Mars Science Laboratory and the Curiosity Rover

Yes, I Remember ! What about you ?!

Giga Pets or the Virtual Electronic Pets. Other names are "tamagotchi", "digimon", "nano pet", "virtual pet", and I used to call it Zazou. "I really don't know why"

P.S. It died after One Week !

What is named after "Lomonosov" ?

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"Hail to Bermuda"

At 3:40 pm today, I got a visitor located in Bermuda (the territory). I asked myself: WHY ?! Then, I remembered one previous post discussing the famous (Bermuda Triangle).


Bermuda is a British Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Population: 64,600 - 2010
Source: World Bank, World Development IndicatorsCurrency: Bermudian DollarArea: 53.2 km^2
The National Anthem: "God Save The Queen"

Kourou Space Center

The True Story Behind Samsung VS. Iphone WAR

Maybe, it is time to declare the new official war between Samsung and Apple. Apple has already won injunctions against Samsung devices in Germany and Australia. Samsung has vowed to fight back in those two countries, as well as pre-emptive filings in its home country of South Korea. So, the war is still taking place in Europe where Apple seems to be winning so far, and has managed retailers from selling Samsung products.
The new Samsung:
"They are trying to expand the Android market. The longer it's left the harder it will be for Samsung"   Justice Annabelle Bennett - Reuters
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Read Also: Samsung plays dirty, ambushes Apple’s iPhone 4S launch in Sydney

We are the revolution: Paulo Coelho's Blog

My literature is totally committed with a new political attitude – human beings in search of their own identity.

My books don’t talk about the old and used up process of the right/left but there is a revolution that is slowly rising up which the press doesn’t seem to have detected yet.

If I had to sum up the whole idea in only one expression, I’d say that the new political attitude for our era is to “die alive and commited.”
In other words, being aware and participating in things until the day we die – something that does not occur very often – people end up dying for the world on the day they renounce their dreams.

We are the revolution taking place. We are responsible for the world in every sense – political, social, moral.
We are responsible for the planet. We are responsible for the unemployed.
Of course, we can blame the banks, the disaster that irresponsible people created in the financial system, the political repression, the inability of the Govts. to hear what people has to say.
But this will not help the world to become a better place. We need to act, and we need to act now.
And we don’t need permission to act.
We are much more powerful than we think we are. Let’s use this power, use the strength that everyone has when he/she is following his/her real Bliss, Personal Legend, you name it.
We are the dreamers, but we are also the revolution.
Dreams are not negotiable.

I outlined my declaration of principles in the links below. Do the same. And implement everything you think should be implemented.
Love
Paulo

The Co-evolution of Particle Science

Summary: Particle science, biology, nano science and materials science are in lock step. The working machinery of these sciences is particle analysis. This article looks at how the various disciplines interrelate.

The sciences don’t exist in isolation. Nowhere is this more obvious in than in particle analysis. The huge boom across the sciences in molecular science has been driving a virtual reinvention of a science which started as a mechanical process using very basic equipment like sieves. Today’s basic particle size analyzer is a far distant cry from those days, and the drivers for new forms of particle analysis are coming from across the scientific spectrum.

A short history of sciences in flux- How the new dynamics emerged

One of the new kids in science is molecular science. This rather precocious enfant terrible was the Big Bang for massive change in the physical sciences. Every other science from chemistry to physics has had to redefine its space and its ideas on the basis of molecular science. Not surprisingly, the materials sciences also had to reinvent themselves on the basis of this torrent of new information. For “materials”, read “particles”, and you’ll get some idea of the crucial role of particle analysis in modern sciences.

Particle analysis is now a distinct field in science, as well as a distinct function.

This is a very basic list of sciences and related areas of commerce which need ultra-efficient particle analysis:

Astronomy / Biology / Nano science / Toxicology / Entomology / Genetics / Mycology / Medicine / Pharmaceuticals / Manufacturing / Food science / Polymer science / Electronics / Space research / Geology / Mining / Physics

Pretty much everything, in fact. About the only sciences that don’t need particle analysis are history, economics and geography.

It’s an interesting study in interdisciplinary realities that the “insular” sciences of the past are now effectively co-dependent and highly inter-reactive. This is a multi-speed, multi directional process.

Turkey

Nothing like a little math geekery on Thursday Morning

What happens to the human body after drinking a can of cola

Product Design and Prototyping Basics

Summary: Discusses the issues related to prototyping in product design, including business and production model issues. How can you get your design into the prototype phase and onto production?

Keywords: product design, plastic injection moulding, industrial product design, precision machining services

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Product design is a demanding, often extremely detailed process. At the early prototyping stage, it gets very picky for various reasons including operational and performance issues, and in the later stages production issues need to be addressed. This can be a rather traumatic time for product designers, because the information load often stacks up dramatically, and so does the level of detail.

This workload must be managed systematically. Anyone who’s ever waded through pages of CAD plans knows that even at the most efficient levels of professional performance, time is a major factor from both business and productivity perspectives during the prototyping phase. The core business issue is getting results; the main productivity issue is getting the work done ASAP with appropriate quality.

This situation creates some basic choices for product designers:

1. Try and do all the prototyping yourself:

Some product designers are so talented and so proficient that they can do a lot of the work themselves. Instinctively, they also prefer to be the ones working on “their baby”. Whether or not that’s a good move in business terms, however, is debatable. It’s unlikely in most cases except very basic prototype scenarios that they can do all of it in an economic period of time. The business and design ramifications can be major problems, if they can’t.

The risks here need to be very well understood- Time frames can easily blow out with design modifications, and the economics can get pretty rocky. Budgets can get in trouble with extra time issues, and diverting resources onto one project at the expense of others may also not be a great business move.

2. Best practice- Get professional services to do the prototyping hard labour- This approach costs money, but it also saves a lot of time and effort upfront, and allows the product designer to stand back from the project and focus on quality issues. That’s the situation where the product designer really can home in on design problems and solutions, and it’s likely to be a very productive option, particularly for complex designs.

The alternative here is obviously bottom line based, but with some very productive elements built in:

• Core functions like plastic injection moulding can be implemented- This is basic production, done to specifications which can be translated into future working models.

• Precision machining services can be used to ensure high quality components- This is a critical service, and eliminates the dangerous “ad hoc” approach to these vital parts of the prototype. Some things need to be done in a proper production environment.

• Other designers are good problem solvers- They speak the language of design, understand the issues, and perhaps most importantly of all, commercial services for industrial design have the resources in-house to really get at and solve the issues related to prototyping.

• Efficiency is always valuable- In this case, the efficiency of the product design service ensures time frames are under control, and that systematic management of the prototype build is assured. That eliminates a lot of the risk factors in product design at this very sensitive stage of development.

If you’ve put a lot of work into your product design, do yourself a big favour- When it’s at prototyping stage, get professional support. You’ll never regret it.