The Concept of Mouse:

Technology Vs India:

Indian designs futuristic concept mouse:

Bangalore: With advanced technology, PCs are giving way to laptops and laptops are making space for tablets. The humble mouse is also constantly evolving in its form and design. And the latest idea to stuck innovators is that of touch controls in the mouse.

As the touch controls are gaining popularity, a concept design is presented, titled Mouse for Men, which if realised into reality will change the way we use the mouse.

Conceptualized by Indian designer Nitin Mane, the concept mouse has touch controls, flexible touchscreen and pressure sensitive controls to boot. The touchscreen has an OLED display and the design is inspired by an original mouse. The concept device has a separable tail that eases the usability.

The interface of the mouse has displays the status, and the buttons and menus can be customized as per the need or preference of the users. The mouse also has emergency charging feature at the end of normal battery life.

The Mouse for Men was designed by Nitin Mane as part of the LG Cube Competition 2010. Mane is a student of animation and graphics.

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Again India reached the mark.,

1)Indian Villager became source of MIT tech idea:

Bangalore: Mahatma Gandhi once said "The soul of India lives in its villages' and today a villager from Guwahati has made his vision true and acceptable to the world. Kanak Das, resident of a remote village near Guwahati has created a simple device which converts the shocks received by his bicycle into acceleration energy, so he doesn't have to peddle for a few metres after negotiating a pothole, reports Prashant Thakor of DNA.

Finally the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, U.S., has taken up by his idea and is conducting further research on how to channelize the energy created in shock observers of vehicle into the acceleration.

Anil Gupta, Professor at IIM-A, who presented his idea to the MIT said, "Kanak Das came up with this innovation to seek a solution to the bad roads of his village, and when I showcased his idea to the students of MIT, they immediately adopted it, as it can bring huge change in automobile technology across the world."

It is horrifying to see that a good project is recognized by MIT and not by any IIT or a leading technolgy institute like IISc and other so called deemed universities who can boast only tie ups with foreign universities but fail to recognize the sparks in our own local brains. What a pity! It is sad that even the professors who have done their doctorates in foreign universities also behave like ordinary people once they take up jobs in India.

2) When would India start encouraging Innovations:

Bangalore: For centuries the Indian mindset has been about following the West. The 'I' in India always meant Imitation. But now Innovation has become the new mantra for all young Indians. But has the efforts of new innovations really paid off? In fact you could say "No" as only 12 to 14 percent (35) of innovations out of 250 were approved and were given patent.

Out of 35, 5 patents were given by the U.S. Government. The U.S. patent office did not charge innovators any patent fee when they heard that the innovations were from people who had no formal training.

There are several innovations that happen in the country and go unnoticed. NGOs take initiative of providing the platform for young innovators by nominating the the individual. The individual wins a prize for his prized innovation and he and his revolutionizing innovation is forgotten in the same village where it had originated. Since many of these worthy innovations lie cocooned in their respective villages, hardly any of these breakthrough technologies see the light.

Why is that, in India, there is a congenital failure to identify innovation and creativity? Despite the lack of education, power and money, young guns have fought their way with limited resources and found a better and cheaper solution to address our problems, but still government shuts its doors away and discourages budding talents.

Around six lakh students graduate from technical institutes every year in our country and why that none of their 'innovative' project works is not considered worthy of a patent?

In a government polytechnic college in Latur (in Maharashtra), three young girls have built a black box for automobiles that is used by Insurance companies in U.S. to know if the car was met with a genuine accident or not. How many people in India know about this? Should not such products be developed and sold in a mass scale?

One such instance that has been ignored by our government is that of Chandrasekhar Panda and Saswat Swain, the two young minds of the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) who have designed the first ever 3G technology-based data card that will provide high speed internet at a very low cost for rural people.

The 3G data card, named "iWEBLEAF", has been designed in such a manner that it can work on the spectrum of any telecom operator to provide high speed internet service all the time. They have developed the card in such a way that it is both Wi-Fi and 3G enabled. The data card currently has the capacity of providing 7.2Mbps speed on the 2G GSM SIM card besides providing internet access at 21.1Mbps.It also acts as a Wi-Fi hotspot hub, which will enable the end user to connect around 300 laptops and 30 mobile phones to the internet without using any cable connection.

This invention can be a breakthrough in providing mobile broadband connectivity to the people of the state.In India the biggest challenge for the telecom authority of India is to provide broadband in rural villages and remote areas of the country. The goal of the project is to drive a 'highway' of high-speed internet, which would unite 410 rural regions, where private telecom companies do not develop broadband internet infrastructure due to low demand.

"By using only 3 to 4 data cards, an entire village with around 150 families can be provided internet connectivity with a net spending of just Rs 900 per month. Similarly, an urban user will get high speed internet at just Rs 99 per month," said Panda.

"Using this data card, a person can get to view more than 150 television channels, free of cost without using any television tuner or additional gadgets. The user can also switch to different networks within 2 days." said Panda.

Currently the data card is priced at 1300. It can be used by both pre-paid and post-paid customers and the tariff plan that they offer is 274 per month for unlimited download and99 for 2GB of download.

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Third Bangalore Nano award to A K Sood

Bangalore Nano 2010 National Award Presented to Prof. Ajay K Sood

Bangalore, 08th December 2010: The 3rd edition of Bangalore Nano organised by The Department of IT, BT and S&T, Government of Karnataka under the guidance of Vision Group on Nanotechnology led by Prof. C.N.R. Rao, FRS, Honorary President, JNCASR was inaugurated at the Lalit Ashok. The focal theme of Bangalore Nano 2010 is “Frontiers of Nanotechnology: Impact on India. This TWO day event is featuring top global intellects, entrepreneurs and organisations in the field of Nanotechnology.

The event started by a traditional inauguration of lighting the lamp by Prof. C.N.R. Rao,FRS National Research Professor; Linus Pauling Research Professor; Honorary President, JNCASR; Chairman, Science Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India; Chairman, Vision Group on Science & Technology and Nanotechnology, Government of Karnataka, followed by Shri. Ashok Kumar C Manoli, IAS - Principal Secretary to Government, Dept. of Information Technology, Biotechnology and Science & Technology, Government of Karnataka, Prof. Yoshio Bando, Fellow, National Institute for Material Science (NIMS) & COO - International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), Japan, Prof. Ajay K Sood, President, Indian Academy of science and Institute of Science (IISc) and Mr. Arvind Jannu, IAS - Managing Director, KEONICS and Director IT & BT Government of Karnataka.

Giving the inaugural address Prof. C.N.R. Rao, FRS said, “The Bangalore Nano is a celebration in Nanotechnology. Karnataka has always been a pioneer state and has always led the country in science. He hoped the progress wouldn't slow down. He expressed pleasure and gratitude towards the Chief Minister for encouraging the inception and activities of Vision Group. He also appreciated Mr Manoli's efforts and encouragement in the field. JNCAR and IISc have greatly influenced the development of science in Bangalore. Moreover, Bangalore has the maximum number of Science institutions and scientists in the country. The future of Nano is very important and it is one of the most outstanding scientific fields. Tissue engineering and MRI are some of the important applications to alleviate human suffering, giving hope to scores of people. Nanotech will also create new waves in delivering cancer drugs. Nanotechnology will also find applications in the cosmetics. Electronic prototypes using nano circuits will create a new revolution in the future. There is lots of scope, but proper research is needed. Speaking on his personal experiences, Prof. CNR Rao said that after observing Quantum computing, one of a major developments in Physics, there is more hope today than there was three or five years ago. The success in the lab need to be translated into success in the real world. Government is also investing heavily in science.” He concluded saying “Hemmaya Kannadiga” a proud Kannadiga.

Prof. Ajay K Sood, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc)., observed that Nanotechnology has more scope than other streams of science, but there should be a synergy between the academia and the business to reach the common goals. RICH will provide great opportunities to start ups, which is one of the key features of Bangalore Nano. A new feature has been added from this year on called 'National Lecture Series' to present research papers. Nano for the young is another important feature. Nano is a relatively young field and needs new minds for success, so it is imperative to encourage youngsters. The event has attracted a huge number of registered participants. The response for the poster presentation was overwhelming but could accommodate only 70 posters due to quality control. The program committee and the vision group on Nano are the guiding torch for science and nanotechnology, he concluded.

Accepting the 3rd Bangalore Nano National Award from Prof. CNR Rao, Prof. Ajay K Sood, remarked that it was a very pleasant surprise and privilege to be chosen for the award. He said it was an honour to be given this award. It was a privilege to have been associated with Prof. CNR Rao and the Vision Group. He also thanked all his students profusely on the occasion.

AJAY K. SOOD

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Name : Professor A K Sood

Addess : Department of Physics

Indian Institute of Science

Bangalore-560 012, INDIA

Tele: 91-80-23602238, 22932964

Fax: 91-80-23602602

E.mail : asood@physics.iisc.ernet.in

Born : June 26, 1951

Citizenship : Indian

Education :

B.Sc. Physics, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1971.

M.S. Physics, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India, 1972.

Ph.D. Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India 1982.

Post-doctoral: Max Planck Institute fur FKF, Stuttgart, Germany, 1983-1985.

Professional Experience :

7/94- Present Professor

Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

12/98 – 3/08 Chairman

Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences,

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

7/88- 7/94 Associate Professor

Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science,

Bangalore. India

1993- Present Honorary Professor

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

8/73 – 7/88 Scientist

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India

Honours and Recognitions:

(a) Fellowships of Academies

1) Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc) (1991)

2) President, Indian Academy of Sciences (2010-2012)

3) Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (FNA) (1996)

4) Vice President, Indian National Science Academy (2008-2010)

5) Fellow of Third World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS) (2002)

6) Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India (FNASc) (1995)

7) Member, The Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials (2008)

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(b) Awards:

1) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Physical Sciences (1990)(Highest prize of the Government of India for Scientists below age of 45 yrs)

2) Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Award in Physics (2000)

3) G.D. Birla Science Award (2000) )(Given annually by a major national foundation to a scientist below the age of 50 yrs, choosen amongst all areas of science and engineering)

4) FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry) Award in Physical Sciences (1999-2000)

5) The Homi Jehangir Bhabha Medal of Indian National Science Academy(2002)

6) Materials Research Society (India) Medal (2000)

7) Millennium Gold Medal of Indian Science Congress (2000)

8) IISc Alumni Award for Excellence in Research for Science (2003)

9) M.N. Saha Birth Centenary Award (Indian Science Congress) (2003-2004)

10) Sir C.V. Raman Award: Physical Sciences (Hari Om Ashram Trust/University Grants Commission) (2003)

11) Goyal Prize in Physics (2003)

12) DAE Raja Ramanna Award of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (2005)

13) National Award in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (Department of Science and Technology., Government of India), ( 2006)

14) Lifetime achievement award of Punjab University, Chandigarh (2006)

15) Bhatnagar Fellowship of Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (2007)

16) Vigyan Ratan Award of Punjab University, Chandigarh (2010).

(c) Award Lectures:

1) Platinum Jubilee Lecture of Indian Science Congress (1998)

2) Prof. K. Rangadhama Rao Memorial Award Lecture of Indian National Science Academy (2000)

3) Brahm Prakash Memorial Lecture of Indian Institute of Metals, Kalpakkam Chapter (2003)

4) J.W. McBain Award Lecture of National Chemical Laboratory - Pune (2004)

5) A.V. Rama Rao Award Lecture of Indian Association of Cultivation of Science, Kolkatta (2004)

6) Platinum Jubilee Lecture of Indian Science Congress (2008)

7) Prof. Meghnad Saha Memorial Lecture Award of The National Academy of Sciences, India (2009).

(d) Others:

1) Executive Editor, Solid State Communications, Elsevier

2) Associate Member of International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy (1995-2001)

3) Member, International Steering Committee of Raman Spectroscopy (1994-1999)

Ajay K Sood

Patents :

1) Carbon Nanotubes flow sensor and energy conversion device (2001). (Patent with Mr. Shankar Ghosh) – US. Patent No. 6,718, 834 (granted on 13-4-2004).

2) Method for measurements of Gas Flow Velocity, method for energy conversion using gas flow over solid material, and device thereof. (Patent applied with S. Ghosh) US Patent no. 7,302.845B2, (dt. Dec.4, 2007). Patent filed in 7 countries.

3) Accelerometer based on Nanotubes. A. K. Sood, Anindya Das and Shankar Ghosh. Indian patent filed. (Application No. 663/CHE/2005)

4) Vibration Sensor based on Nanotubes. A.K. Sood, Anindya Das and Shankar Ghosh. Indian patent filed. (Application No. 664/CHE/2005)

5) An ultra-sensitive assay for detection and Quantification of a substance. A. K. Sood and Ajay Singh Negi. Indian Patent. (Application No. 1324/CHE/2005). International PCT Application no. PCT/IN 2006/000369.

6) Ge-Te-Si Glasses for phase change random access memory (PC RAM) applications, K.K. Singh, N.M. Krishna, O. Nalamasu, S. Asokan, M. Anbarasu, A.K. Sood and S. Prusty, International PCT filed.

Publications :

Research Papers in Journals (published + submitted)...................... 270

Scientific Reviews ...................... 6

Chapters contributed to books ...................... 8

Research Activities :

1. Hard Condensed Matter :

Raman Scattering : Nanotubes, Graphene, Fullerenes, strongly electron correlated oxides, Geometrically spin frustrated pyrochlores, Semiconductor superlattices, Raman scattering under ultra high pressures using diamond anvil cell.

Time resolved spectroscopy : Photon Control of ionic motion using femtosecond lasers : squeezed phonons and coherent phonons, Nonlinear optical properties.

Brillouin Scattering : Semiconductors, Manganites, CDW systems, Geometrically spin frustrated Pyrochlores, Nanotubes.

Transport : Fluid flow induced voltage generation in Nanotubes and semiconductors, Nanotube and graphene based field effect transistors.

II. Soft Condensed Matter :

Colloids and surfactant based systems, complexes of DNA with surfactants.

Experimental studies : Dynamic light scattering, Digital optical microscopy, Coherent x-ray and small angle x-ray scattering, x-ray fluorescence correlation spectroscopy, colloids under electric field, Linear and nonlinear rheology and rheo-optics.

Theoretical studies : Density functional theory and computer simulations.

Ajay K Sood

Teaching Experience

20 years; teaching courses for Graduate Physics students.

Total graduate students advised since 1988: 22

Ph.D. degree awarded so far : 12, working towards Ph.D. : 10, M.S. degree : 9

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What is Love in your Case

Love:

I will start with birth of a child, Mother loves her child. Even though if it kicks, it will do piss on her new sari, baby will cry in the midnight. I dont know now love doesn't have realistic meaning. Let me tell from ancient days, man has to do job for his family and he has to take care of his family. Woman has to sit inside the house, she has to take care of her children, family and home.

Is this the reason is affecting our society, woman came out from house. She is standing equally with man in all the fields.Assume if it is then will it be alright if we keep woman's in home only.

No ! my answer. She has to come outside, but she should not leave all the qualities what earlier women's have. If we keep discussing this matter with educated girls. They will never give up their attitudes.

Due to some media or the medium, boys and girls are becoming mature in the early stage of 13 years. They need time to understand the progress in their body. When they will attain change or when they understood they will be in 12 th class.

Extra energy creates chemical reaction in the body that we call it as infatuation. He or she will get attracted by opp gender. Nowadays same gender also possible. The thing is people are giving the name Love to that relation, it is not. Love is different and infatuation is different.

There is no pure love, if it is there then it will stop at some point. Young people are giving their life due to love. I heard many cases, no girl is injured by love (mentally or physically). God has given special power to girls to forget the things very fast. Also they will tolerate above their level. That keeps girls away from the effect.

In case of Boys it is not, They will think if I love a girl, is it possible for me to take care of her through out the life. Not in all case I am saying about pure love, not road romeo'o love who will change daily one girl. Coming back to the real love,after deciding all the things he will think girl is suitable for me and my family or not. People are there they will see in different way only.Love means two souls has to be combined. But in tis case if the girl cheats means if she get married to another one. She will be happy with new Husband. But the boy has to suffer. Girls tolerating capacity will save them. Boy will think to get her even after her marriage, if he is not true lover.

for above example I am discussing mainly if girls cheats. Because If the boy is ready they he will do anything to get her. the most girls will get due to some forces, some conditions. Let her choose her life partner she is having right. But Knowing all the things doing love is big mistake. If it is th condition then why in earlier stage they will not explain.

Totally love became commercial.,.

Above mentioned are my views not my principles. Nor my attitude.,.

mpshridhar

India is Great, Indian people are also great:

If Sachin hits century then whole India will become happy. Indians are quite silent. If they start to think then nothing is impossible. This years Forbes magazine is highlighted Common Indian people, they got US patents, for their innovating products.Not the Ambani brothers, Mittal and Tata for his great invention to the market.

Mansukhbhai Jagani, Madanlal Kumawat, Mansukhbhai Patel, Chintakindi Mallesham and Mansukhbhai Prajapati are among Forbes's list of seven most powerful rural Indian entrepreneurs, whose "inventions are changing lives" of the people across the country.

IIM-Ahmedabad Professor and Founder of India's Honeybee Network, Anil Gupta, has selected the seven most powerful rural Indian entrepreneurs for a compilation in Forbes magazine.

"India's villages have become a hot bed of innovation, as its rural poor develop inventions out of necessity. Several of the people on this list have no more than an elementary school education," Gupta says.

Mansukhbhai Jagani developed a motorcycle-based tractor for India's poor farmers, which is both cost effective - costing roughly $318, and fuel efficient (it can plow an acre of land in 30 minutes with two liters of fuel).

After 4-5 years of experiments, Mansukhbhai developed an attachment for a motorbike -- a multi-purpose tool bar -- in 1994. This could be attached to any 325cc motorcycle by replacing the rear wheel with an assembly unit.

The 'super plough' called Bullet Santi (a cultivator that pulverizes or smoothens the soil is locally called as santi), can carry out various farming activities like furrow opening, sowing, inter-culturing and spraying operations.

A farmer, Mansukhbhai Patel invented a cotton stripping machine that has significantly cut the cost of cotton farming and revolutionized India's cotton industry.

Patel who studied up to Class X, invented a cotton-stripping machine in 1991.

Patel's machine helps in removing cotton from semi opened and unopened shells of various cotton varieties. The machine has won a U.S. patent.

Mansukhbhai Prajapati, a potter, invented a clay non-stick pan that costs 100 and a clay refrigerator that runs without electricity for those who cannot afford a fridge or their electricity and maintenance costs, Gupta said.

During the 2001 earthquake, all earthen pots were broken. "Some people told me the poor people's refrigerators are broken. They referred to the 'matkas'(pots) as refrigerators. It struck me then that I must try to make a fridge for those who cannot afford to buy a fridge," says Prajapati.

The patent winning Mitticool has been the most challenging product for him. It needed a lot of experimenting. He started work on it in 2001, the product was finally ready by 2004.

In 2005,he started the non-stick tava (pan) business. "My wife could not buy a non-stick tava as it was costly. So I thought many people would be facing the same problem. That's when I designed the non-stick tavas, priced between 50-100," he says.

Also on Gupta's list is Dadaji Ramaji Khobragade, who invented the HMT rice, a highly successful rice variety which yielded 80 percent more rice than the conventional variety.

HMT is now grown all over India, on 100,000 acres in five states.

Madanlal Kumawat, a grassroots innovator with no more than a fourth-grade education, developed a fuel-efficient, multi-crop thresher that yields cleaner grains, which can be bagged directly and eliminates the cost of cleaning.

The modified thresher reduces setup time to less than 15 minutes to switch over from one crop to another. Its latest variant can also handle groundnuts apart from threshing other cereals and pulses.

Anil Gupta said Chintakindi Mallesham, inventor of the Laxmi Asu Machine, "ignited a revolution in India's weaving community."

Mallesham's machine can make six saris worth of material in one day, and "no human effort is required beyond placing thread on the machine and removing the material after the process is complete."

Weavers making the traditional 'Tie & Dye' Poochampalli silk sarees used to undergo a painstaking process, moving their hands thousands of times in a day while weaving sarees. But not any more.

I thank to Prof: Gupta recognising the villagers.

Go India Go. Atleast In this way we are beating many. Inside us only many innovators are there, cowards are there. But keeping them aside I want to congratulate all the Village Innovators.

mpshridhar

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