Hi everybody! Its a NANO- technology….

So the Tata`s Nano is out of the closet. And its out in a big way despite being a nano. After 5 years of working on the car they have really come up with a master-piece. Its certainly going to change the world of many people, including of that of the industry.

Nano on display!

The car:

The car has nice design. It actually looks quite like an european car to me. Its very compact-a Nano after all. The engine is a 624cc engine. it comes with ac and non ac variant. it doesnt have power-steering. Mileage is awesome if thats the case - 23km/ltr!
And the most important thing is the price is Rs. 1lakh only, ex-showroom price kolkata. But i am sure that will also be the price elsewhere also.

Nano on display!

But…

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One more blow has been served to the Indian cricket team in Australia. Harbhajan has been banned from playing from 3 tests. In a combined protest from Indian team and the cricket BCCI, have decided to hold the tour until final decisions have been taken by the cricket gorverning body ICC on the Harbhajan and umpiring issue.

Harbhajan was called for hearing by the match referee. He was accompanied by Sachin, Kumble, the team manager and the media manager. After hearing the allegations from Symonds, Ponting, Gilchrist,etc, it was decided by the panel that Harbhajan has done Level 3.3 offence. Thus he was banned from playing from 3 test matches with immediate effect.

The hearing panel did not pay any heed to Sachin`s words or Harbhajan`s words who kept insisting that he did not make any racial comments against Symonds. It only heard the allegations from the Australian side and decided on the course of the action.

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Such a horrible test match it was. Such idiotic it was. Such a biased test it was. Such a hopeless game of cricket it was. Such a ridiculous game it was. A nonsense game of cricket it was…

Please tell me some more adjectives in those lines which I can put up there.

Did you see the test? I had seen it. And after a long time that I had seen or followed a test so closely. And ultimately what a test I had seen…

For those of you who are thinking whats going on here or which test I am talking about, then here it is. The test match was played between India and Australia. It was the second test match of the India tour to Australia. Dated 2-01-08 to 6-01-08.

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Ah, this is a nice bit of information that i came across. The innovation actually helps you burn calories instead of burning electricity to charge laptops!

A group of students have come up with a way to recharge your laptop without plugging it in. Rather than consuming electricity, you will be burning a lot calories of your body. The students built an exercise bicycle that uses the power of pedalling to charge a laptop computer. thus letting you to exercise while you are working!

Students Piotr Fidkowski, Sebastian Figari, Sara John, Kendra Johnson, Julia Kiberd, Tina Lai and Devon McCorkle of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) teamed up with Laxmi Rao of MIT`s Information Services and Technology. The project was to connect a laptop with an exercise bicycle.

A conventional 12-volt battery is used. It is charged through belts and gears present in the cycle, which actually transfers the motion of the wheel into the battery. A charge is also present, which regulates the electricity passing to the battery and thus prevents the battery from over-charging. Then the charge of the battery is supplied to the laptop, that is placed on a tray, in place of the handlebars.

The seat of the bicycle is adjustable according to one`s need and even the tray of the laptop is movable!

This is actually a smart way to use the unwanted calories present in our body and do something useful with it instead of just releasing it wastefully. This technology is going to be very useful when people go to some place where there is no availability of electricity.

Source: Times of India newpaper

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Well nothing can be told more than the title of this post goes… She is dead. She was shot dead by a suicide attacker, from very close range. Then he blew himself up, killing and injuring more people there.

Benazir

She had addressed an election campaign in Liaqat Bagh park. Then she boarded her car which had a sun gaurd. She had just stood there waving at her loyalists and supporters from her party, when she was shot. She had many splinters in her body also, due to the suicide bombing that took place thereafter. It is expected that she died at 6.16pm local time.

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Would you like to know how technology can or will change your daily activities? Would like to know how easy it will be to drive, manage your electricity bills, finding that dress which you just noticed someone wearing in the party last night?

Well IBM had come out with their five predictions for the next five years. They have talked about how the above mentioned activities will change for the better in the near future.

Lets see what they talked about…

Electricity management :

You simply forgot to switch off that air-conditioner and the dish-washer? Dont worry, do it with your cellphone! Would like to see the electricity consumption of the new fridge which you had bought after getting an assurance from the dealer that it will be a power-saver? Check it on your cellphone. Or you can also check it in your browser!

The electronic gadgets in your home will all be connected with an intelligent electric grid in your home. You will be able to switch on or off any particular appliance, check its status while you are away from your home. You will also be able to use renewable energy sources in a better way.

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-: Merry Christmas To All Of You :-

This is a very interesting story that i read just before sometime. Thought of sharing it with you all.

Its about a truce that took place on the Christmas eve during World War One.

The year was 1914. December 24. An unofficial truce was called upon. The forces were German and British troops. They were standing face to face and fighting but only for that day or for that matter that night only.

They decorated their trenches with flowers and trees and such items. Men from both the forces met at the `No man`s land`. They exchanged gifts, wine, chocolates, etc among themselves. They even played football against each other!

They took away their colleages` dead bodies, to their own sides for burial activities. In one of the burial activities men from both the sides sang a carol.

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