Thoughts provoked

Ah.. thats something nice :) Amongst the bevy of tablets and phones being launched, someone thought of a solar powered one and that too for the rural... great :) Computers are now an integral part of a child’s education, and talking of a million Indian children who attend rural schools that don’t have electricity. No electricity implies no computers!! Recently, an appreciable endeavour of a group of organizations from several different countries put their heads together to create the I-slate, a low-cost, low-energy tablet PC designed for use in these schools that runs on solar power. As per the news, in recent surveys, it appears to be a hit with the kids. P rototypes were tested with  10-13 year old  students of a rural school in Hyderabad , and it was liked. They liked  scratch pad app and perhaps did not like the button-placement of this gizmo priced at Rs. 1500. Almost 40 percent of the country's population is without electricity. Only four of our metros get steady powe

Snowflakes form when a cloud droplet first freezes into a tiny particle of ice Came across these beautiful intricate patterns while reading something on photonics- are they not simply awesome... mother nature.. bowing to you! Microphotographic images of snowflakes capture d by California Institute of Technology physics professor Kenneth Libbrecht will appear on US postal stamps beginning this month. His research is aimed at better understanding how structures arise in material systems, but it is also visually compelling and, from the start, has been a hit with the public: Libbrecht said his Web site, www.snowcrystals.com , is getting about two million hits a year. Ah! can any jewellery designer match this beauty....? Nature's intricate patterns