Flexible OLED displays

OLED is a new display technology. Using light-emitting organic materials, beautiful and efficient displays can be created. OLEDs are very thin, and in fact can be put on flexible materials (plastic or metal foil). So it's possible to make bendable, flexible displays. Because these displays will not be covered with glass, they'll also be more durable - and virtually shatter-proof.

                                      

Flexible OLED products

Flexible OLEDs are still in the R&D phase - and there aren't any products on the market yet. Samsung and LG Display seems to be the closest to commercialization. Samsung had plans to release such displays in 2012, but that didn't happen. Some say they will do so in early 2013, but it may actually take them longer to successfully mass produce flexible OLEDs. The first displays will probably be curved OLEDs that will not be bendable, with the main advantages being a lighter, thinner and unbreakable panel. Samsung plans to brand these displays as YOUM AMOLEDs.

LG Display also has an active Flexible OLED program, with an aim to start mass production towards the end of 2013. LG Display's flexible OLEDs will use the same technology as Samsung's flexible prototypes - a polyimide coated substrate and direct-emission RGB sub-pixels.

Flexible OLEDs research

There are several companies working towards commercializing flexible OLEDs. Several display makers (not just Samsung and LG that we mentioned before, but also AUO, Sony, Toshiba and others) have already unveiled prototypes. There are many other supply-chain companies and universities that are doing active research towards these kinds of displays.

   

SHOCKING HANDCUFFS !!

SHOCKING HANDCUFFS GIVE PRISONERS A JOLT FOR ACTING OUT !! 

It seems like everything is getting a high-tech upgrade these days, even mundane objects like handcuffs. According to a patent filed by Scottsdale Inventions, LLC of Paradise Valley, Arizona, a new restraint system could administer incapacitating jolts of electricity to prisoners. It works kind of like a Taser (A weapon firing barbs attached by wires to batteries, causing temporary paralysis.), which delivers shocks to a person’s central nervous system to temporarily subdue them with no long-lasting effects. The shocks could be activated by guards carrying remote controls, or by certain pre-set conditions occurring. These conditions could be anything from proximity to a certain object or area to violent movements.

An included accelerometer, microphone, camera, biometric sensor and a whole slew of other sensors would make it possible for prison guards to remotely monitor the location and even the behavior of prisoners. The cuffs could administer a warning for breaking the rules – maybe via beeps, flashing lights or a very weak electric shock – before breaking out the heavy-duty consequences. Perhaps the most alarming part of the design is its ability to release gases or dyes, or even inject the prisoner with a sedative drug in the case of extreme behavior.

A thought, tough conditions faced by cops.

Its a long article, but worth a read. :)

**Disclaimer: The following post is not at all intended to hurt anyone's sentiments or blame anyone. Its just a mere thought, an individuals thinking combined with facts attained from a newspaper. The overall intentions are good and to make people understand some conditions that they maybe unaware of.**

Lately I read a article on Delhi cops in the newspaper. There are times when the police fails to protect us and act on time ... and all the questions are laid down on the cops, that why they fail to protect us, fail act on time when expected to. Are we right at our places just to blame them? Or is there a reason behind that ... ?

I always thought as a kid, that being a police man, having so much respect it will be so great. People put all their trust in the police, fight crimes, help out the citizens ... Earn respect. Has the main value of the service been lost somewhere in this time? Of-course it is not. Not all the officers are the same, leaving out some, there are still many who want to keep up that respect and name of a police officer held high but unfortunately are drawn back due to some reasons.

A side of this was uncovered in the article, and would like to share the facts with you.

Police these days are termed as ineffective by the people, an uncouth force that terrorizes people rather than protect them ... The journalist Indrani Basu working with TOI spoke to a lower functionary of the force to unveil a lesser-known side of the daily functioning of the 76,000 - strong team that is supposed to keep the city safe.

The police man that had joined the force, never knew that how he's spend time doing things other than what he had been trained for. The control room roughly receives 24,000 calls daily; 70% of these are not policing matters. Almost daily the police receives calls for civic disputes, problems with electricity supply, pressure of stray dogs, monkeys - the list is endless. Civic agencies should handle such complaints, but people call the police as other control rooms don't spring into action. There have been issues when the police man himself has fetched electricians or other technicians to resolve some issue.

The public takes the police as unruly and uncouth. *(Please do not misunderstand the statement, i clearly mean to say it in a general way and not at all directing the statement to someone or some group specifically)*.
Much of this has to do with their working conditions. Unlike other govt. departments, all of which have fixed working hours, cops don't have any shift system.

A police man may have a 12-hour duty, but if a distress call is received 30 minutes before they are to leave, they must attend the call. This can take hours and many a times - the next 12 hours - to sort out. It's usual to work 24 hours without rest and continue the next day as stated by the police man. The Delhi Police Act says that an officer is on duty round the clock. A policeman gets a month's extra salary every year to compensate for working without a shift system, but this compromises quality of work.

Many a times, the officers at the station don't get vehicles to respond to a distress calls. They usually end up using their private vehicles for conveyance to reach the crime spot. There are 15-20 cops per police station. But nor more than 4-5 motorcycles are provided to each. Most bikes are on patrolling duty.

Some stations have an emergency response vehicle. The conveyance allowance up to an Inspector's rank is about Rs. 375 a month. This cripples the work. There is a need for proper emergency response unit for every call received; not leave an officer to his own devices.

Investigations throw up their own kind of miscellaneous expenses that one never sees in the official statistics. From getting the postmortem done to collecting forensic reports, the pockets of the officers is made lighter in many different ways. A police officer has to submit a charge-sheet within 90 days, but with the limited forensic facilities, the invariably incur expenses to get the results on time.

Of-course there are provisions to claim the investigation expenditure, but the process is very tedious. Also there are no proper bills for most of the expenses. For example, every year officers remove several dead bodies. Police officers have to make their own arrangements to retrieve the body and take it to the mortuary. Usually, they rope in a passerby willing to do the job in return for payment that comes from their own pockets. How can they claim such expenses ??

Police officers don't even have basic facilities. No buildings or land are demarcated for police stations when an area is developed. Outposts come up based on need. Many times such outposts are mere tents. Officers don't even feel like they work for a serious organization.

Several stations don't have facilities for overnight stay, thought the duty can stretch up-to 3-4 days continuously. Issues of mosquitoes, unhygienic surroundings and unavailability of fans plague many. Some police stations don't even have access to drinking water. There may be no water connection even. Lack of proper facilities causes them to function with a negative frame of mind.

Like taking an example. I put up in south Delhi. I have a red light merely 10 steps away from my house. Lately the police has started to put a check post there to check all the cars exiting in the night hours (11 PM - 4/5 AM). This started of during the last week of our 5th semester examinations, and the nights were already cold. One day just randomly I went into my balcony, and the streets were quite so I could here the cops talk. They were cribbing about the cold and their feet freezing. They didn't even have a place to sit in the cold, and had to work throughout the night. They came and borrowed a stool from my neighbor's guard and were sitting down turn by turn. The people passing by were stopping and shouting at the cops for making them wait and for checking their cars instead of having a little peace of mind that something is being done to make the neighborhood more safe.

I had taken a pic of this night. Its a little blurry as I was in the balcony and did a full zoom from my camera phone. But you'll get the idea.

Police Officers Standing at night, doing their duty, without any proper provision provided to them.

 
Such tough work conditions make the police unhappy, which at times compromises the police public interface.

The police constantly deals with criminals with no stress-relieving facilities provided. Many cops need psychological counseling, therapy to deal with the daily stress. No such facilities is available. Some medical camps have raised these concerns but they are never resolved.

Due to all these conditions, many cope with them by resorting to corruption, anger, brutality - a vicious cycle. People who are to protect us, be our saviors in times of need are in these conditions. Some take their duties too lightly; others who want to do something, are drawn back.

When things don't work out properly, when there are some flaws, we are right to raise our concerns with the police as we put our trust in them to protect us, but is it right for them to take all the blame ??

QWERTY

QWERTY

QWERTY is the most common modern-day keyboard layout. The name comes from the first six letters (keys) appearing in the top left letter row of the keyboard, read left to right: Q-W-E-R-T-Y. The QWERTY design is based on a layout created for the Sholes and Glidden typewriter and sold to Remington in the same year, when it first appeared in typewriters. It became popular with the success of the Remington No. 2 of 1878, and remains in use on electronic keyboards due to thenetwork effect of a standard layout and a belief that alternatives fail to provide very significant advantages.^[1] The use and adoption of the QWERTY keyboard is often viewed as one of the most important case studies in open standards because of the widespread, collective adoption and use of the product, particularly in the United States.

History and purposes

Qwerty is still used to this day. This layout was devised and created in the early 1870s byChristopher Latham Sholes, a newspaper editor and printer who lived in Milwaukee. With the assistance of his friends Carlos Glidden and Samuel W. Soulé he built an early writing machine for which a patent application was filed in October 1867

Properties

Alternating hands while typing is a desirable trait in a keyboard design, since while one hand is typing a letter, the other hand can get in position to type the next letter. Thus, a typist may fall into a steady rhythm and type quickly. However, when a string of letters is done with the same hand, the chances of stuttering are increased and a rhythm can be broken, thus decreasing speed and increasing errors and fatigue. In the QWERTY layout many more words can be spelled using only the left hand than the right hand. In fact, thousands of English words can be spelled using only the left hand, while only a couple of hundred words can be typed using only the right hand. In addition, most typing strokes are done with the left hand in the QWERTY layout. This is helpful for left-handed people but to the disadvantage of right-handed people.

Comparison to other keyboard input systems

DVORAK and QWERTY have been compared by some people to other systems which involve keyboard input systems, namelyStenotype and its implementations e.g. opensource PLOVER [1]. There are numerous advantages to using these systems (namely a 700% increase in efficiency over QWERTY [2]) but they are fundamentally different from ordinary typing. Words are input by pressing on several keys and releasing simultaneously but don't require the keys to be pressed down in any order. Neither is the spacebar used. There is a learning hurdle in that hunt and peck does not work. However, it is easy to write at 180-300 wpm. It is worth noting that PLOVER stenotype theory required a stenotype machine prior to 2010; due to the inherent difficulties of chording QWERTY was invented to allow cheap machines to be made that didn't jam up; stenotype was invented for maximum speed and accuracy.

The first typed shorthand machines appeared around 1880, roughly current with QWERTY, but the first stenotype machines appeared in 1913. Also, these machines' output needed to be interpreted by a trained professional, comparable to reading Gregg shorthand, which was very much in vogue at the time and taught publicly until the 1980s. Gregg shorthand also didn't require much more than training and a pen, however machines gradually gained traction in the courtroom. Modern PLOVER immediately provides translated output, making it very much like other keyboard setups that immediately produce legible work.

Half QWERTY

A half QWERTY keyboard is a combination of an alpha-numeric keypad and a QWERTY keypad, designed for mobile phones.In a half QWERTY keyboard, two characters share the same key, which reduces the number of keys and increases the surface area of each key, useful for mobile phones that have little space for keys.It means that 'Q' and 'W' will share the same key and the user has to press the key once to type 'Q' and twice to type 'W'.

Displaced QWERTY

Also designed for mobile devices, the displaced QWERTY layout allows for the increase of button area by over 40% while keeping the same candybar form factor. Entering, spacing and deleting are handled by gestures over the text area, reducing the keyboard's screen footprint. The layout is essentially a rearrangement of keys on the right half of the keyboard under those on the left and, as such, should present a gentler learning curve to touch typists. It was first seen on the iPhone application "LittlePad".

Corporate Social Responsibility in India

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

" Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in India sets a realistic agenda of grassroots development through alliances and partnerships with sustainable development approaches. At the heart of solution lies intrinsic coming together of all stakeholders in shaping up a distinct route for an equitable and just social order...." 

Indu Jain 
Chairperson, The Times of India Group 
New Delhi 





The above lines epitomize the soul of the National Survey on corporate social responsibility - Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in India . 

Times Foundation , the corporate social responsibility wing of the Bennett, Coleman & CO. Ltd. , in partnership withTNS India and IRRAD undertook a national survey to understand the underlying dynamics of CSR and the current situation in India. 

CSR is not new to India, companies like TATA and BIRLA have been imbibing the case for social good in their operations for decades long before CSR become a popular cause. Inspite of having such life size successful examples, CSR in India is in a very nascent stage. It is still one of the least understood initiatives in the Indian development sector. It is followed by a handful of public companies as dictated by the very basis of their existence, and by a few private companies, with international shareholding as this is the practice followed by them in their respective foreign country. Thus the situation is far from perfect as the emphasis is not on social good but rather on a policy that needs to be implemented. 

A lack of understanding, inadequately trained personnel, non availability of authentic data and specific information on the kinds of CSR activities, coverage, policy etc. further adds to the reach and effectiveness of CSR programmes. But the situation is changing. And CSR is coming out of the purview of 'doing social good' and is fast becoming a 'business necessity'. The 'business case' for CSR is gaining ground and corporate houses are realising that 'what is good for workers - their community, health, and environment is also good for the business'. 

Corporate Social Responsibility Practices - the survey on CSR is timely and apt. The survey is expected to facilitate formation of an alliance of CSR initiatives so that such initiatives can be further stream lined, focused and converged to a powerful force of intervention. One of the major objectives of the survey is to bring out in open the current status of CSR thereby giving both the NGOs and the common man an understanding of the various initiatives undertaken by corporates and the role that is played by the government in the field. 

The survey underlines the various issues - current CSR policies, major stakeholders - their current and future plans, geographical areas covered, role of civil society and government, challenges, recommendations etc. 

FDI

WHAT IS FDI ??

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is direct investment into production or business in a country by a company in another country, either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country.

 Foreign direct investment can take on many forms and so sometimes the term is used to refer to different kinds of investment activity. Commonly foreign direct investment includes "mergers and acquisitions, building new facilities, reinvesting profits earned from overseas operations and intracompany loans.

IMPORTANCE OF FDI:-

The rapid growth of world population since 1950 has occurred mostly in developing countries. This growth has not been matched by similar increases in per-capita income and access to the basics of modern life, like education, health care, or - for too many - even sanitary water and waste disposal.

FDI has proven — when skillfully applied — to be one of the fastest means of, with the highest impact on, development. However, given its many benefits for both investing firms and hosting countries, and the large jumps in development were best practices followed, eking out advances with even moderate long-term impacts often has been a struggle. Recently, research and practice are finding ways to make FDI more assured and beneficial by continually engaging with local realities, adjusting contracts and reconfiguring policies as blockages and openings emerge.

DIFFICULTIES LIMITING FDI:-

Foreign direct investment may be politically controversial or difficult because it partly reverses previous policies intended to protect the growth of local investment or of infant industries. When these kinds of barriers against outside investment seem to have not worked sufficiently, it can be politically expedient for a host country to open a small "tunnel" as a focus for FDI.

The nature of the FDI tunnel depends on the country's or jurisdiction's needs and policies. FDI is not restricted to developing countries. For example, lagging regions in the France, Germany, Ireland, and USA have for a half century maintained offices to recruit and incentivize FDI primarily to create jobs. China, starting in 1979, promoted FDI primarily to import modernizing technology, and also to leverage and uplift its huge pool of rural workers.

ADVANTAGES OF FDI IN INDIA:-

In the early 1990s, Government of India made several changes in the economic policy of the country. This helped in the liberalization & deregulation of the Indian economy while also opening the country’s markets to foreign direct investment.

Due to this, large amounts of foreign direct investment came into India through international companies, non- resident Indians, and various other foreign investors. This in turn boosted the economic growth of India.

MAJOR ADVANTAGES OF FDI IN INDIA HAVE BEEN IN TERMS OF  :-

• Increased capital flow.

• Improved technology.

• Management expertise.

• Access to the international markets.

AMOUNT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN INDIA :-

The total amount of FDI in India was around US$ 42.3 billion in year 2001. In 2002 this figure became US$ 54.1 billion; in 2003 this figure was US$ 75.4 billion, while in 2004 the figure increased to US$ 113 billion. This indicates that the flow of foreign direct investment in India has rapidly grown over the last few years. Different forms of foreign capital flowing into India include investments in commercial banks of India, NRI deposits and investments in country’s debt & stock markets.

FDI IN MAJOR SECTORS IN INDIA :-

Major sectors of the Indian economy which have benefited from FDI in India are:-

• Financial sector (Banking and Non-Banking).

• Insurance

• Telecommunication

• Hospitality and tourism

• Pharmaceuticals

• Software and Information Technology

FDI IN RETAIL:-

Retailing in India is one of the pillars of its economy and accounts for 14 to 15 percent of its GDP. The Indian retail market is estimated to be US$ 450 billion and one of the top five retail markets in the world by economic value. India is one of the fastest growing retail market in the world, with 1.2 billion people.

India's retailing industry is essentially owner manned small shops. In 2010, larger format convenience stores and supermarkets accounted for about 4 percent of the industry, and these were present only in large urban centers. India's retail and logistics industry employs about 40 million Indians (3.3% of Indian population).

Until 2011, Indian central government denied foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, forbidding foreign groups from any ownership in supermarkets, convenience stores or any retail outlets. Even single-brand retail was limited to 51% ownership and a bureaucratic process.

In November 2011, India's central government announced retail reforms for both multi-brand stores and single-brand stores. These market reforms paved the way for retail innovation and competition with multi-brand retailers such as Walmart, Carrefour and Tesco, as well single brand majors such as IKEA, Nike, and Apple.The announcement sparked intense activism, both in opposition and in support of the reforms. In December 2011, under pressure from the opposition, Indian government placed the retail reforms on hold till it reaches a consensus.[6]
In January 2012, India approved reforms for single-brand stores welcoming anyone in the world to innovate in Indian retail market with 100% ownership, but imposed the requirement that the single brand retailer source 30 percent of its goods from India. Indian government continues the hold on retail reforms for multi-brand stores.

In June 2012, IKEA announced it has applied for permission to invest $1.9 billion in India and set up 25 retail stores. Fitch believes that the 30 percent requirement is likely to significantly delay if not prevent most single brand majors from Europe, USA and Japan from opening stores and creating associated jobs in India.

On 14 September 2012, the government of India announced the opening of FDI in multi-brand retail, subject to approvals by individual states.This decision has been welcomed by economists and the markets, however has caused protests and an upheaval in India's central government's political coalition structure. On 20 September 2012, the Government of India formally notified the FDI reforms for single and multi brand retail, thereby making it effective under Indian law.

On 7 December 2012, the Federal Government of India allowed 51% FDI in multi-brand retail in India. The Feds managed to get the approval of multi-brand retail in the parliament despite heavy uproar from the opposition. Some states will allow foreign supermarkets like Walmart, Tesco and Carrefour to open while other states will not.

Wishing you all MERRY CHRISTMAS :)

AAKASH GUPTA

|-|@cKEr$ 101

Hackers


what are hackers ??? what do they do ??? do they something illegal ??

when some one mentions the word "hacker" the first thought that comes to our mind is a strange guy (usually British) sitting in front of a computer and writing strange unknown commands on a black screen (terminal, try to keep up with the adjectives). they are usually scared of and considered as thieves in the society. they are usually known to break computer based security systems. we seem them opening doors and locks that they are not authenticated to open, leaking question papers of exams (that's the only time you like them). spying over your facebook chats (OMG ! ). 

ok, so we get a gist ! these are the guys who are good in computers !!! they know stuff we don't, and they are to proud of them (yes we are !!) . but are all hackers bad ??? aren't there some hackers who work for the government and try too deal with the bad hackers ?? like police deals with burglars ???

hmm, to answer these questions lets start by studying different type of hackers which are,


Black Hat Hackers : these are the one who usually do all the wrong stuff !! they try to break the systems, with certain motives in mind !!! these are the one perform hacks because of malicious motivations. They can steal your data (or money) online. They also have an habit of either cracking your system to enter inside or breaking it (denial of service) level !!! being(or going to be ) and computer science engineer these are the one you should be scared of  !!! they are like the real thieve of the world.

White Hat Hacker : these are the ones, who help network administrators secure their network ! they have good intentions. they harm the system to check its vulnerabilities and flaws. then they they report back to the creator of the system. the are network security specialist who are equally blessed as the black hat but with the right motivation. they are like the police of the modern society.

Grey Hat Hacker : you don't know them do you?? you are one of them !! do you download movies from the internet using torrent services ? do you download and crack and use windows in your laptop ? do you download it from various song sharing sites ??? if you do all the above, yes my friend you are a gray hat hacker !! congratulations !! gray hat hackers are basically 'hobby hackers' who crack the system just for fun !! they mean no harm, but use some tricks and tips to work things in a fashion known as 'jugad' !!! they would for experimenting even sometimes even deface some websites or break some servers!! but wont go to an extend that breaks the system badly !!
 

so, hackers are of all types each having their pros and cons !!! you may encounter one or many in your life !!! but knowing their intentions will help you decide which category to keep them and whether to work against the or not !!! rest a merry christmas to you all !!!

SURPRISE :

just a hint to the readers of this post !! visit the following link and enter your amizone ID (no password required ) !!

https://www.amizone.net/amizone//Images//Signatures//(your id here,remove the brackets)_P.png


-Rajat Khanna
CEHv6
OCJPv1.6

Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is a type of computing that relies on sharing computing resources rather than having local servers or personal devices to handleapplications.

In cloud computing, the word cloud (also phrased as "the cloud") is used as a metaphor for "the Internet," so the phrase cloud computing means "a type of Internet-based computing," where different services -- such as servers, storage and applications -- are delivered to an organization's computers and devices through the Internet.

Cloud computing is comparable to grid computing, a type of computing where unused processing cycles of all computers in a network are harnesses to solve problems too intensive for any stand-alone machine.

How Cloud Computing Works

The goal of cloud computing is to apply traditional supercomputing, or high-performance computing power, normally used by military and research facilities, to perform tens of trillions of computations per second, in consumer-oriented applications such as financial portfolios, to deliver personalized information, to provide data storage or to power large, immersive computer games.

To do this, cloud computing uses networks of large groups of servers typically running low-cost consumer PC technology with specialized connections to spread data-processing chores across them. This shared IT infrastructure contains large pools of systems that are linked together. Often, virtualizationtechniques are used to maximize the power of cloud computing.

Cloud Computing Standards

The standards for connecting the computer systems and the software needed to make cloud computing work are not fully defined at present time, leaving many companies to define their own cloud computing technologies.  Cloud computing systems offered by companies, like IBM's "Blue Cloud" technologies for example, are based on open standards and open source software which link together computers that are used to to deliver Web 2.0capabilities like mash-ups or mobile commerce.

Cloud Computing in the Data Center and for Small Business

Cloud computing has started to obtain mass appeal in corporate data centers as it enables the data center to operate like the Internet through the process of  enabling computing resources to be accessed and shared as virtual resources in a secure and scalable manner.

For a small and medium size business (SMB), the benefits of cloud computing is currently driving adoption. In the SMB  sector there is often a lack of time and financial resources to purchase, deploy and maintain an infrastructure (e.g. the software, server and storage).

In cloud computing, small businesses can access these resources and expand or shrink services as business needs change. The common pay-as-you-go subscription model is designed to let SMBs easily add or remove services and you typically will only pay for what you do use.

SOCIAL MEDIA – PERIODIC TABLE

SOCIAL MEDIA – PERIODIC TABLE

The photo above links to the interactive Periodic Table of Social Media Tools which includes elements under categories like information searching sites, social networking sites, information/media storage sites, task oriented sites etc like Google, Twitter, Skype, Facebook, Type pad, Yahoo and many more.

This is a project that began as part of the course development for the Media Track at CADCA's 2011 Mid-Year Training Institute by “Dr. Tom Workman”, “LaDonna Coy” and “Jason Verhoosky”, who designed and coded links to each of the elements, and “Sue Stine” went through a number of conversations, list creation, sorting, disagreeing, agreeing and an amazing amount of collaboration, they came up with the Periodic Table of Social Media Tools. 

According to Wikipedia, the Periodic Table is not a static thing:

“The layout of the table has been refined and extended over time, as new elements have been discovered, and new theoretical models have been developed to explain chemical behavior”

So, this is a version of the periodic table for social media and can be revised as the new elements are discovered. 

Are you ready to accept a Google world?

As technology is booming every day different companies are coming up with such great ideas for making our lives simpler and smoother. Google the techno giant has come up with a very unique and yet fascinating concept of Google glasses.

Rumors about such a device by Google have been up for the past few months and now recently in a post on Google Plus “Project Glass” has been revealed along with some prototype designs. These specs and the creative design will surely make a person look like the science fiction guys.

From the videos uploaded by Google, Google Glasses basically seem like a miniature version of our current smartphones .Instead of your touch screen now you will be watching and sharing everything just the way you see it on the screen placed in front of your eye. It is also a notification system that allows you to respond to notifications in with your voice.

It can connect to the internet using a Wi-Fi source,supports Bluetooth and has a webcam. You can also share what you are viewing live on Google plus hangouts with your friends.

"Project Glass" is still in the prototype phase and Google has yet to release the final product in the market for purchase.It won’t be much of a surprise if we find this device running on Google’s latest android as it has certainly made its mark in the smartphone industry.

This experience seems like something not only useful, but enjoyable and definitely one of a kind.

nesC: A Programming Language for Deeply Networked Systems 



nesC (pronounced "NES-see") is an extension to the C programming language designed to embody the structuring concepts and execution model of TinyOS. TinyOS is an event-driven operating system designed for sensor network nodes that have very limited resources (e.g., 8K bytes of program memory, 512 bytes of RAM).
The basic concepts behind nesC are:

• Separation of construction and composition: programs are built out of components, which are assembled ("wired") to form whole programs. Components have internal concurrency in the form of tasks. Threads of control may pass into a component through its interfaces. These threads are rooted either in a task or a hardware interrupt.
• Specification of component behaviour in terms of set of interfaces. Interfaces may be provided or used by components. The provided interfaces are intended to represent the functionality that the component provides to its user, the used interfaces represent the functionality the component needs to perform its job.
• Interfaces are bidirectional: they specify a set of functions to be implemented by the interface's provider (commands) and a set to be implemented by the interface's user (events). This allows a single interface to represent a complex interaction between components (e.g., registration of interest in some event, followed by a callback when that event happens). This is critical because all lengthy commands in TinyOS (e.g. send packet) are non-blocking; their completion is signaled through an event (send done). By specifying interfaces, a component cannot call the send command unless it provides an implementation of the sendDone event. Typically commands call downwards, i.e., from application components to those closer to the hardware, while events call upwards. Certain primitive events are bound to hardware interrupts.
• Components are statically linked to each other via their interfaces. This increases runtime efficiency, encourages rubust design, and allows for better static analysis of programs.
• nesC is designed under the expectation that code will be generated by whole-program compilers. This should also allow for better code generation and analysis.

The image below shows the structure (components and their wiring) of a simple application, Blink, that blinks an LED once a second:

Poverty : A big challenge

Poverty is lack of basic human needs like health, education, clean water, food and sanitation. It is a condition in which one’s income is not sufficient to fulfil his basic needs.

The approach to development sees poverty as a situation suffered by people who do not have the money to buy food and satisfy other basic material needs. The alternative view of development sees poverty as a situation suffered by people who are not able to meet their material and non-material needs through their own effort. This alternative places much more emphasis on community and non-material needs, like self-reliance and a sense of community. Due to poverty, almost 21,000 people die every day. That is equivalent to 1 child dying every 4 seconds, 14 children dying every minute.

There are many causes and effects of poverty. The most obvious effect of poverty is hunger, however hunger can also be a cause of poverty. This is because hunger deprives those living in absolute poverty of the skill and strength to carry out productive work. Powerlessness is a cause and effect of poverty because people living in absolute poverty often have no political power and they are subjected to exploitation by the state. They lack protection, and report widespread corruption within state education and health care systems. Poor people in many countries speak of being kept waiting endlessly while the rich of the country go to the head of the queue. Major cause and effect of poverty is vulnerability. Natural disasters, economic crises, and conflict leave the poor extremely vulnerable, with nobody to help and a lack of resources to use to help themselves. The gap between the rich and the poor is widening. The people with power usually become rich and the one’s suffering from poverty remain the same.

Mostly people blame politics and politicians as one of the reason for prevailing poverty. Some call it lack of good leadership and some call it bad government policies. Politicians are sometimes not sincere and keen to find a solution to it and those who try to find a solution, they not have proper plans. The different government policies adapted often cause a little fluctuation in level of poverty.

It can be concluded that poverty has engulfed many countries where the escape is difficult but not impossible. There are still many ways to remove poverty to some extent. Leadership has got a central importance. Proper planning of eradication of poverty and good government policies can solve the problem. Competent and qualified economists may help to tackle this issue but their sincerity and hard work to find a solution is important. There are no perfect answers as to how poverty can be removed. Poverty is a complex issue and a big challenge. The key is that we do not ignore those living in poverty but help, in whatever way we believe is best. We should try our hardest to make circumstances better for them.

World’s biggest retail giant is setting its footprint in India

After years of controversy and opposition from local retailers, Wal-Mart this month is poised to open its first store in India, launching an expansion that will include 10 more big-box outlets in the potentially vast Indian market over the next two years.

Its wholesale operations in India are under a joint venture with New Delhi-based Bharti Enterprises. The U.S. company's retail presence is restricted to providing back-end support for Bharti's chain of 25 Easy Day grocery stores that opened last year.


The world's largest retailer isn't new to India. For the past decade, the country has been an important Wal-Mart supplier of textiles, apparel, home products and jewelry. But in anticipation of its India launch, Wal-Mart for the last three years has been developing a network of suppliers to stock its stores with fresh produce and staples like lentils, wheat and rice — all with an appreciation for variations in local cultures and tastes. "India is not a homogenous market, so ours is not a cookie-cutter approach from the U.S.," says Raj Jain, president of Wal-Mart India.

Indeed, Indian mass-merchandisers over the last several years expanded frenetically, trying to get a jump on foreign chains should Indian politicians eventually decide to open up the market to direct competition from overseas. Reliance Industries built 940 stores across the country in 18 months. Aditya Birla group has opened 548 stores since 2007. Today, with India's economy slowing and with losses piling up, the domestic retailers have shut some outlets and laid off employees, partly because of difficulties in keeping large chains supplied with goods.

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