Canis Majoris (Father Of All Suns)

VY Canis Majoris (VY CMa) is a red Hypergiant Star located in the constellation Canis Majoris. At between 1800 and 2100 solar radii (8.4–9.8 astronomical units, 2.7 billion km across or 1.7 billion miles) across, it is currently the largest known star and also one of the most luminous star known.

To illustrate, if Earth's Sun were replaced by VY Canis Majoris, its radius might extend beyond the orbit of Saturn (about 9 AU). Assuming the upper size limit of 2100 solar radii, light would take more than 2.7 hours to travel around the star's circumference, compared to 14.5 seconds for the Sun.

HANDS WARMER

Who says you can’t enjoy the great outdoors and stay warm? The Hand warmer is a rugged, metal hand warmer by the folks who make our favorite brand of lighter. It has a high-polish finish and a sleek, thin design so it easily fits into pockets, and it’s virtually odorless and stays warm for upto 12 hours. Besides, its reusable with Zippo lighter fluid and includes a convenient filler cup and warming bag. Whatever you’re doing out there in cold, keep a Hand warmer in your pocket and you’ll stay happy and warm doing it (I'd like to have one of these :D ).

SELF – POWERED EMERGENCY TOOL

 

 

The Self Powered Emergency Tool is a 12-in-1 unit featuring a built-in hand crank, so you can generate power when and wherever you need it. Never worry about the batteries for your flashlight, radio or about charging your cell phone and MP3 player. The flashing red light, panic button amd motion activated security alarm help to protect you from hard, at home, while biking, camping, hiking, fishing and boating. If you get lost, the compass and signaling mirror can help you find your way  or lead others to find you.

There’s even a built-in storage compartment for pills, matches and other small items.

LED UMBRELLA

In the pre-apocalyptic future, air will be so thick, it will be dark in the middle of the day. Coupled with the almost constant acidic rain, you’ll need to find a way to the noodle shop. Even if you don’t live in quas-futuristic Los Angeles, you can still have the coolest umbrella in the street (especially in countries with Load-shedding). Now, even in the darkest of nights, you’re a lot more visible to cars on the street, making your long walk though the rain a lot safer

Robot English Teachers!!

Almost 30 robots have started teaching English to youngsters in a South Korean city, education officials said, in a pilot project designed to nurture the nascent robot industry.

Engkey, a white, egg-shaped robot developed by the Korea Institute of Science of Technology (KIST), began taking classes Monday at 21 elementary schools in the southeastern city of Daegu.

The 29 robots, about one metre (3.3 feet) high with a TV display panel for a face, wheeled around the classroom while speaking to the students, reading books to them and dancing to music by moving their head and arms.

A Book a Day......7

Here are some Basics people....Basic Electronics that is :)

Schaum_s_Outlines_-_Electronic_Devices_And_Circuits_Second_Edition.pdf

Merry XMAS Ppl.

Peace \m/

Polar Bear Wrecks $200,000 equipment

Animals are not fooled as we might think. They know each and every thing happening in their environment and can even detect small or hidden changes as shown in a recent polar bear incident.

Award-winning director John Downer while making a wildlife documentary covered his remote-control camera in a ball of snow to capture a part of the Polar bear life and to see how polar bear mother and her cub crosses the sea ice in Svalbard, Norway, in search of seals. But the snow ball covered camera didn't fool him at all. He went straight to it and tried the explore the thing with the help of its claw and then smashed it into tiny pieces.

After smashing it, his curiosity didn't end up. He set his eyes on a second piece of equipment, Downer's £100,000 blizzard camera. Although the blizzard camera was a remote-controlled but even then the director couldn't steer the equipment away from the huge half a ton polar bear. Finally curiosity ended after destroying both the cameras.

Luckily the film maker had another camera to record the attacks.


'Curiosity satisfied, the animals eventually behaved normally,' said Mr Downer

Dual Core Cell Phone :O

SEOUL: LG Electronics says it will release the first dual-core smartphone next month in Korea, followed soon after by releases in Europe and other Asian countries. The company did not indicate a release plan for the Optimus 2X in the United States.

The new smartphone will run Nvidia's Tegra 2 system-on-a-chip (SoC) that includes two ARM cores with a clock speed of 1 GHz, according to an LG press release published Thursday. The company is claiming the dual-core processor will deliver higher performance and play video and games smoother than devices powered with single-core chips.

The march to multiple cores in smartphones is important as the devices take on more tasks once left to PCs, giving consumers more reasons to turn to the handheld device instead of a laptop. "Dual-core technology is the next leap forward in mobile technology so this is no small achievement to be the first to offer a smartphone utilizing this technology," Jong-seok Park, chief executive and president of LG Electronics Mobile Communications, says in the release.

TERROR FROM ABOVE!!

We have always heard off different threats space poses us. Let it be cosmic rays, asteroids, meteoroids or UV rays. Today we will discuss about the statics about the asteroids, that may collide with our planet within hundred years. we will be discussing the probability and time of the collision of the asteroids and their different sizes.
This time ther is a lineup. We will start with the most likely collision to least likely....U know wat I mean ;D


ASTEROID,                  Size (diameter in feets),       Probability of Impact         ,When it could hit

1. 2000 SG344                  121                                 1/770                                2068-2073
2. 101955 1999 RQ36      1837 ;o                          1/1400                              2169-2199
3. 2000 VK184                 427                                1/3000                              2048-2057
4. 2006  QV89                  98                                  1/3100                              2019-2042
5. 2008 CK70                   102                                1/3500                              2030-2031
6. 1979 XB                        2254                              1/3 million                         2056-2086
7. 2010 AR85                    3609                              1/53 million                       2015-2106


The 2010 AR85 is the most recently discovered asteroid and may collide us in 2015 and look at the size people!!!! 3609 feet diameter...:O ................Phew! the probability saves us.....1 in 53 million....But the size reminds me of the blockbuster movie ARMAGEDDON!


Peace \m/

Smallest Car ever to hit the road

Last time I did a topic on the car, it was about some of the best cars of the world....Now its the other way round.

Lets see what we have, if we talk about the smallest car...

The Peel 50, purchased by Ripley's Believe It Or Not! in early 2009, weighs only 130 lbs., and is the smallest car ever approved for street use. The Manx Peel Engineering Co. built about 50 of them in the early 1960s, and only a few of them remain to this day. With two wheels in front, one in back, the Peel 50 hits a top speed approaching 40 miles an hour. Maybe that's a little slow, but how fast do you want to go in a car that probably weighs less than you do?
If any guys out there are wondering how good this car is for picking up chicks. Consider this: It only has room for the driver and a small bag.
 

 MR. BEAN WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE... WONT HE?? dud da dud dud daaaa (I'm imitating mr. bean.....com'on people!!)

2. Enough for the tall strange car, today the Briton Andy Saunders decided to bring us one of the world's smallest car. First to spend 240 pounds to buy a 17-year-old Fiat 126, then he and two friends spent three days this time to modify the old car.

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 NOW FOR THE CHEAPEST CAR!

1. Chinese automaker Geely will soon usurp Tata Motors' crown as producer of the world's Cheapest Car. Geely is developing its own mini car, called the Gleagle IG, that will be even more affordable than Tata’s Nano (Not for Many ;-D ). With a $2,250 price tag, it beats the Nano by almost a grand.

2. Now here's a car one would like to buy, it comes in just five figures....99,999 Indian rupee that is. I am sure everyone like to have one.....

MAY BE NOT!!!

Especially if your cheapest car catches fire cheaply and burn to ground without any reason. The guy in the top left smaller pic is the owner of the brand new car...How do i know if the car is brand new....look at the flowers hanging from the bonnet of the car.

Stay tuned for more...

Peace \m/

HOLY HOLES!!

Below are some of the biggest and most magnificent holes on earth

1. Darvaza (Door) - The Burning Gates:

In 1971, geologists discovered a huge underground deposit of natural gas on this site. And while excavating, a whole drilling rig fell into an underground cavern. Natural gas started coming up from the hole. To prevent gasses from escaping, it was set alight and it continues to burn even today. The crater measures roughly 60 meters in diameter and 20 meters deep and is located in Turkmenistan.

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2. The Kimberley Diamond mine (also known as the Big Hole) is an open-pit mine in Kimberley, South Africa and is claimed to be the largest hole excavated by hand. This 1097 meter deep mine yielded over 6,000 lb of diamonds before being closed in 1914.

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3. Isn't This view mesmerizing?? For me it is. It feel likes seeing the top of heaven through Google earth.;-))

Thats the Great Blue Hole, Belize
Situated 60 miles off the mainland of Belize is this incredible geographical phenomenon known as a blue hole. There are numerous blue holes around the world but none as stunning as this one. About 60 miles from Belize City, there is a perfectly circular 1,000 (305 m) feet across and 400 feet (123 m) wide deep.

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4. This one looks a bit Hellish... well it was for the people there...In 2007, this 300-foot-deep sinkhole swallowed about a dozen homes in Guatemala City.

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5. Located in northern California, the Monticello Dam has this one of the biggest holes in the world. This funnel-shaped outlet, allows water to bypass the dam when it reaches capacity, as it allows water to pass through at a rate of 48,400 cubic feet per second. how about a dive in it. It would take more than nearly 3 minutes to reach the bottom 

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Stay tuned for more of the world's biggest and the best.

Peace \m/

A Book a Day..............6

Here's Another book 4 u people........please feel free to put up a request.....i'll try to post the book or some relevent book.

A_Baker_s_Dozen_Real_Analog_Solutions_for_Digital_Designers.pdf

Peace \m/

Coolest Cars

Here are a few of the coolest cars u would ever see.. no line up or ranking. All of them are gr8 and cannot be rated

Starting with                                   
                                                     1. The Mercedes Benz

2.The new Marcielago

3.The Koenigsegg Agera

4. Bugatti Veyron

5. The Green Gadget (Dodge ZEO)

6. Porsche Carrera GTs

Navy Railgun can shoot at a projectile at a speed of Mach 7

This one railgun by the Navy can also fire projectiles, at an out-of-the-barrel speed of Mach 7 (approximately 5,000 miles per hour).
A railgun is powered by electricity, and accelerates a conductive projectile along a pair of metal rails. The current interacts with the magnetic fields generated by the rails and this speeds the projectile on its very fast way.
In case you are wondering, these projectiles have to be specially made in order to prevent them from melting from the air friction. By the way, it takes 33 Megajoules of energy to fire this gun.

Software 4 u

Here's the dejvu reader for u guyz. Its not as gr8 as Adobe, but still comes in pretty handy sometimes.

Below is the download link

djvureader.rar

Peace \m/

The Future of the Aviation Industry

Right now, if there is an industry bulging up to its full size and expanding without any restraint just like our universe is the Aviation Industry.........from the old C-130 cargo planes to A-380 air bus aviation industry is ready to embrace more and more new designs.

One for instance is the Son of Concord.

Ready to take the passengers at Mach 5, its in a prototype state right now but its still a great landmark to even achieve such great speed with this huge size.

Another Big and New is the Double Tail Propeller Design that would enable gliding for the planes to improve fuel and time efficiency

 

 The Future of the Airbus

Awesome People

Wanna no how awesome we are?? Check out this cool new viral video....the link's given below

Awesome People

Motorola Announces The Droid 2

Motorola has announced the sucessor to its popular Droid Android mobile phone, the Motorola Droid 2. The Motorola Droid 2 featires a 3.7 inch display, plus a slide out QWERTy keyboard and it comes woth the latest version of Google’s mobile OS, Android 2.2.

 

 

The Motorola Droid 2 is the first Android smartphone to be released that features native support for Adobe Flash, and it supports the latest version of Flash, 10.1.

A Book a Day.......5

Am trying to be regular, dont mind if I am not. Here's another book for all the job hunterz...this book might help you in your interviews.

201_Best_Questions_to_Ask_on_Your_Interview.pdf

A Book a Day......4

Another book for you people. Learn about the new trend in power generation.....Alternative Energy!

See how the alternative energy systems are build and used. For those who seek a career in this field...

Alternative_Energy__Demystified.pdf


PEACE \m/

TRON LEGACY BIKE

 Ever Heard of light cycles? No! Go and watch this trailer first...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4RiUy23e9s&feature=player_embedded


The Parker Brothers Choppers in Florida are selling off three working Lightcycle replicas like the ones in the upcoming movie TRON Legacy. If you’ve been dreaming of having your own Lightcycle ever since the first TRON and have the cash for it, better act quickly since there are only three of these babies left.
Each bike will set you back around €27,900 ($35,000) and each unit is custom-built and unique. Even the color is one-of-a-kind since they won’t make a bike the same color as ones already sold. To top it off, these are real, working motorcycles and not just something to sit on and pose for a photo-op.
I doubt buyers will be using these for their daily grocery run but the maker says they are built for street use. Each bike features hubless wheels, neon accents, a fiberglass body and either an electric or gas motor

Card Reader WATCH

The MicroSD Card Reader Watch features a built in microSD card reader that you can hook up to your computer with a USB cable to read microSD cards.
It also features a stainless steel bezel, and a rubber watch band, the watch is water resistant and shock proof, and it features a three year battery life. Now you can feel like James Bond for a while....while copying data that is :-p

A Book A Day......3

Here's something boys would love to read. It teaches about how towalk, to talk, to stand and to impress......its all about body language ;D

Body Language by Allen Pease

Now write with your EYES

EyeWriter
For all sorts of emotional reasons, we loved the "EyeWriter", invented by the Ebeling Group, the Graffiti Research Lab and the Not Impossible Foundation. It is for people who need to communicate using their eyes since problems like neuromuscular syndromes make their limbs useless. The "Eyewriter" uses low cost, open source software that is installed inside eye-tracking glasses. It allows the user to write, draw and create lines on a screen. Essentially, disabled or paralysed people can use it to communicate with others.

Chewing Gum Artist

The artisit looks like a big fan of Ms. Hillary Rodham Clinton

A canadian artist is using nothing other than our own AAC (American Accent Creator) 'Chewing Gum' for the purpose of making Portraits. Now I dont know if he chews the gum first (which would discuss most of you) and then utilize it or use it as it is. But what can we say, An art is an art is an art is an art.....is an art.

Kidz.....Reaching new level of Empathy

In china a 3 year old got himself stuck in a place only a 3 year old can think of..............a washing machine dryer. The chinese kid must be a hardcore A-Team fan..............trying to be master in ridiculous...may be she was trying to fly the washing machine or something like that. Any ways the fireifghters were called and hey cut open the washing machine, freeing the kid of her worst nightmare ever.

A Book A Day......2

Here's another book for you people

Microcontroller Idea Book

New to microcontroller? Try this book as a cook book for small to medium scale projects.

A Book a Day keeps the Failure at Bay!

Hey guyz, I will be uploading an e-book everyday from now on. The book will be on any subject, be it studies, entertainment, or personality tests. So enjoy the books and if you have any requests (decent ones) fell free to write it in a comment, I'll try my best to find and upload the book.

PEACE \m/

C-Programming for Scientists and Engineers.pdf 

Spanish woman claims ownership of the Sun

After billions of years the Sun finally has an owner -- a woman from Spain's soggy region of Galicia said Friday she had registered the star at a local notary public as being her property.

Angeles Duran, 49, told the online edition of daily El Mundo she booked the star in September after reading about an American man who had registered himself as the owner of the moon and most planets in our Solar System.

There is an international agreement which states that no country may claim ownership of a planet or star, but it says nothing about individuals, she added.

Angeles is now determined to salp a charge on everyone who uses sunlight for the purpose of energy production.

Jobs at Descon

Engineers, hurry up snd register yourself on Descon official site to become a Trainee Engineer in Descon Pakistan. Descon are recruiting some 40 engineers by the end of December, 2010. Visit

http://www.descon.com.pk/HumanResources/freshGraduateIntroduction.aspx

Cook & Trott............An Ashes Dream

On the final day of the 1st Ashes test, AN Cook and J Trott, destroyed Australian  line up with their fierceness and determined batting. AN Cook, enjoyed the Ashes Dream playing a knock of 235, stayed in the crease for 630 minutes with 26 boundaries. He became the highest run scorer at Gabba and also the only english player to have beaten a record set by the Australian Sir Don Bradman.

The day comprised mostly of Trott and Cook's ball pounding. England scored 517 for 1, which became the highest score by a team at Gabba. The Partnership b/w Cook and Trott was a record stand of 329 breaking the previous one set two days ago by Brad Haddin and Mike Hussey.

The Magic Potter Imperiuses the Box Office

Yes fans of the Potter World, the first part of the last book "HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS PART 1" has taken the box office by storm, taking first postion on the US and Box Office for the month of November with grossing $220 million in ten days.

The Story of the Wizard boy now coming to end is not ready to let go the audience. Still being played in more than 5000 screens, the movie may gross 5 times its budget.

Wanna Read more.....
http://www.mannythemovieguy.com/index.php?entry=entry101128-232952

New From Wikileaks

Yesterday, wikileaks issued a notification worldwide that there site was under a cyber attack. Most probably the attack was executed within the country that felt endangered by the leaks.

Recently, out of 25000 different documents, one statement that is diffusing uncertainity over the unity of Middle Eastern country was given by the Arab leaders, in which they are prompting US to attack Iran.

We cannot neglect the fact that US had been worried over the strong unity among the Arab Nations and Iran and now the Wikileaks are releasing such statements that are related to the arab world. In another statement, the famous Saudi King is accused of stating that "The President of The Republic of Pakistan, Mr. Asif Ali Zardari is the main obstacle in the process of Pakistan's Progress".
According to the leaks, the king stated,
"When the head is rotten, it affects the whole body"

Strangely, the only two statements that has emerged as an inportant news are related to the Arab world. Many people espacially from the Arab World might consider these Leaks as a scam or a new strategy to break the strong bond shared by the Arab World, Iran and Pakistan.