage fiction
books about survival titled Mission Survival.

¤ His 1st TV break came when he was approached to star in an advert for Sure for Men deodorant featuring the story of
his Mount Everest summit.

¤ The first major TV series he starred in was for Channel four,
called Escape to the legion, where he went through simulated basic training with legionnaires in North Africa.

¤ After this he was
commissioned to present 12 episodes, an hour each, for a
novel TV format called Man VS Wild on Discovery Channel.

¤ Man VS Wild went on to become No 1 cable show in all of
America, reaching a global audience of over 1.2 bn viewers,
in over 200 countries.

¤ In 2007, he led an attempt to become the first man to fly a
powered paraglider to a height above the world’s highest peak -
his efforts raised $2.4m for various charities.

¤ He has released a Man VS Wild Xbox, Playstation and Wii
game with Discovery Channel.

¤ While raising funds for charities in 2007, he got into trouble after it came to light that he and his camera crew spend
their nights in luxurious hotel rooms, rather than camping in the wild as his show depicted. The show was taken off the air and returned with a disclaimer:
"Bear Grylls and the crew receive support when they are in
potentially life threatening situations, as required by health and safety regulations."

¤ Grylls has consumed raw frozen yak eyeballs, camel intestine juice, raw goat testicles, a live snake, maggots as big as a hand, pulsating with yellow pus, and a giant live spider as part of his show.

¤ His favourite TV show as a kid was unsurprisingly (unlike his food tastes) MacGyver and The A-
team.

¤ He was appointed Chief Scout by the Scout association at the age of 35 in 2009. He became the youngest person ever to hold this position making him the Chief
Representative for millions of scouts around the world.

¤ Some of the injuries he has suffered over the years include crushed shoulders, a sliced finger, a broken elbow, a smashed knee cartilage, a broken big toe, a chipped shin bone, a
dislocated hip as well as various bites from snakes, bats, scorpions and 4319 mosquitoes (apparently he's into details).

¤ He attended prestigious British school, Eton College.
Enough said.

¤ In 1997, he also became the youngest Briton to climb the
iconic Mount Ama Dablam in the
Himalayas (6858m), a peak once described by Sir Edmund Hillary as "Unclimbable". Over-achieving
much?

¤ 90 days – the number of days it took for him to reach the top of Mount Everest.

¤ This guy is actually married and has 2 kids. His son already
saved a life at the age of seven when he rescued a girl who was drowning in a pool.

Can we get Maxi. [SHARES] for this awesome man??

>Vivek Ravin 
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Thursday, 30 August 2012

WeeBots

Driveable Robots for Babies Who Need Them


This is a WeeBot. It's one of the very few times it's okay to combine robots with babies, because a WeeBot is basically a way of turning a real baby into an unstoppable fusion of biology and engineering. Yes, we're talking about cyborg babiesRun!
Babies, as you may have noticed if you own one, like to get into all sorts of mischief, and studies show that exploring and interacting with the world is important for cognitive development. Babies who can't move around as well may not develop at the same rate as babies who can, which is why researchers from Ithaca College in New York are working on a way to fuse babies with robots to give mobility to allbabies, even those with conditions that may delay independent mobility, like Down syndrome, spina bifida, or cerebral palsy.
The robots in question, called WeeBots, are Adept MobileRobots Pioneer P3-DX bases. On top of the bases are Nintendo Wii balance boards, which are rectangular platforms with load sensors at the corners. A commercial infant seat is placed on top of the balance board, and the robot can then be calibrated to move in whichever direction the baby leans. You might think that a six month old baby wouldn't necessarily have the facility to control a robot like this, but they catch on surprisingly quickly:
To test out the WeeBot, the researchers borrowed five infants, ranging in age from six months to nine months. Each infant was given five training sessions on the robot using a toy as bait, and by the end of those sessions, the babies were reliably able to control the WeeBot in goal-directed movement during periods of free play. All of the babies in the study were developing typically for their age; none of them had the ability to crawl, so the robots were their only means of transportation.
This was just a pilot study to make sure that the WeeBot worked, but recently published continuing research has also tried using WeeBots with infants with mobility disorders. It's turning out to be difficult for some babies to sit up enough to control the WeebBot by leaning, but in at least one case, a fifteen month old boy with cerebral palsy was able to learn to control a WeeBot, after which he started to develop crawling skills on his own.
Clearly, there's a lot of promising work going on here, and as the video shows, it's impressive how early these babies can be turned into robot drivers. Our hope is that eventually, the researchers will give WeeBots tank treads or jetpacks or something and see what these babies are really capable of.

Wednesday, 29 August 2012

sound energy

Sound is produced, the energy of sound waves as they travel through a particular medium. Sound waves cause vibrations of the pressure that lead to a certain degree of condensation and rarefaction in the media, through which the sound waves. Sound energy is also a form of mechanical energy, it is not contained in discrete particles and is not to cause a chemical change you, but is purely to pressure its vibrations that you want. Sound energy is used in general non-electric energy or for other human energy needs since the amount of energy that can be made from clay, is quite small.
Energy is the amount of work by a given power system, object, or anything else can be done in a position to perform work. The work is simply the ability to cause changes in defining a system that can include everything from a change in the position to a change in heat energy. The amount of work that can be performed by common every day sounds, is quite small, so that no sound is often thought of in terms of the energy it contains. Sound energy is there, however, change sound waves cause a vibration, even if such changes small.


Instead of measuring sound in typical units of energy such as joules, tend scientists and others measure it in terms of pressure and intensity with units such as Pascal and decibels. Sound measurements are, by their very nature, compared to other sounds that cause more or less pressure. Normally, the tone in regard to the way it is perceived to be of healthy human ears described. A sound that is produced from 100 Pascal pressure at an intensity of about 135 decibels, for example, commonly described as the pain threshold. There is enough pressure and intensity, which are often combined in the common term "loudness" to cause physical pain.

Sound energy is closely related to the ability of the human ear to perceive sound similar. The wide outer region of the ear is maximized in order to collect sound waves. Sound energy is amplified and passed through the outer ear, striking the eardrum, which transmits sound to the inner ear. Auditory nerve to fire the special vibrations of sound waves in the inner ear, which refer to such things as pitch and loudness of the sound. The ear is in an optimal way to interpret the energy in the form of sound vibrations set. 

Color pen scanner????

Jinsun Park is a South Korean designer that invented this tool. He was probably inspired by the eyedoppertool from Photoshop which allows you to pick the color of any object on the canvas and use it for drawing other objects on your PC. The Park’s invention does the same thing, but in the real world. At the end of this concept tool is a color sensor that scans a real world color. After the scanning process a micro-computer calculates the amounts of red, green and blue inks that are needed to recreate the scanned color. On the other end is a ball point where the mixed ink flows from. It is a bit strange that the pen uses the RGB (Red-Green-Blue) color model which is typical for digital displays as PC monitors and TV. Normally for printings computers use the CMYK model (Cyan-Magenta-Yellow-blacK). But aside of this, the ability to paint with color of the apple or the strawberry you just saw is quite interesting. 

Well, I’m not sure what is the practical value of this pen. But I’m not an artist, however, may be some painter or graphic designer will be able to give competent opinion. 

LAPTOP KITCHEN

Desktop (or would that be counter-top?) kitchens are so 2000s. Drawing design inspiration from that most familiar of everyday portable devices, this conceptual kitchen-to-go contains a four-tier induction cooking element, built-in cutting board, ingredient grater and, of course, a touchscreen interface and wireless connectivity.
A few button touches bring up favorite recipes or new cooking ideas and nutritional information on ingredients or menus. Bluetooth, wifi and camera included, of course (what device doesn’t come with those these days?).

It may yet be a bit of a daydream, though, to suppose that such a thing would really work – there are issues such as safety (including separation of the heating element), power requirements and, maybe most of all, cleaning that need to be contended with before this work by Dragan Trenchevski could become a reality. And, alas, food means weight and space, as do pots and pans, so the portability needs some additional thought as well.



How to interface RFID with AVR microcontroller (ATmega16)


Knowingly or unknowingly the RFID technology is used by us in our day to day life. The most familiar example is seen in MNCs, schools and offices for daily attendance or automatic door opening system. The RFID contains two parts, namely, tag and receiver modem. When an RFID tag comes in the range of receiver, the tag gets activated and transmits its unique identification code to the receiver module.

The output of the RFID receiver is the unique ID in either serial (RS232) or wiegand format. Most of the receivers are equipped with additional hardware to send the extracted code in the above format, which can then be used by digital signal processors. This article shows the interfacing of ATmega16 with RFID.
// Program to get the 12 byte string and display it on LCD by Polling method:
/*
The RFID unique code is been displayed on LCE
LCD DATA port----PORT B
ctrl port------PORT D
                rs-------PD0
                rw-------PD1
                en-------PD2
*/

#define F_CPU 12000000UL

#define USART_BAUDRATE 9600
#define BAUD_PRESCALE (((F_CPU / (USART_BAUDRATE * 16UL))) - 1)

#include<avr/io.h>
#include<util/delay.h>

#define LCD_DATA PORTA                          // LCD data port
#define ctrl PORTB
#define en PB2                 // enable signal
#define rw PB1                 // read/write signal
#define rs PB0                   // register select signal

void LCD_cmd(unsigned char cmd);
void init_LCD(void);
void LCD_write(unsigned char data);

void usart_init();
unsigned int usart_getch();

unsigned char i, card[12];
void getcard_id(void);
void LCD_display(void);

int main(void)
{
                DDRA=0xff;                        //LCD_DATA port as output port
                DDRB=0x07;                       //ctrl as out put
                init_LCD();                           //initialization of LCD
                delay_ms(50);                   // delay of 50 milliseconds
                usart_init();                        // initiailztion of USART
                LCD_write_string("Unique ID No.");        //Function to display string on LCD
                while(1)
                {
                                getcard_id();      // Function to get RFID card no. from serial port
                                LCD_cmd(0xC0);               // to go in second line and zeroth position on LCD
                                LCD_display();                   // a function to write RFID card no. on LCD
                }
                return 0;
}

void getcard_id(void)     //Function to get 12 byte ID no. from rfid card
{             
                for(i=0;i<12;i++)
                {
                                card[i]= usart_getch();  // receive card value byte by byte
                }
                return;
}

void LCD_display(void)  //Function for displaying ID no. on LCD
{
                for(i=0;i<12;i++)
                {
                                LCD_write(card[i]);         // display card value byte by byte
                }
                return;
}

void init_LCD(void)
{
                LCD_cmd(0x38);                               //initializtion of 16x2 LCD in 8bit mode
                _delay_ms(1);

                LCD_cmd(0x01);                               //clear LCD
                _delay_ms(1);

                LCD_cmd(0x0E);                               //cursor ON
                _delay_ms(1);

                LCD_cmd(0x80);                               // ---8 go to first line and --0 is for 0th position
                _delay_ms(1);
                return;
}

void LCD_cmd(unsigned char cmd)
{
                LCD_DATA=cmd;
                ctrl =(0<<rs)|(0<<rw)|(1<<en);
                _delay_ms(1);
                ctrl =(0<<rs)|(0<<rw)|(0<<en);
                _delay_ms(50);
                return;
}

void LCD_write(unsigned char data)
{
                LCD_DATA= data;
                ctrl = (1<<rs)|(0<<rw)|(1<<en);
                _delay_ms(1);
                ctrl = (1<<rs)|(0<<rw)|(0<<en);
                _delay_ms(50);                                               
                return ;
}

void usart_init()
{
                UCSRB |= (1 << RXEN) | (1 << TXEN);   // Turn on the transmission and reception circuitry
                UCSRC |= (1 << URSEL) | (1<<USBS) | (1 << UCSZ0) | (1 << UCSZ1);
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                // Use 8-bit character sizes

                UBRRL = BAUD_PRESCALE;          // Load lower 8-bits of the baud rate value..
                                                                                                                // into the low byte of the UBRR register
                UBRRH = (BAUD_PRESCALE >> 8); // Load upper 8-bits of the baud rate value..
                                                                                                                                  // into the high byte of the UBRR register
}

unsigned int usart_getch()
{
                while ((UCSRA & (1 << RXC)) == 0); // Do nothing until data have been received..
                                                                                   // and is ready to be read from UDR
                return(UDR); // return the byte
}

void LCD_write_string(unsigned char *str)           // take address value of the string in pointer *str
{
                int i=0;
                while(str[i]!='\0')                             // loop will go on till the NULL characters is soon in string
                {
                                LCD_write(str[i]);             // sending data on LCD byte by byte
                                i++;
                }
                return;
}

BIONIC EYE

Bionic eye 

 This mechanism allows some recovery of eyesight if the optic nerve is saved healthy. In most cases, this is a small camera attached to the eyeglasses. The camera takes a photo and sends it to an electronic module, hanging on the belt of the patient. The picture is black-and-white, with low resolution, i.e. perceive only rough outlines and there is no color vision. After processing of the electronic module picture is transmitted wirelessly to the antennas close to the eyeball. These antennas forward the signal to electrodes implanted into the retina. Another direction in this regard is the use of photovoltaic plate which converts light into electrons and delivers it to the brain via the optic nerve. At the moment this technology allows only making a difference between light and dark.

Cycle on the Recycled

Cycle on the Recycled: A $9 Cardboard Bike Set to Enter Production in Israel

The last time you purchased something made entirely from cardboard, chances are it was a box to pack up your belongings. While the sturdy material is perfect for moving your stuff, an inventor from Israel has figured out a way to make cardboard move you. Using nine dollars worth of materials, bicycle enthusiast Izhar Gafni has created a fully functioning, water-resistant bicycle, made, from seat to spokes, entirely of recycled cardboard. The technology makes the environmentalist's choice mode of transportation even a bit greener and easier on the wallet. 
The all cardboard bike is shockingly durable: it can carry riders who weigh up to 485 pounds. A layer of coating atop the cardboard shields the bike from the elements and gives the finished product the look and feel of lightweight plastic. While the cost to make the bicycle ranges from nine to twelve dollars, the manufacturer expects to sell the vehicle for sixty to ninety dollars depending on the optional addition of an electric motor.
“It's going to be a game-changer in the bike world,” says Giora Kariv, an Israeli artist and a longtime friend of Gafni's who made a documentary about the project. “Like Henry Ford who made the car available to anybody, this bike is going to be cheap and available to any child in the world, including children in Africa who walk dozens of miles to school everyday.”
According to Kariv's documentary, Gafni's cardboard bicycle was inspired by news that an inventor had succesfully built a cardboard canoe. Gafni's bike design was initially deemed "impossible" by three engineers, but over the course of three years, Gafni proved triumphant. He has since made four different prototypes and even created a training bike for youth using origami techniques to mold and strengthen the material.
Gafni's next steps involve establishing a company to produce and distribute his cardboard creation to the world market. He's currently working with investorz to have the product ready for mass-production and worldwide distribution by next year.

"Hover Bike"


Aerofex Corporation Shows Off Its Prototype "Hover Bike"



Flying cars and most other futuristic modes of transportation promised by science fiction have been a long time coming, but we do have a prototype "hover bike" now. Manhattan Beach, California-basedAerofex Corporation has been developing this vehicle for a while, but recent test-flight footage shows it in action.



Apparently this bike of the future, which uses two ducted fans, is controlled simply by the riders' natural sense of where to lean. It doesn't look like the world's most agile or stable mode of transportation, and it's obviously not as efficient or clean as the bike of the present, but it does look like fun. Now we just have to think up a use for it.

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