nOTiOn iNk’s aDaM

All that an Indian need is a bit of Initiative. We all know that the person to design the intel processor was an Indian, but have you ever thought, if he was capable why didn’t he developed it in India itself. Does India lack some resources or brains? Or is it just an Initiative.

Notion Ink is a company founded by six IITans and an MBA grad, with an average age of 24. They believe India has what it takes to compete with the most innovative tech companies in the world. This July they are coming up with a product “ADAM”, can also be known as an “iPad Killer”.

ADAM is an Android based smartpad, which runs on Nvidia Tegra T20 Chipset (an Ultra Low Power NVidia Graphics Processing Unit). Adam uses android, ubuntu and chormium as its software platform. It has a 3MP 180 degree Swivel Autofocus Camera. A low power LCD display which is visible in sunlight and can be used to read ebooks. 3G, WiFi, Bluetooth, Multi-Touch support and an unmatched battery life, 140 hrs of Audio and over 16 hrs of HD video playback. You can browse net on it using Firefox, Chrome. Along with this you also have an Ambient Light sensor which adjusts its screen resolution and brightness based on the available light, AGPS (Assisted GPS), proximity sensor for the autofocus camera and Accelerometer (to understand your motion senses). If it’s not enough you still have a SD card slot and a USB port to plug in your external memory device.

Still have a doubt comparing it with Apple iPad ?





I think its rightly said by the company:
"It's not a tablet, neither a book reader. It's a new species, and we call it
ADAM - The First."

We will be eagerly waiting for July’10 when Notion Ink ”Adam” hits the market and the suspense is silenced with a better tablet PC completely “Made In India”.

aGAinSt alL oDDs

 

Against all Odds is a book written by Mr. A.G. Krishamurthy which can inspire anyone by giving references of true life story of Late Mr. Dhirubhai Ambani. He lived  his life to the fullest, challenging and overcoming all the obstacles that come in his way. Most of them being created by his peers and a few natural as well. But still there are a few stories which I will always remember.

 

The first one is of his courage to dive in a sea infested by sharks that too in the middle of the night. And the most astonishing fact in it is that he did not dive to save someone, he dived just to get a bowl of ice-cream which his friend has offered to any person who dives and go till shore and come back to the ship. He did it just for the fun of it.

 

The next one was when a group of cartels tried bringing his share value down. They started selling Reliance shares at low prices and thus reducing its market value. This hit the cost of shares to an extent. But when he observed this he also knew about the rules that the company cannot buy their own shares and also the stock market allows a person to sell the shares which he does not own and produce the delivery of it till the end of the day. Keeping all rules in mind he bought the shares through a broker and a NRI support. But the cartels did not stop and sold 1.1 million shares in one day. Thus he did not let his share price go down further. And the flow of shares which the cartels were expecting did not come. Thus at the end of the day they had to payback along with a fine of Rs. 25/- on each share. This was known as replying the enemies abiding the rules.

 

The third one which I will always remember is that when all the money lenders were asking back for there money as there was some bad things being published in the news paper. News paper also reported that Reliance is going to close. So all wanted their money back. Knowing that he won’t be able to return that amount in such a short time. His friends advised him to stay out of market for some time and then re-enter it when the situation settles down. Knowing that his staying away will only create resentment among the money lenders. He decided to face the situation and took a large risk. He put a notice on the notice board saying that Reliance is returning money to all who want it back. So please come to my office and tell the denominations in which you want the money back. Three or four appeared and got their money back. Thus the belief came back and the rest didn’t ask for it. This maintained his image in the market and thus was a good reply to his peer enemies.

 

I am highly inspired by his life stories. And these will always help me doing things which I wish. Thus the mottos which I got from the book are :-

 

Every stone has a sculptor, all you need to do is just work hard and remove the extra portion in it.

 

Limitations are in our Mind, What you can think is what you can do.

sAiLinG sTonEs

The mysterious moving stones of the packed-mud desert of Death Valley have been a center of scientific controversy for decades. Rocks weighing up to hundreds of pounds have been known to move up to hundreds of yards at a time. Some scientists have proposed that a combination of strong winds and surface ice account for these movements. However, this theory does not explain evidence of different rocks starting side by side and moving at different rates and in disparate directions. Moreover, the physics calculations do not fully support this theory as wind speeds of hundreds of miles per hour would be needed to move some of the stones.

dOorlEsS tOwN

This a town called shingnapur, near Nashik in Karnataka. It is a famous pilgrimage center for those who worship shani (saturn). Another thing famous about this town is that no building has a door in it. Even the banks and jewellery stores are without doors. There is a saying that anyone who steals something in shingnapur cannot leave shingnapur alive. This is believed to be because of Shani's Dasha. Also, people out here believed that enclosure is the worst punishment anyone can face. Even worse than death. They believe that if you are in an enclosed room it is like a prison though you may call it as a luxury suite. They believe that closed enclosures block there thoughts and a man's life is spiritless in an enclosed room. Because of this faith people of this town travel in open trucks only. They don't even enter cars or buses. So now you have two reasons to visit shingnapur one is to see the houses and he second one is of course the pilgrimage.

wAtEr bOilS dIfFerEntLy iN sPAcE

You might have observed boiling of water in your everyday life but this common process has a different face when done in a different environment.

Here it has less variables effecting the boiling of water. Two major variables which are commonly present here on earth but absent in space are :-

1> Gravitational Force
2> Air Pressure

Removing the effects caused by these forces causes the water to boil in a different way than usual. As all of us know that water is an insulator. When water is heated on earth hot water at the base being lighter than the cooler water at the top goes up and the cooler water comes down in turn to get heated and the cycle continues. But here in space as there is no gravity cooler water remains at the top causing the heated water to get hotter. The heat flow is only through convection.

Further when water at the base vapourises to form a bubble. This bubble remains there intact as no there is no buoyant force as there is no air pressure. Further the small air bubbles combine to form a big air bubble which again acts an insulator of heat.

This experiment was conducted by NASA(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and i read it in an article so I thought that I should share it on my blog.

 

GanEsHa's sYmBoliSm

 

An elephant's trunk has the strength to uproot a tree as well as the finesse to pick up a needle.

Ganesha's trunk symbolises the fact that the wise person has both immense strength and fine discrimination. Ganesha has large ears. The wise person hears all. He has four hands. In one hand he holds a lotus, the symbol of enlightenment. In the other hand he holds a hatchet. That is, the old karma, all your sanskars, the accumulated good and bad of past deeds get cut when enlightenment comes.

The third hand holds laddus, the round sweet-meats. They are the rewards of a wise life. Ganesha is never shown eating the laddus. The wise man never partakes of the rewards of his deeds. He is not attached to them. The fourth hand is shown blessing the people. The wise man wishes the best for everyone.

Ganesha has only one tusk; the other is shown broken. There is an interesting story as to how Ganesh happened to get an elephant's head and how one tusk got broken. The symbolism of the broken tusk is that the wise person is beyond duality.

We tend to think that we end when our bodies end in the material world. We are the first person. All else is different. This duality is created by the mind which creates the ego to help us survive in this world. This 'me-other' duality is the screen keeping us from realising our real Self, which is beyond body and mind. Once we transcend this duality, we see the entire Universe as a single whole and we become aware of our true Selves. The single tusk of Ganesha symbolises this non-duality. Wisdom allows us to see all as one and ourselves an integral part of the whole.

Ganesha is shown sitting with one foot on the ground and the other resting on his knee, above the ground. The wise person is of this earth, yet not entirely of this earth.

Ganesha is shown seated on a rat. The reason for saying that Ganesha 'rides' on the rat is that the rat is among the greediest of all animals. It will keep nibbling at whatever is available, eating everything it can. Scientifically, too, the rat's teeth keep growing and it has to keep chewing on something to keep these within limits. The rat is a symbol of our senses, which are never satisfied. They crave new experiences, new tastes. Left uncontrolled, they keep growing forever. The wise person rides on his senses. He keeps them under control.

Ganesha is often shown seated in front of a tray of sweets. In these images the rat is shown sitting in front of Ganesha, perhaps a bit to one side, looking up at him. The senses of the wise person are under his control and the rat dare not eat the sweets without the permission of Ganesha.

Ganesha is the son of Shiva and Parvati, the God governing the life-force and the earth-mother. This symbolises the spirit and body of the wise person. Finally, the wise person has the dignity of an elephant.

When we say "Aum Ganeshaya Namah" before starting anything what we are saying is that "In what we are about to do, let wisdom be our guide". In a sense, Ganesha is our most powerful god, and he is usually remembered before starting any rituals for other deities.
 

 

 

Source : TOI

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