Wednesday, September 25, 2013

The Flying Car- A Fantasy Soon To Come True!!

Soon, flying in the sky won't be just limited to wizards and witches, now the "muggles" will have their own personal flying car, all thanks to the U.S company Terrafugia Inc, which boasts of producing a flying car which can be driven or flown by anyone.
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The flying car which is popularly called the TF-X will be a hybrid of a car, helicopter and plane, which can be driven as well as flown like a personal jet plane. The feature that sets aside this beautiful piece of marvel is that it won't need a runaway to take off and land the vehicle, it will take off vertically from the ground just requiring a clearance of 100 ft. The reason that it will take off so easily is because of the helicopter-like electric-powered rotor blades located on each side. While the TF-X is in the air, the turbine like gas engine located at the rear end of passenger seat will take over to let the machine fly. This feature is looked upon as making the flying car a success which was absent in the company's previous venture- The Transition, which is a plane that can be driven on the road. Well, unless you have a runaway at your home, the Transition is pretty much useless for you.
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If you are not a pilot and are probably wondering how to fly this vehicle then its least of your worries, as once this machine is in the air it switches to autopilot mode and will do the major part of flying for you.The autopilot will also be responsible for landing it on the road and just to be on the safe side- the machine also has a parachute for "just in case" events.  Any landing problems within 500 miles of range and this parachute will automatically open up in the mid air to ensure a safe landing.
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The company boasts that a genuine or a good driver would require no more than 5 hours to safely operate the TF-X. Though not a specific date has been assigned to the launch of TF-X, but it is expected to be around the early 2020's.

The price of the TF-X was not disclosed by the company but claimed that the price of the product will be somewhere be averaging around the high end luxury cars.
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The success of the TF-X subsequently lies on the by-product of the company Transition, which is expected to be available to the customers around 2015 with a price tag of $270, 000, if it see the glory of success and sells well than the future of TF-X would look a lot brighter.

Iranian Scientist Claims to Have Built "Time Machine".

An Iranian business mind seems to have brought the much yearned and dreamt of equipment- A time machine, into real time. Ali Razeghi, scientist from Tehran claims to have triumphed over time by building a machine that enables a user to fast track up to eight years in the future. He calls it “The Aryayek Time Travelling Machine” as the machine is registered with the Center for Strategic Inventions run Iran, by this name. 
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Twenty seven years of age, Razaeghi claims that the machine uses a number of complex algorithms and predicts the future up to 5 (five) to 8 (eight) years with an accuracy of 98 percent. The machine apparently takes readings from the touch of hand and prints it accordingly. 

Ali is the managing director of the state’s Center for Strategic Inventions who had been working on this machine for ten years. The brilliant man already has 179 inventions in his name.
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The machine is claimed to fit into a PC case and is meant to bring the future to the user. The most vital benefit of this device is that the government of Iran has the capability of predicting a military confrontation or even forecasting rise and fall of the currencies. The new device will also be able to predict the oil prices.

This device is meant to prepare the countries for various challenges that may dawn upon them in future. This device is expected to be marketed among states and individuals upon entering a stage of mass production.

According to Razeghi, this project of his wasn't welcomed by his friends and family as they thought Ali tried to play God with this invention. However, according to him, this device is no where against religious ethics. He says that Americans have been trying to create such a time machine for years wasting millions of dollars while he accomplished it with less than half the cost. 
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Ali is hesitant in launching the prototype of the device as he suspects China of stealing the idea and producing it in manifold numbers. 
[SOURCES: telegraph.co.uknydailynews.combeforeitsnews.com]

IBM Bags Guinness By Using Atoms As Pixels In The World’s Shortest Stop Motion Movie

A stop motion movie named “A Boy and His Atom” created by IBM is the kind of sensation an invention creates.This movie, as acknowledged by Guinness as the world’s shortest stop motion film, is apparently made by using pixels derived from individual molecules.
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The movie may not go to the Oscars but the kind of science that is involved in creating such a picture is deeply invigorating as well as startling. The movie is centered on a boy called Atom who makes friends with an atom. The movie is a depiction of the duo’s playful journey.  The scenes involve movements like jumping on a trampoline, dancing and playing catch. 

Two tunneling microscopes were used to move the molecules by IBM. These microscopes are gigantic machines weighing up to two (2) tons. They operate at a temperate of minus 268 degrees Celsius. These tunneling microscopes magnify atoms by 100 million times that are placed on a surface made of copper. The making of the movie involved moving 5,000 carbon monoxide molecules by the machine. The team of this project rendered an image each time the molecules were in the right frame. A total of 242 frames were generated in this manner. The shooting took 18-hour shifts of the team over a span of 10 days in order to get each frame perfect.
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A standard computer is responsible for operating the machine while a super sharp needle that can feel atoms is used to manipulate atoms. The needle makes use of electric current to physically be a magnet for atoms and molecules thereby putting them in the right position. This procedure is known to make what is called an “atomic short” or a scratchy sound that makes the researchers know as to how far the particles have journeyed.  

One may ask as to why such a sound is a necessity. That is because it is not possible to film atoms when they are in motion. Hence, the sound is a parameter for researchers to gauge if the atom has moved to the slot where it was intended to be placed. The noise results from the change of current when the atom is pushed between couple of binding surfaces thereby acting as an aural guide.
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Moore’s law has been exploited by the researchers that rests on a premise that atoms can be used to enhance computation as well as storage of data. Benefiting from the same scientific strategy, world’s smallest magnetic bit has also been created by the team. It has been built using 12 atoms in order to provide storage of one bit of magnetic information. This differs from the modern electronic device wherein a million atoms are needed to store a bit of information.
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Principal investigator of IBM Research Andreas Heinrich believes in long term engineering solutions and also that data storage needs to get smaller down to the atomic level.

Finding Hard To Recall Your Dreams? Now Simply Record Them!

Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could record your dreams, your fantasies and superb ideas that strike your sub-conscious mind? Your wish would soon be fulfilled. According to a new research, we can now record our dreams and thoughts that come in our sub-conscious mind. Scientists believe that development in this technology would allow us to read others’ thoughts too.
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Three (3) researchers from university of California, Berkeley participated in this experiment. They entered a functional MRI (Magnetic Resource Imaging) system. These three subjects were made to watch two different Hollywood movies trailers while the machine recorded their blood flow through the brain’s visual cortex, the part of the brain that process visual information.

The readings of the machine were fed as input to a computer program which converted these readings into three-dimensional volumetric pixels called voxels. The brain signals generated by moving pictures are decoded by this process. In this experiment, a computer program was made that learnt the association of brain activity with the visual patterns in the movie while the subjects watched the first set of clips. Then the other set of clips tested the movie reconstruction algorithm.This computer program was made to analyze 18 million seconds of random YouTube videos. Thus a huge database was created for the potential brain activity. From this huge database, the computer program selected the one hundred clips that were almost similar to the ones watched by the subjects.
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This computer program mimics our brain. When we see a yellow flower, our brain tries to match this yellow color with the different shades of yellow color available in our memory. Similarly this computer program compares the brain reactions with the huge database of 18- million-second videos and picks up the clips that are most similar to the brain reactions. These clips are then merged into a video. This new video is almost similar to the original video clip that the subjects watched. Thus, bigger the database of videos repositories and higher the computing power, the better would be the results.
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This experiment is being considered as a major break-through in the history of computer science and biology. The neuroscientist Jack Gallant rightly stated “We are opening a window into the movies in our minds." Scientists are also speculating that in coming decades, we would even be able to read each other’s minds.

Britain's $1m Bionic Man With Working Heart.

When Alex J Murphy (Robocop) defied death and came back as a killing machine, possibility of such advancements in science escaped an ordinary man’s imagination. 

Rex has been developed by a team of scientists called The Shadow team which is managed and directed byMr. Rich WalkerWatching an interview with Rex one can almost see him beaming with emotions and humanity while never concealing his true identity. He/It leaves people mesmerized with the swishing of moving mechanical body parts coupled with the near human smile.Rex explores a plethora of opportunities in the field of biomechanics, human nature, life and death. Rex is a prime example of innovation in the field of mechanics. It is the paramount invention of humans just about resembling almost a complete bionic human form. 


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Rex’s body consists of a face (yes you read it right), prosthetic knees hands and hip. All these body parts are available to the general public.Rex will soon be unveiled to the general public at the Science Museum in London. Some of the internal organs such as pancreas, set of artificial lungs and bladder, are being developed at this moment of timeThese are the parts that can operate without human input. While organs such as brain, hands etc. cannot work without two way interactions within human bodies. Some of the technology cannot work without human input; bionic hands, for example, need muscles and signals from the brain to function. Other parts, such as the heart and pancreas, are designed to work on their own. 


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We were surprised how many of the parts of the body can be replaced,” explained Rich Walker, the managing director of team Shadow.
 “There are some vital organs missing, like the stomach, but 60 to 70 percent of a human has effectively been rebuilt.”- Mr. Walker 

Team Shadow also consisted of Mr. Bertholt Meyer to give a provide psycho-analysis to the project. Mr. Meyer himself was born without his left hand and holds prosthesis. “I have looked for new bionic technologies out of personal interest for a long time and I think that until five or six years ago nothing much was happening”. Mr. Meyer. He also raises ethical issues highlighting the fact that humans can take undue advantage of technology. “Should I be allowed to cut off my real hand and replace it with something, does that gives me an unfair advantage over people who cannot afford this? I’m not saying that is going to happen but these are questions that should be on the table before that technology becomes available.


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Rex is a first step taken towards developing artificial sensory equipment which can work similarly to that of a human body. Rex is equipped with prosthetic parts identical to human body although not with such advanced capabilities as a human body is.

Although creation of a completely identical set of organs such as Brain is a fanciful idea at this time, with developments such as Rex, you can never know when human race will be sharing space with fully developed bionic humans.

Man Feed His Dog Using Twitter.

We all know "Necessity is the mother of invention", well it is proved by 30 years old IT consultant name Nat Morris, who spends a lot of time working away from home and isn’t always able to feed four-year-old Toby by hand, in a result he has rigged up an extraordinary way to feed his border terrier Toby a ‘tweet treat’ by sending him a Twitter message to @FeedToby. 

Nat has set up electronic system, when ever Nat sends a message to ‘@FeedToby’ , Toby get snakes through automatic food dispenser, using this he can feed his dog from anywhere in the world, isn't it awesome ?

Lets take a look at Nat's invention..



As explained by dailymail this is how The Twitter Feeder Works:
When a message is sent to @feedtoby it is received by a mini-computer known as a Nanode microcontroller. This is linked up to little motor taken from a household printer HP Deskjet 500.When the mini-computer receives the message, the buzzer goes off and Toby comes running over and sits beneath a tube under his feeder contraption.Then the motor comes to life and pulls open a trap door which releases a serving of food.The doggy treat then comes dropping down the tube and into Toby's food bowl.Then a digital camera then takes a photo of him and sends it back to Nat on Twitter - so he knows Toby has been fed.

Steve Jobs’ Last Words: “OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.”

Before Steve Jobs passed away he uttered two simple words. According to his sister, Mona Simpson, Steve Jobs’ last words were “Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow.
“He’d looked at his sister Patty, then for a long time at his children, then at his life’s partner, Laurene, and then over their shoulders past them…. His breathing changed. It became severe, deliberate, purposeful…. Steve’s final words, repeated three times… OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.”



People are always fascinated by last words, and this is not the first time when great personalities end up their lives by saying these kinds of words. Thomas Edison uttered similar words before his death. Edison’s last words, however, imply that he saw heaven shortly before his death. Edison said:

It is very beautiful over there.


Edison word’s are quiet similar to Steve words, so the question arises, was that a pre-death vision flashed in his mind that forced him to say these words Or Were those the only words Steve Jobs could find as his life flashed before his eyes? 
Was he so overwhelmed by the love in the room that he could only utter a few words? 
Or are they meaningless?


What do you think of Steve Jobs’ last words?

In 1998 ,Sony Accidentally Sold 700,000 Camcorders That Could See Through People's Clothes.

Yes You heard it right,in year 1998 sony sold 700,00 camcorder that had technology to see through your clothes,well what was that? lets check out..

The cameras had special lenses that use infrared light (IR) to see through some types of clothing,such as on dark colored, thin clothing - like swimsuits. The main factor is how well the fabric absorbs IR light waves. It's not for regular digicams, but rather for camcorders with a IR night vision mode, and the resolution is low.
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Sony recalled the camcorders when they found out about this, but the night vision camcorders that they subsequently released,some people figured out how to modify the camera to get the see-through-clothing functionality  and hundreds of the modified cameras are for sale on the Internet.The camera with all the filters sells for about $700 brand new, and is easy to obtain.Sony said it has no responsibility for altered or modified products.A lot of people have used this technology for wrong purposes.

Can You Really Charge Your Mobile Battery From Sacred Fig Leaves ?

Well now days this information spreading everywhere all over internet(blogs,facebook,youtube etc) that you can charge your mobile phone battery with Sacred Fig Leaves(peepal leaves).Some says its true and some says its hoax.
They say following guidelines to charge your mobile battery:
Step by Step guide to charge your mobile battery using peepal leaf
1- Open your mobile cover
2- Take out your battery
3- Take two to three fresh leaves of peepal/pipal/ashwattha tree
4- Touch the stub of these leaves on your mobile battery terminal for a minute
5- Clean the mobile battery terminal with the soft cloth
6- Put your battery again in your mobile and switch it on
7- Now you can see the result
8- If required repeat the process with fresh leaves.


what it really is ?
Well there is no scientific evidence whatsoever to support claims that such an extraordinary technique would actually work.It is possible to construct rudimentary batteries out of everyday objects such as potatoes, wire and nails. However, it is absurd to suggest that enough energy to charge a mobile phone battery could somehow magically flow from ordinary tree leaves just by touching them to a battery terminal, especially in only a minute or so. Even purpose-built, mains connected phone chargers take much longer than a minute to recharge a phone.


However there are certain videos on youtube which is showing this technique,but the result shown is very Vague and inconclusive.
Well this might be a hoax until we get a scientific point of view on this,but it is still very fuzzy itself because lot of people believe it.

Euthanasia Roller Coaster Designed To Kill Passengers.

The Euthanasia Coaster is an art concept for a steel roller coaster designed to kill its passengers.In 2010, it was designed and made into a scale model by Julijonas Urbonas, a PhD candidate at the Royal College of Art in London.The coaster reaches a height of 510-metres(1,670 ft) (0.317 mile),which would take two minutes for the 24-passenger train to reach.From there, a 500-metre (1,600 ft) drop would take the train to 360 kilometres per hour (220 mph), close to its terminal velocity, before flattening out and speeding into the first of its seven slightly clothoid inversions.
The gravitational force put on the passengers by this ride is 10 Gs, enough to kill a person.The Euthanasia Coaster would kill its passengers through prolonged cerebral hypoxia, or insufficient supply of oxygen to the brain.The ride's seven inversions would inflict 10 g on its passengers for 60 seconds – causing g-force related symptoms starting with gray out through tunnel vision to black out and eventually g-LOC (g-force induced loss of consciousness). Depending on the tolerance of an individual passenger to g-forces, the first or second inversion would cause cerebral anoxia, rendering the passengers brain dead.
The idea behind this roller coaster is to give people a chance to have a lot of fun before they die. 


Currently, the Euthanasia Coaster only exists as a scale model, and there aren’t any plans yet to begin construction. 

A Man Create Ghost Hunting Device To Talk To His Daughter.

Gary Galka lost his daughter in a car accident eight years ago and has since built over 30 devices designed to communicate with spirits including one that he believes has recorded his daughter's ghost saying "hi daddy, I love you." In addition to selling his inventions on his website Galka has also featured on an episode of the TV series Ghost Adventures on which he demonstrated one of his devices recording a voice during a paranormal investigation. "No one was making products for these people," he said.His devices are sold through the Professional Measurement website and range from $79 to about $350.
The device used to capture the voice on Ghost Adventures is the Mel-8704-SB7-EMF meter, which is said to detect a range of electromagnetic and temperature changes. It also has an AM/FM scanner, includes glow-in-the-dark buttons, and includes an "exclusive P-SB7 Integrated Sprit Box".

Chinese Guy Sold His Kidney To Buy iPhone And iPad. Read more: http://www.unbelievable-facts.com/2012/07/chinese-guy-sold-his-kidney-to-buy.html#ixzz2ftCTU4tx

Hell yes!! you read it right a chinese student sold his kidney to buy iPhone and iPad.
His name is Xiao Zheng and he is a student in Anhui Province from China. He sold his Kidney for around $3400 to an unknown man to buy iPhone and iPad.The hospital where the operation apparently took place claims to know nothing of the operation and a man to whom the kidney was sold vanished without a trace. But this dude's now got a new iPhone 4 and iPad 2 to play with, so good luck to him .
Now authorities have indicted five people in central China for involvement in illegal organ trading after a teenager sold one of his kidneys to buy an iPhone and an iPad.
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A Man Fitted a Camera in his Eye.

This might sound fictional & unbelievable but its true.
Canadian film maker Rob Spence, who damaged his right eye in a childhood accident, is determined to replace it with a digital camera. "Team Eyeborg" has just succeeded in fitting Spence with an artificial eye containing a working LED – a step towards a camera-containing synthetic eye. 



Spence and engineer Kosta Gramatis have succeeded in placing a working red LED in Spence's eye giving him a look similar from Arnold Schwarzenegger's cyborg in The Terminator. This camera will record everything that enters Spence's field of vision and relay the footage back to a computer. That video will provide a unique perspective on the way video surveillance is becoming more popular in western societies... This image shows the components of the camera now present in his eye.

Your Entire Life Is On Internet.

Here’s a very outsanding video campaign by febelfin.be , a Belgian Financial Sector Federation which shows how people’s entire life can be found online.




In this video, some random people were invited for an imaginary upcoming TV program to have their mind read by Dave, host of the show. He revealed specific information about their home, friends, bank details etc. People started believing that, host is an extremely gifted clairvoyant but the truth is that our entire life is on Internet and It can be used against us, So we better be watchful.

Monday, September 23, 2013

Top 25 Crazy Old Inventions

We have revolutionized our livings and our standards to a great level through technology and innovation. Things adopted and created by scientists changed our lifestyles. Humans have always been ambitious in creating new things, we daily find hundreds of research work and inventions through out the world. Its the creativity in us gifted by God which doesnt let us sit idle. Looking in present is all what we have, thinking for future is what we humans have always been doing but lets have some time to Peek in past where we existed. Technology is an unstoppable beast which will keep growing and spreading. Faces will change but the inventors will always exist among us. We collected a bunch of technologies or implementation of technology in past. Have a look at the various such creations in past decades:

One Wheel Bike.

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Conic Veils.

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News fax.

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Gun camera.

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Stroller radio.

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Reading glasses.

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Amphibious bicycle.

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Sonar for blind people.

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Bumper for pedestrian pick up.

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Piano for sick people.

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Laryngophone.

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Vest heated with electricity.

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Roller walking skates.

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Emergency Bridge.

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Boat-bike.

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Ice skating shoes.

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Anti-puncture brush.

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Baby Cage.

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Portable sauna.

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Motoring surf-board.

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Mini television.

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TV-glasses.

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‘Mew’ machine.

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Venetian glasses.

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Hat-Radio

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