wedish flame

This is called a Swedish flame. Make your cuts like you're cutting cake. Leave about 6 inches at the base. Throw some fuel oil in there (about a cap full). It burns up to two to three hours.

Atomically Thin Material Opens Door for Integrated Nanophotonic Circuits

 

A new combination of materials can efficiently guide electricity and light along the same tiny wire, a finding that could be a step towards building computer chips capable of transporting digital information at the speed of light.

Reporting today in The Optical Society's (OSA) high-impact journalOptica, optical and material scientists at the University of Rochester and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich describe a basic model circuit consisting of a silver nanowire and a single-layer flake of molybendum disulfide (MoS2).

Using a laser to excite electromagnetic waves called plasmons at the surface of the wire, the researchers found that the MoS2 flake at the far end of the wire generated strong light emission. Going in the other direction, as the excited electrons relaxed, they were collected by the wire and converted back into plasmons, which emitted light of the same wavelength.

"We have found that there is pronounced nanoscale light-matter interaction between plasmons and atomically thin material that can be exploited for nanophotonic integrated circuits," said Nick Vamivakas, assistant professor of quantum optics and quantum physics at the University of Rochester and senior author of the paper.

 For more: http://ow.ly/B67QM

Scientist Name, Map our Galactic Supercluster

University of Hawaii at Manoa astronomer R. Brent Tully, who recently shared the 2014 Gruber Cosmology Prize and the 2014 Victor Ambartsumian International Prize, has led an international team of astronomers in defining the contours of the immense supercluster of galaxies containing our own Milky Way. They have named the supercluster “Laniakea,” meaning “immense heaven” in Hawaiian. The paper explaining this work is the cover story of the September 4 issue of the prestigious journal Nature.

Galaxies are not distributed randomly throughout the universe. Instead, they are found in groups, like our own Local Group, that contain dozens of galaxies, and in massive clusters containing hundreds of galaxies, all interconnected in a web of filaments in which galaxies are strung like pearls. Where these filaments intersect, we find huge structures, called “superclusters.” These structures are interconnected, but they have poorly defined boundaries.

For more info: http://ow.ly/B5TrR

The FingerReader is a wearable device that assists in reading printed text. It is a tool both for visually impaired people that require help with accessing printed text, as well as an aid for language translation.

SET YOUR PENDRIVE AS YOUR SYSTEM RAM, & Speed your PC

1) First Insert the Pen Drive atleast having an memory of 1GB ,( Preferably 4GB) in the Given USB port of the Computer

2) Wait for the Pen Drive Detection and see whether it is detected or not

3) After detection of Pen Drive, you should do the following things Carefully

4) Now go to My Computer and right click it, then go to the Properties

5) Now go to Advanced and then to the Performance settings

6) Now again Advanced, and go to Change

7) In the Change, select the pen drive which u inserted

Then click on the Custom size and " check the value of space available "

9) Please Enter the Same in the Initial and Maximum Columns also

10) Now your Pen drive space is used for the System Virtual Memory , Just Restart and enjoy the Faster and Furious PC —

Bacterial meningitis

Brain surrounded by pus (the yellow-greyish coat around the brain, under the dura lifted by the forceps), the result of bacterial meningitis. A brain autopsy demonstrating signs of meningitis. The forceps (center) are retracting the dura mater (white). Underneath the dura mater are the leptomeninges, which appear to be edematous and have multiple small hemorrhagic foci(red).

Disc of Destiny:

Disc of Destiny: New optical techniques could preserve data for millennia.

Messages are stored as two types of alterations in the way quartz glass refracts light. The combination of the two allows for data-storage densities as high as 360 terabytes per disc, or more than 7000 times today’s 50-gigabyte double-layer Blu-ray capacity.

Meet the Triquad!

As cool as quadrotors are, in most cases they're simply not as good as helicopters. So researchers came up with a "Y4" configuration that aims to take all the good bits of helicopters and make them as simple as quadrotors. Keep in mind that this is still a quadrotor: it just had things shifted around a little bit.

Flexible Battery Made From Nanotubes

Samsung may be releasing a semi-flexible phone, but researchers have developed a flexible battery made from carbon nanotubes. It's aimed at powering future flexible devices. Using standard electrochemical processes, carbon nanotube-enabled flexible battery can be made to any size.

NEC debutes adorable companion robot

The new robot, Papero Petit, stands 24 centimeters (9.4 inches) tall and weighs 1.3 kg (2.8 lbs)—about half the size of earlier models. It combines multiple sensors (cameras, ultrasonic range finders, temperature sensor, and microphones) to detect people and look in their direction even in complete darkness. The robot can recognize faces and has between 80 to 90 percent success rate at speech recognition.

More photos and details http://bit.ly/HUKz7H

Microsoft set to acquire Nokia's Devices & Services

Microsoft set to acquire Nokia's Devices & Services,

Nokia is all set to sell its mobile phone unit to US group Microsoft for 5.44 billion euros ($7.17 billion).

Microsoft has agreed to a 10 year license arrangement with Nokia to use the Nokia brand on current and subsequently developed products based on the Series 30 and Series 40 operating systems.

Is this the beginning of a Fresh start for Nokia from here,

Keep Walking for Better Health

Just check this out.......

The Organs of your body have their sensory touches at the bottom of your foot, if you massage these points you will find relief from aches and pains as you can see the heart is on the left foot.

Typically they are shown as points and arrows to show which organ it connects to.
It is indeed correct since the nerves connected to these organs terminate here.
This is covered in great details in Acupressure studies or textbooks.

God created our body so well that he thought of even this. He made us walk so that we will always be pressing these pressure points and thus keeping these organs activated at all times.

SMART PEN.

Now, smart pen that vibrates when you make spelling error.

Lernstift is a regular pen with real ink, but inside is a special motion sensor and a small battery-powered Linux computer with a WiFi chip.

Together those parts allow the pen to recognize specific movements, letter shapes and know a wide assortment of words. If it senses bad letter formation or messy handwriting, it will vibrate.

Users can choose between two functions:
Calligraphy Mode - pointing out flaws of form and legibility
or
Orthography Mode - recognizing words and comparing the word to a language database.

Car cum House

Sick Of Paying Rent? Just Build Your Own Tiny Palace, Like These Guys Did...

This house is so small you could practically take it home in your pocket. But its real charm is that its owners are forgoing the "more is more" mentality and living both lightly and beautifully on the planet.

Chris Tack made seven trips to Goodwill to get rid of his stuff, before moving into the 140-square-foot home he and his wife Malissa Tack designed and built. Constructed on a trailer bed and parked in Snohomish, Washington, the house is more than enough space for them, the couple says. And one advantage of a home on wheels, the 29-year-olds say, is that you can always move.

"If bees disappear from face of the earth, we will have only four more years to live"

Bees pollinate about 80% of plants. If plants don't get pollinated, they don't produce seeds and without seeds many plant species will simply die. If this happens, not only will we have no fruit and
vegetables to eat, but many trees will die out and the amount of
oxygen in the world will rapidly decrease, as plants create oxygen.
No Food.
No Oxygen.
No Animals.
No Humans.

Next time you see a bee buzzing around in your house, carefully
help her (yes these hard workers are female) find her way back
outside. She is your life insurance.

One gram of your DNA can store at least 716800 GB of Data!

1 gram of your DNA can store at least 716800 GB of Data! The average total mass of DNA in an adult human body is almost 60-70 grams which can store at least 50176000 GB of data.
In sum, you are a huge portable naturally-made hard drive!

Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse.

Microsoft Wedge Touch Mouse.
The stylish, minimalist design of the Wedge Touch Mouse will allow you to be productive anytime, anywhere in Windows 7 and Windows 8.

THE RAINBOW ROSES!

The Rainbow roses were created by Dutch flower company owner Peter Van De Werken, who produced them by developing a technique for injecting natural pigments into their stems while they are growing to create a striking multicolored petal effects. The dye are produced from natural plant extracts and absorbed by the flowers as they grow. A special process then controls how much color reaches each petal- with spectacular results. By treating the stalk with natural pigments, Van De Werken has manage to make each petal a different color. The pigment is absorbed and travels to the petals where it changes their hue.

Adastra Superyacht

The Adastra is so hi-tech that you can even control it with your Apple iPad within a 50 metre range.Its range is 4,000 miles, enough to go from the UK to New York in a single trip without refueling. With a length of 42m, it has a maximum speed of 22.5 knots, weighs in at 52 tonnes and has the capacity to host nine guests with room for up to six crew members. With her shiny body and smooth curves, this £15-million superyacht is a real wealth symbol.

AlphaDog - Improved Robotic Pack Mule from Boston Dynamics

Latest Invention: AlphaDog - Improved Robotic Pack Mule from Boston Dynamics

Researchers at Boston Dynamics have come up with an improved version of a robot called AlphaDog that, according to DARPA manager, represents a mix of a pack mule and intelligent animal.

It is worth mentioning that the weight an average soldier is able to carry varies between 60 and 100 pounds. In contrast, the AlphaDog, also called L3 (Legged Squad Support System) is able to carry up to 400 pounds and register a range of up to 20 miles before needing refuel.

Currently the robot is being tested, but researchers have already managed to teach it a couple of new tricks. Thus the machine is able to autonomously follow a human leader, and understand commands from the user that holds a control pad.

The plans for the near future include significant noise reduction and voice command recognition.

http://www.bostondynamics.com/robot_ls3.html