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Friday, 30 January 2015

12 Things That India Achieved Due To Obama's Visit


In his talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, US President Barack Obama managed to remove the hurdles to operationalise the civil nuclear deal besides deciding to jointly produce military hardware and stepping up economic engagement. In what Obama called a "breakthrough", the two sides resolved key hurdles pertaining to the liability of suppliers of nuclear reactors in the event of an accident and the tracking of fuel supplied by the US. Below are 12 big pluses from the Modi-Obama arrangement:

1. Nuclear logjam broken.

The significance of the completion of the India-US nuclear deal cannot be overstated. Signed in 2005, with an NSG waiver in 2008, the deal in limbo for a few years.
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2. India crosses nuclear liability hurdle.

Easier for companies to invest in India's nuclear power sector.
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3. Funds flow of $4 billion.

Obama announced $4 billion of new initiatives to boost trade/ investment ties, jobs in India via Exim Bank and OPIC. Opened new source of financing for social development ventures with an Indian Diaspora Investment Initiative.
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4. Clean energy boost.

The $4 billion deals include $2 billion of leveraged financing for renewable energy investment and $1 billion in loans for small medium businesses.
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5. Made in the USA.

US Exim Bank will finance a billion dollars to support 'Made in America' exports to India over two years.
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6. Make babudom accountable.

Creation of a high-level India strategic and commercial dialogue to monitor progress on pacts and vision statements. Will hold bureaucracy accountable on both sides.
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7. Big agreements.

Start discussions on the Totalisation Agreement & bilateral investment treaty. Commitment from PM his office will track big projects.
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8. Defence framework agreement.

Renewed for 10 years and Defense Technology and Trade Initiative operationalized with focus on co-development and coproduction in India for India and global market, should boost 'Make in India'.
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9. Defence equipment co-developed in India.

The first four Raven mini UAVs, mobile hybrid power source, chemical/bio protection gear, roll on-roll off intelligence, surveillance modules for C-130J aircraft.
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10. More on climate change.

Personal priority for both leaders. Indian industry working towards clean energy, US extends support in this mission, agreement reached on climate change issues.
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11. Message to China.

Convergence on issue of East Asia-facing strategic initiatives. US, India and other Asia-Pacific countries to work to strengthen regional ties, sending China a strong message.
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12. Tracking terror. 

Both to increase cooperation. Similar to the Sept statement, Pak-based anti-India terror groups named in joint statement. To share cyber threat information.
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Saturday, 17 January 2015

Year 2014 ranked as Earth’s hottest year since 1880


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Who: Year 2014
What: ranked as Earth’s hottest year since 1880
When: 16 January 2015 
The year 2014 was ranked as the Earth’s hottest year since 1880 as per the two separate analyses done by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists. The findings of NASA and NOAA were released on 16 January 2015.
Both NASA and NOAA conducted independent analyses based on satellite and ground readings, but they arrived at similar conclusions.
The global average temperature for 2014 was roughly 1.24°F (or 0.69°C) warmer than the 20th-century average that included record heat in the western United States, Europe, Australia, and much of the Pacific Ocean.
Rankings of 10 warmest years
1. 2014
2. 2010
3. 2005
4. 2007
5. 1998
6. 2002
7. 2013
8. 2009
9. 2003
10. 2006
Findings
As per GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP), since 1880, Earth’s average surface temperature has warmed by about 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit (0.8 degrees Celsius), which was caused by the increase in carbon dioxide into the planet’s atmosphere.
The 2014 temperatures were the warmest ones, but scientists still expect to see year-to-year fluctuations in average global temperature caused by phenomena such as El Nino or La Nina.
The phenomena El Nino and La Nina in the Pacific Ocean played an important role in the flattening of the long-term warming trend over the past 15 years. Moreover, 2014’s record warmth occurred during an El Nino-neutral year.
Regional differences in temperature are more strongly affected by weather dynamics than the global mean temperature.
Study Process
The scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York mapped the five-year global temperature averages from 1880 to 2014.
The GISS analysis incorporated surface temperature measurements from 6300 weather stations, ship- and buoy-based observations of sea surface temperatures and temperature measurements from Antarctic research stations.
This raw data was analyzed using an algorithm that measures the varied spacing of temperature stations around the globe. The result is an estimate of the global average temperature difference from a baseline period of 1951 to 1980.

Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Top 10 Latest Technologies Around the World



Technological inventions spreading in different fields brought devastating change in our thinking. From medical to wearables, from home appliances to transportation, we are confronting with latest inventions. The historic invention of computers had a gradual impact on researches and finally we are now living in a world where each day gives birth to a new technology. The latest technologies have resulted to such an extent that now your dream can be recorded, doctors can feel the touch of your inner organs in air while performing any experiment, you can simply punch your finger instead of using cards or pins in the ATM for any monitory transaction and many more. These latest technologies are pointing towards our near future when we, as human being, will be able to predict the events of our coming days.
Despite of the enormous number of technological inventions, we are here, with 10 latest technologies which can affect our life to a certain degree.

1. Latest technologies in Wearable Electronics (Wearable bio sensors, Wearable watch, Google glass, etc):

Wearable electronics can be termed as wearable miniature computers which you can easily carry as an accessory on your body. Mainly sensor technology is incorporated in them. These latest technologies in wearables have continuous contact with their connected devices, thereby, relieving from the task of operating them. They are meant to perform multi-functionally. By inducing the gestures into them, they start working according to your will. Here are few wearable electronics which are of maximum demand in the market.
  • Wearable Bio sensors are wearable health monitoring devices which sends test reports in the form of data encryption into their assigned computers which may be located far away from your body.
                    ​Wearable Bio Sensors
                                          Fig: Latest technologies in Wearable Bio sensors.
          ​    Smart Watch
                                                      Fig: Smart Watch
  • Google Glass developed by Google, is a head-mounted optical device which sends information to the connected smart phones by using voice commands.
               ​Google Glass
                                Fig: Latest technologies used in Google Glass.
There are various numbers of other latest technologies wearable devices which are induced with latest technologies but functions more or less in the same way. Only thing is there way of communication which is different for different devices.
  • Smart TattoosSmart tattoos can be fixed temporary on your body. There are many tiny sensors embedded on to the smart tattoos. These Smart tattoos work with the help of human sweat. During exercise, our body temperature increases, sweat will be produced and the smart tattoo will help to measure the lactate present in the human body sweat. With this lactate, smart tattoos produce some amount of charge (Microwatts)…more
                                        ​Smart tattoos
                                          Fig: Latest technologies used in Smart Tattoos.
  • Wearable Smart Lens / Google smart contact lens: Google’s smart contact lens is used for measuring the diabetic patient’s glucose levels with the help of their tear fluids and it will alert the measured value to the user through their smart phones, which is linked with the Google’s smart contact lens. Small sensors, chips and wireless antenna etc. are embedded into these Google’s smart contact lens for providing accurate glucose level reading to the user. This smart lens can also solve problems related to presbyopia and corrects vision…more
             ​Smart Lens
                          Fig:Latest technologies in Google smart contact lens

2. Latest technologies in Ultra private Smartphones:

Previously we used phones which had no security locking technology. But with the inevitable technical scams occurring with our private data, which we feel as securely saved in our phones, smartphone industry is coming forth with new developments for security concern in their devices. Now no more entering passwords or patterns for maintaining privacy of phone data. The phones are rather incorporated with fingerprint sensor. With the help of this technology one can view their private data just by creating their unique finger impression on the phone screens. This is an ultra-secured-technology which gave birth to the ultra private smartphones.              

3. Latest technologies in Micro scale 3D printing (Bio printing etc):

The bio printing technology revolves around the fact that the print of a particular tissue in the laboratory will allow you to show its multi-cellular building blocks. This is done by the bio ink which is released from the bio printer. This bio ink prints the targeted output by creating multiple printing layers of the tissue.
Similar kinds of latest technologies are used in 3D printing machines for creating three-dimensional object. A 3D printer is termed as an industrial robot which is used in formation of objects of different shapes. For getting further informations regarding 3D printing and Bio Printing latest technologies go through these topics.. 3D printingBio Printing

4. Latest technologies in Neuromorphic chips:

In the late years of 1980, Craver Mead used very-large-scale-integration systems to represent neuron-biological structures. These systems consisted of analogue circuits which initiated this procedure. The technology was known as Neuromorphic-engineering or Neuromorphic-computing. In today’s world, neuromorphic is still described in the same way but the circuits are a combination of analogue as well as digital resulting to generation of processors/chips. This technology, with the combination of biology, physics, chemistry, mathematics, designs artificial neuron systems like, vision system, hearing system etc. In general they have the aim of creating all the sensory nerves which are connected to the brain.
    Neuromorphic Chips

5. Latest technologies in Solar power and smart wind:

Smart wind technology and solar power technologies are incorporated with artificial intelligence-based software. These latest technologies are mostly huge farms consisting of sensor induced wind turbines or solar devices. They have the capability to transmit accurate data to the nearest atmospheric research centers, which they attain from weather satellites. This enhances various research units to use the accurate weather forecast for generating renewable energy at a comparatively low cost. For Further Readings...
  ​Solar PanelWind Mill

6. Latest technologies in Humanoid robotics Field:

Humanoid robots are robots which are constructed in the form of human. These robots have the capability to interact with human environment. The structure of this robot is similar to that of a human. They consist of two hands, two legs, head and human torso which make them identical to human body. The humanoids are sensor-based robots. They are induced with Proprioceptive sensor and Exteroceptive Sensor. The former sensor technology helps for positioning and orientation of the robot’s body. The latter technology provides sensations which are created due to the sensory organs. The robots are fitted with actuators which allow motion. Hence this sensor-based technology can create magic by imitating human gestures and collating informations throughout the world.
  Humanoid RobotHumanoid Robot

7. Latest technologies in Screenless Display:

Screenless display is defined as a technique in which the visual informations from the video are directly transmitted to the retina of your eyes without using a screen. There are three of its kinds viz,
  • Visual image is a screenless display which involves formation of image which is perceived by your eyes. In this case light is reflected off some intermediate area before your retina perceives.
  • Retinal Display is another form of screenless display in which visual image is created in the retina of your eyes directly. This means there are no intermediate objects for reflection and the image is directly projected on your eyes.
  • Synaptic Interface is that form of screenless display which does not use light to create any image. The image is sent directly to the brain without interacting with the eyes.
  ​Screenless displayHolographic Display

8. Latest technologies in Agricultural Drones:

Drones are flying devices, built for the surveillance of various farming fields. These devices have camera which capture videos of the growing crops and transmit the data to its connected computer. This technology is a bit cost effective, but it is efficient and results in increased yielding of crops. This easy using surveillance device gives high return on investments in this field.
               Agricultural Drones

9. Latest technologies in Augmented reality / Virtual reality:

Augmented Reality is the mixing of virtual reality and real life. With augmented reality, developers can have interaction of the virtual components in the real world.
On the other hand, Virtual Reality is creating a virtual world and directly interacting with it.
    ARAR and VR
AR and VR are almost two same technologies whose main purpose is to force you to enter into a virtual world. But the main difference between them is, AR keeps connection with the real world and VR has no connection to the real world. VR is preferably used in constructing video games.

10. Latest technologies in Brain to Computer Interface:

    BCI Products          BCI
The brain-computer interface or a mind-machine interface is a technology which initiates direct communication between your brain and computer. This bio-technological development has led to cure cognitive diseases like hearing or vision or movement disorders. These machines are responsible for setting-up artificial sensory functions with the help of computers.

Thursday, 8 January 2015

7 weirdest gadgets at CES 2015

1. This $6,000 smartphone by Lamborghini
The $6,500 Conino Lamborghini smartphone
Sorry, Lamborghini. We can’t stop shaking our heads.

2. This wearable, for your pet
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Pet wearables aren’t exactly new, but the idea of the “connected canine” still prompts an involuntary head scratch. The Motorola Scout 5000 is the highest tech of the bunch.

3. This gadget that makes your garden ‘smart’
The Edyn smart garden gadget
Edyn’s smart garden gadget packs sensors that tell you when to water your plants (important for new plant dads like yours truly).

4. This scooter has a network of batteries that you share with other riders
GoGoRo electric scooter wit swappable batteries
GoGoRo’s electric scooter made waves this week for its sleek design and swappable, shareable batteries.

5. A … smart duck?
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This smart duck doubles as a wireless speaker and can play games with a companion app.

6. This robot that plays beer-pong better than you
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Empire Robotics is actually a serious company that specializes in “flexible robotic end-effectors.”

7. These Skechers gaming shoes

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Imagine never paying attention in school … ever, ever again.

Asus ZenFone 2 With 4GB RAM, ZenFone Zoom With Optical Zoom Launched at CES

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Asus, as expected, on Monday launched the ZenFone 2 at CES 2015 alongside the ZenFone Zoom - a smartphone with 3x optical zoom.The Asus ZenFone Zoom, on the other hand, will be available in Q2 2015 in Glacier White and Meteorite Black colours, and has been priced at $399 (Rs. 25,300 approximately) before taxes.asus_zenfone_zoom.jpgKey Specifications:
  • 5.5-inch 1080p IPS display (403ppi)
  • Android 5.0 Lollipop
  • up to 128GB built-in storage
  • 13MP rear camera
  • F2.7- to 4.8 aperture
  • 10-element lenses with 3X optical zoom
  • optical image stabilization (OIS)
  • laser auto-focus
  • dual-color Real Tone flash
  • 5MP front camera, F2.0  aperture, 88-degree viewing angle 
  • 3000mAh Battery


The Taiwanese handset maker revealed that the new Asus ZenFone 2 will be available in Q2 2015 (March) in several colour variants - Ceramic White, Glacier Gray, Glamour Red, Osmium Black, and Sheer Gold. It will be available at a starting price of $199 (Rs. 12,600 approximately).
The Asus ZenFone 2 is the "industry's first smartphone" packing 4GB of RAM. It is powered by a 64-bit Intel Atom Z3580 quad-core processor running at 2.3GHz. Notably, the smartphone will be available in two RAM variants - one with 2GB of LPDDR3 RAM, and another with 4GB of LPDDR3 RAM. Both versions will support expandable storage via microSD card (up to 64GB). It will be available in three inbuilt storage models - 16GB/32GB/64GB.
It runs company's brand new Asus ZenUI based on Google's Android 5.0 Lollipop. The ZenFone 2 features a large 5.5-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) IPS display offering a pixel density of 403ppi. The display is protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 3.
The smartphone sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.0-aperture, autofocus lens with dual-color Real Tone flash. There is a 5-megapixel front camera also onboard the ZenFone 2 with 85-degree wide-angle lens. Asus's Zen UI packs few camera improvement tools such as low light mode, backlight (HDR) mode, enhanced beautification mode, manual mode, and zero shutter lag.
The Asus ZenFone 2 supports dual Micro-SIMs (GSM+GSM) and comes with 4G LTE (Cat. 4) connectivity support apart from 3G, GPRS/ EDGE, GPS/ A-GPS, Bluetooth, Glonass, Wi-Fi, USB OTG, and NFC.
It is backed by a 3000mAh battery and the company claims with fast-charging technology, the ZenFone 2 can recharge up to 60 percent in just 39 minutes. It includes sensors such as accelerometer, proximity, ambient-light, gyroscopic, and digital compass.
The Asus ZenFone Zoom, on the other hand, is said to be designed with the photographer in mind and supports 3x optical zoom.
Running on the latest Asus ZenUI based on Android 5.0 Lollipop, it comes with almost similar specifications as the ZenFone 2 except that the ZenFone Zoom sports a 13-megapixel rear camera with f/2.7 to 4.8-aperture, 10-element lenses with 3X optical zoom, OIS (optical image stabilisation), laser auto-focus and dual-color Real Tone flash.
The company touts that with a thickness of just 11.95mm, the ZenFone Zoom is the "world's thinnest 3X optical smartphone offering up to 12X zoom-in effect." The Asus ZenFone Zoom includes 128GB of inbuilt storage.