A Search Engine that Saves the Rainforest!

Ecosia, powered by Bing and Yahoo, while helping to quench your thirst for knowledge also helps the environment cause by donates a huge chunk of their profits to work in the Amazon.
 You can check it out at http://www.ecosia.org/

Built-in Orderly Organised Knowledge device

I received this from my friend Gokul, thought would share it with you all.

From: Gokul Churai 

It's a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on. 

It's so easy to use even a child can operate it. Just lift its cover. 

Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere -- even sitting in an armchair by the fire -- yet it is powerful enough to hold as much information as a CD-ROM disk.

Announcing the new Built-in Orderly Organised Knowledge device, also known as the BOOK!

Here's how it works: each BOOK is constructed of sequentially numbered sheets of paper (recyclable), each capable of holding thousands of bits of information. These pages are locked together with a custom-fit device called a binder which keeps the sheets in their correct sequence. By using both sides of each sheet, manufacturers are able to cut costs in half.

Each sheet is scanned optically, registering information directly into your brain. A flick of the finger takes you to the next sheet. The BOOK may be taken up at any time and used by merely opening it. The "Browse" feature allows you to move instantly to any sheet, and move forward or backward as you wish. Most come with an "index" feature, which pinpoints the exact location of any selected information for instant retrieval.

An optional "BOOKmark" accessory allows you to open the BOOK to the exact place you left it in a previous session -- even if the BOOK has been closed. BOOKmarks fit universal design standards; thus a single BOOKmark can be used in BOOKs by various manufacturers.

Portable, durable and affordable, the BOOK is the entertainment wave of the future, and many new titles are expected soon, due to the surge in popularity of its programming tool, the Portable Erasable-Nib Cryptic Intercommunication Language stylus [PENCIL]. 

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The story of how we got our alphabets

"From intricate and beautiful Egyptian hieroglyphs, to wedge-shaped cuneiform imprints from ancient Mesopotamia - our ancestors developed many ways of recording their thoughts and information. 

We might see them as primitive, but these early written languages were instrumental to shaping and forming the alphabets used across the world today."

View it at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14544388

Explorer Toolbar Editor

Explorer Toolbar Editor is powerful and easy-to-use software that helps you add or remove buttons from the Windows Explorer toolbar in Windows 7.
Unlike other existing programs, Explorer Toolbar Editor supports multiple folder types and displays the current set of buttons for each one. Also, you can use it to reorder the toolbar buttons.

Explorer Toolbar Editor allows you to:

- view current button sets for each folder type
- add/remove buttons to individual or all folder types
- change the order of buttons on the toolbar
- restore the default set of buttons


The 224 KB Explorer Tool Editor (zip file) can be downloaded at
http://tinyurl.com/3mcbhsw

Want to get inspired?

"How are creative investigations sparked? What does a state of inspiration feel like? Can inspiration be transmitted from person to person? Join us for an audio slide show series that explores the fascinating world of how we work creatively, and presents the human stories behind creative accomplishments." - from the website
 
To get inspired visit

http://www.exploratorium.edu/tv/index.php?project=99

Artificial Intelligence : Free online course from Stanford University

Stanford University has opened up to the public an introductory artificial intelligence class, taught by two luminaries in the field. Anyone with high-speed Internet, anywhere in the world, can enroll in the online course.

More than 70,000 people have signed up already to receive registration information for the AI course, which runs from October until December. 

More at http://tinyurl.com/3eehjh9

Participated in a protest meeting held near the Town hall, Mysore - protesting against the arrest of Anna Hazare - the least I can do to help the cause.

The Longevity Project

To live a long life, we've been told, eat well, exercise and manage stress. Now an eight-decade study indicates that's only part of the equation. Health scientists Howard Friedman and Leslie Martin explain how factors such as social connections, personality and marriage affect long-term health in The Longevity Project

 

 

Exercise is important, but it doesn't have to mean logging long hours at the gym. Longevity Project researchers found that intense fitness regimens could backfire — long-term, you're better off finding a physical activity that you love.

The transcript of the radio interview with the researchers can be read at http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=4694

 

Don't miss to take the Longevity self-assessment Test at the end of the article.

 

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Sourced from DailyGood 

Give, Receive, and Dance!

The 3 Stages of Generosity

How do you think about generosity? In this recent TEDx Talk, Nipun Mehta shares his experiences with generosity, broken down into three stages:

 Give, Receive, and Dance! 

When you give, you find that the compassion felt around you is contagious and it, in turn, creates a community. 

When you receive, you discover abundance, you realize generosity exists in so many different ways. 

And finally, when you dance, you give and receive with a natural rhythm, helping to create communities where generosity becomes the organizing principle. 

Then, giving becomes contagious

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RN4-YMm4Spc&feature=player_embedded

Source: DailyGood

Promoting European Unity through the teaching of Vedas

European Union (EU) has united in political, monetary, as well as other secular areas. Veda Union seeks to unite Europe on spiritual level promoting unity, love and peace among all people through teachings of the Vedas and recitation of sacred Vedic hymns. Visit their site at http://www.vedaunion.org/, enjoy the videos! 
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Got to know from Ganesh of BR Hillsu  

MIT Scientists Develop a Drug to Fight Any Viral Infection!

Scientists at MIT are developing a new drug that may fight viruses as effectively as antibiotics like penicillin dispatch bacteria. The broad-spectrum treatment is designed to trigger cell-suicide in cells that have been invaded by any virus, thereby halting infection, while leaving healthy cells alone.

In lab tests using animal and human cells, the new therapy was effective against 15 viruses, including the common cold, H1N1 influenza, dengue fever, a polio virus, a stomach virus and several types of hemorrhagic fever. "In theory, it should work against all viruses," said Todd Rider, a senior staff scientist in Lincoln Laboratory's Chemical, Biological, and Nanoscale Technologies Group at MIT, who invented the new technology.

Read more: http://healthland.time.com

Srikumar Rao: Happiness teacher

Executive, educator, writer and life coach Srikumar S. Rao asks, "Are you ready to succeed?" -- and in his famous course "Creativity and Personal Mastery," he teaches his students how to do so.

Why you should listen to him:

Srikumar Rao was an executive at Warner Communications and McGraw-Hill before he created his celebrated MBA course, "Creativity and Personal Mastery." The course -- the only business school course that has its own alumni association -- shows students how to discover their unique purpose, creativity and happiness, through group work and a philosophical perspective. Its popularity has led to write-ups in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Business Week.

Rao is also an adviser to senior business executives, whom he helps find deeper meaning and engagement in their work. He's the author of Are You Ready to Succeed: Unconventional Strategies for Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and Life, and has been a contributing editor for Forbes. His latest book is titled Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated, and Successful - No Matter What.

"[Creativity and Personal Mastery] is a forum for self-exploration, meant to help future business leaders define their personal ethics and goals."The New York Times

If you would like to listen to him, please try this link, it's a very large file!

https://www.transferbigfiles.com/0b99ac0a-dff5-78dd-33ff-2860265f02b6?rid=rZ7OOhd2D5m6yAoacslRbQ%3d%3d 

‘Lab on a chip’ diagnoses HIV in 15 minutes

The mChip device can perform complex HIV testing quickly, easily and inexpensively, even in the most remote regions of the plane. It requires only a tiny drop of blood, obtained through a finger prick, to test for both syphilis and HIV

Read more at www.bme.columbia.edu/~sia/ and www.clarosdx.com

ALL THE PHONE NUMBERS of your contacts are now on facebook!

 To remove click on ACCOUNT, click on EDIT FRIENDS, left side of screen and click CONTACTS. you will see all phone numbers from your cell phone (FB friends or not) are published that you have stored in your mobile phone. TO REMOVE, go to the right column, click on "this page." please repost this on your status, so your friends can remove their numbers and thus prevent abuse if they do not want them published.

Posted by Ro Hini in FaceBook

Record and Share minutes of a meeting, instantly, well almost!

MinutesIO is a web service that lets its users record minutes of a meeting. You can use it in your browser, and there is no need to be connected to the Internet as the drafts are saved in your browser, waiting to be sent when you’re online again.

In addition to emailing the minutes on your behalf, minutes.io publishes them using secret URLs.

You don’t need to sign up. And it’s free!

Check it out at http://minutes.io/

Re-tune your ears for conscious listening

In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, "We are losing our listening." In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening -- to other people and the world around you.

TED TALK AT

 

http://www.ted.com/talks/julian_treasure_5_ways_to_listen_better.html

Every human being needs to listen consciously in order to live fully.(Julian Treasure)

A Very Useful Tool

A fantastic tool to get data on economy, demography, social conditions, standards of living of all countries on earth, and world maps, at htttp://www.ibge.gov.br/paisesa​t/main.php

New font designed for readers with dyslexia

New font designed for readers with dyslexia
Dutch design firm StudioStudio has created a typeface that can be read by dyslexics more easily and with fewer errors. Recognizing that dyslexics tend to rotate letters as well as mix them up, Dyslexie incorporates numerous features to help keep such problems from occurring.

http://www.studiostudio.nl/project-dyslexie/ , video intro at 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLtYFcHx7ec&feature=player_embedded

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This is truly an innovative idea to empower the poor kids....

In a rural village in Orissa, the poorest state in India, until recently, the poor kids faced only two choices: Either go to school and improve their long-term prospects through education, or skip school and work for a pittance so they can buy a little food. mPowering has created an app that helps to have it both ways. It enables the kids who go to school earn credits that can be redeemed for food, medicine, and other incentives. 

More on this innovative endeavour at
http://www.ssireview.org/articles/entry/whats_next_antipoverty_apps/?utm_source=Enews08_04_11&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Antipoverty_Apps 

Sourced from DailyGood.Org

Mark Zuckerberg's Sister Leaves Facebook To Start A Company

Randi Zuckerberg is leaving Facebook to start her own company, RtoZ Media. AllThingsD has printed her resignation letter. It explains her desire to become an entrepreneur. "Now is the perfect time for me to move outside of Facebook to build a company focused on the exciting trends underway in the media industry,“ she writes


More at www.businessinsider.com

Hi, I am Soundar Rajan, aka NSS and Soundar, propose to present in this blog a potpourri of thoughts of mine and others, ideas, and tidbits of news and events that could prove interesting to you.

I live in Mysore, India. I facilitate imbibing of communication skills in English. I also help initiate people into the practice of TGI (Transformational Guided Imagery) to help them touch base with their potential, hidden deep inside!

Welcome aboard!

Soundar