Mettalic Tattoos to ‘Conduct’ Computer Operations?
Mettalic Tattoos to 'Conduct' Computer Operations?
Etching may be Art, Technology may be Science, but the twain shall meet in Tattoo-istan. Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are leveraging temporary tattoos to operate connected devices...
Go, Poke Around, man. But avoid trees.
Go, Poke Around, man. But avoid trees.
The newly released, 'crazily' popular mobile game, Pokémon Go has seen gamers cross barricades/fences, trespass into others' properties, driving their car into police vehicles all because of their complete focus...
Way to improve coffers ‘Fat-Tax’ se? Kerala FM’s ‘Fat Wah’ on Junk Food!
In a first for India, an Indian State has decided to use financial levers to discourage junk food. A Fat-tax of 14.5% will be levied on all items like Pizzas and Burgers. Whether the state's coffers will get...
President Alexander Look Ye Shun Cloth
When a respected President makes a slip during a speech, there may be some smiles and winks, but the matter is largely buried. But the President in question is Alyaksandr Lukashenko of Belarus, running an...
Making Mountains, Creating Clouds, Defying Des-er-tiny!
photo courtesy: abudhabi2.com
In the Mahabharatha, Krishna saves his community from incessant rains by taking refuge of the Gowardhana mountain. Now, the United Arab Emirates seeks remedy from the aridness by creating a mountain. The...
Snap the Chat. Why hurry to meet our Maker ?
courtesy: nydailynews.com
Research is increasingly showing the benefits of focusing on one task at a time. But we take pride in multi-tasking. A decade or two ago, it (multi-tasking) was touted as a key...
Take No Logic, …..blindly.
courtesy: TheHindu.com; phys.org
Like many other things Technology too is a good servant but a bad master.
Drivers not using GPS rely on basic human skills. This includes watching out for what’s on the road, checking...
Hu-man, He-woman, She-man, E-man !
photo courtesy: robots.nu
WTF…there may be less conservative expansions compared to Weird Trending Fun….
But the news of former US Senator Harris Wofford remarrying is questioning our conventional notions of sexuality, sexual attraction and love. Why...
Identity Changed By Employment Exchange – Pollatha Aatchi at Pollachi ?
Pollatha Aatchi at Pollachi ?
Pollatha Aatchi ……Pollatha (Cruel in Tamil), Aatchi (Governance in Tamil ) seems phonetically similar to Pollachi, the TN town near the border with Kerala.
Amazing how Power and officials’ connivance can corrupt and...