News Digest 1 Sep 2014
Mind over matter: Scientists find way to email brainwave
Ahmedabad Mirror | 30 Aug 2014
Scientist in Thiruvananthapuram transmits message into the mind of a
colleague 5,000 miles away in France's Strasbourg using brainwaves. Brain-wave
sensing machines have been used to `telepath ically' control everything from
real-life helicopters to characters in a computer game. Now the technology has
gone a step further by allowing someone in India to send an email to his
colleague in France using nothing but the power of his mind. Read
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GUJARAT VIDYAPITH WANTS TO TEACH PEOPLE - A
for alternative...E for energy
Ahmedabad Mirror | 28 Aug 2014
The institute which has been making optimal use of alternative energy
has opened its campus for all who want to adopt eco-friendly ways. With a view
to promoting use of alternative energy, Gujarat Vidyapith has opened its campus
for people who want to adopt eco-friendly ways and reduce their power
consumption. Following Bapu's principle of `self-reliance', the Gandhian
institute has been making optimal use of alternative sources of energy on its
campus to run natural water coolers and bio-gas plants. Read
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A device that can help blind navigate
indoors
Ahmedabad Mirror | 27 Aug 2014
Researchers at the Monterrey Institute of Technology (ITESM) have
developed a device that can help visually impaired people in navigating
established routes like those in a large hospital or office by electrically
stimulating the vestibular apparatus, an organ that is associated with balance.
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WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? : It's not rocket
science. Making money, retaining and doubling it is about changing your mind's
blueprint
Ahmedabad Mirror | 27 Aug 2014
Flitting between England, Dubai and Mumbai, Arfeen Khan coaches
clients in the art of making, retaining and multi plying money. He is a life
and financial coach rolled into one, and the author of The Secret Millionaire
Blueprint. In the 17 years that he has been a coach, Khan says 80 per cent of
people he has encountered have grown up believing either that money is hard to
make, or that it is the root of all evil. “These thoughts are rooted deep in
our subconscious, and have overtaken our thinking,“ he says, asking, “What's
wrong with making money? Stop feeling guilty if you desire to make loads of
it.“ Read
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Women IAS officers get plum postings
Ahmedabad
Mirror | 26 Aug 2014
Chief Minister Anandiben Patel's first major reshuffle of senior
bureaucrats reflects her confidence in women; some high profile officials get
cast away. Under the guidance of prime minister and her political men tor
Narendra Modi, Chief Min ister Anandiben Patel seems to have learnt her lessons
well. In the first major reshuffle of senior bureaucrats on Monday, she has
given shape to her core team to run the state administration. The reshuffle of
26 bureaucrats saw some in high profile getting shunted out while known
performers being rewarded. Read
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Robo Brain to teach robots everything
Ahmedabad
Mirror | 26 Aug 2014
Researchers plan to create Robo Brain that will use the Internet to
teach future robots how to achieve almost any task at hand. Robo Brain a
large-scale computational system that learns from publicly available Internet
resources is currently downloading and processing about 1 billion images,
1,20,000 YouTube videos, and 100 million how-to documents and appliance
manuals. Read
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Flexible Working : સમયમાં છૂટછાટની નીતિ સર્વને લાભકર્તા છે.
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સોલાર કારનું સપનું
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Microchip in Pursuit of CSR
TAIPEI — It’s official. Microchip
Technology CEO Steve Sanghi, once known as a skeptic on the Internet of Things,
wants to join the parade big time, as it pursues the UK-based leading Bluetooth
chip vendor CSR as a potential acquisition target. Microchip confirmed Thursday
that it has had “preliminary mutual discussions with CSR.” Read More
Imagination Takes On
Raspberry Pi
BRISTOL, UK — Does the electronics
industry need another low cost development board? After all, we already have
nearly 1.5m Raspberry Pi $25 boards shipped worldwide, as well as a plethora of
Arduino and Beagle boards. There's even the Galileo boards from Intel using the
low cost, low power x86 X1000 Quark processor. Read More
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