Nanotechnology, the Technology of Future

Nanotechnology is so much an in thing today, that people actively begin talking about the wonders nanotechnology promises and already delivers.

The future of nanotechnology, as in all other forms of technology brings with it opportunities, challenges and fears.

Opportunities brought forth by Nanotechnology

Research going on towards development of ultra-compact data storage devices that go well past blue ray discs promises to bring down the physical burden of storage devices. So much data in so little space will be the mantra of future. Storing all data found in Wikipedia.org and tens of thousands of other websites in a 3-inch or smaller disc is more than promising.

Such storage will be possible by controlling photons. We never believed we could actually slow down the speed of light. Slowing down, holding down the photon for a second and releasing it later give ultra sensitive storage devices that never say no to another GB.

Take the case of development of new materials. Yet to be named materials, thousand times tougher and a hundred times lighter than steel will reduce the weight of vehicles that run on road and go to mars. Such vehicles consume much less amounts of fuel, in the range of hundredths or thousandths of present day consuming. It will not be a wonder if you see a re-launchable space vehicle takes a leap from earth, orbits Mars and return to earth, all while consuming as much fuel as a present day car does to cover 150 km on road.

One such extra tough material is carbon nano-tube. Carbon nanotubes however find application in bio-technology. The development of robotic muscles by University of Texas seems to be only a beginning of a saga. At the end of the journey we will be having human shaped robots tens of thousands of times stronger than Mike Tyson (at his prime).

Biotechnology sees a great leap with advances in nanotechnology. DNA recombination or genetic modification will become order of the day, offering solutions to hereditary diseases and incurable diseases like RP (Retinitis Pigmentosa). The whole genetic constituency of a person will be tracked at the time of birth, just like preparation of Jataka or Birth Chart according to Indian Astrology. Just like the solutions for planetary influences in Natal Chart, biotechnologists will be able to modify the genetic configuration of a person so that the person can be saved from any future diseases.

Stem culture is another area of futuristic technology. Surgically or accidentally severed limbs will be developed inside a test tube to be reattached to the person’s body. For a more recent future, we will see cell culture in developing an artificial liver from the cells of a person. This way the body of the person never rejects the liver when it is used to replace his or her diseased liver.

Stem culture will also be the answer to almost all kinds of cancer.

Challenges and Fears Associated with Nanotechnology

Use of technology against enemies is always going to be a cause of worry. Genetic mapping of a whole population can give significant advantage. Weapons that cause genetic modification or target weak spots in genetic constitution can become possible. Use of the weapons need not be in a large scale. Launching the micro-weapons to the atmosphere can cause people to inhale the genetic toxins.

One cannot predict exact nature of such biotechnology weapons. It may leave the whole population sterile. It may also induce cancer, heart or lung diseases to young people.

Think about a war situation when thousands of fighter planes sized 10 inches or less, each carrying compressed nuclear weapons capable of cleaning up the whole city in a matter of nano-seconds. Defending such attacks become not a difficulty, but an impossibility.

Yesterday’s science fiction is today’s science and technology. Making of a modest claim can be ridiculed tomorrow;

“640 KB should be enough for anybody” – Bill Gates in 1981

It is safe game suppressing the urge of predictions.

A laptop for $ 100

Do you think a laptop sold for $ 100 serves only as a toy for your kid? It’s time for a second thought.

The idea of a $ 100 laptop is not new. Prof Nicholas Negroponte, Chairman and Co Founder of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab, unveiled such a project in 2005. The project, named One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is aimed mainly at computer education for children of the poorer countries.

The laptop is yet to hit the market, but solid orders from governments keep flowing in.

The project has big names like eBay, Google, AMD, News Corp, Nortel Networks, Red Hat etc as patrons, each of which has contributed in the tune of $ 2m for the project.

The proposed Linux machine comes without a hard drive. A 500 MHz AMD Processor and 128 MB RAM provides more than basic performance. It does comes with a 500 MB Flash memory and four USB ports, leaving enough scope for external extra memory. Wireless broadband connectivity comes as icing on the cake.

Intel and HP too have plans to roll out similar projects.

This would open up chances of internet cafés in all villages, creating more and more entrepreneurs. The computer will also be enough for basic data entry jobs that are largely outsourced today. Back offices of Silicon Valley can go to the living rooms of India, Philippines and Malaysia.

Five Little Mice on a Computer

One Computer, Five Mice

What is the use of more than a mouse for a computer? You may ask, because you are so accustomed to using a laptop or a desktop all by yourself.

Multiple-mouse computer is a concept developed by Microsoft Research Lab India. The use? Five students of Government schools in India can simultaneously use a computer.

Indian rural schools have very limited computer facilities, which demands children to share a computer. In most cases a single student controls mouse throughout the session, leaving little option for others to touch the mouse.

When other students have some suggestions, they use their fingers to point on the screen. Now five students with a five mouse computer, each of them can make suggestions and take appropriate action without having to ask the leader to do so.

The real use of multiple-mouse computers will surely be in educating children of poor neighborhoods. It can be useful in places where a computer for a student is not an affordable choice.

I did felt the need of double-mouse computer, especially while explaining something to my friend, who loves not to give up control of his mouse.

OK, now I have another idea – I can play a round of chess with a friend on my side. I just have to use the ultra basic chess program.

Ok, it may be time to design combat games where four or five characters can be simultaneously controlled by as much people. Competitiveness will be tough. It can also become a tough task for the physically weak personalities to beat the physically tough competitors. What if the aggressiveness takes another form?

Apart from the hardware requirement of four extra mouse ports, there needs a software support. Each one of the pointers should be uniquely identifiable with different colors or cursor features.

4G Mobile Phones or End of Cell Phone Calls

Think about the scenario where you can download a full length movie to your mobile phone in a matter of seconds. What do you feel if you can conduct live conference with your friend over internet through your mobile phone?

Samsung has given clear signals of emergence of 4G mobile telephony, which will make today’s 3G obsolete. Internet access speeds multiply by many hundreds of times that of 3G.

Mobile phone capable of handling data at one (1) GBPS will bring with it another round of telephony revolution.

Wi Max, the successor of Wi Fi will extend the radius of internet accessibility from 100 m to 50 km. The speed will be steady at 70 mbps. The natural response will be end of cell phone calls.

I mean, people will just switch to VOIP or internet telephony. All they have to pay will be monthly internet charges. Why worry when you have access of Wi Max wherever you are in the city?

Feel nasty? Mobile phone technology putting an axe on the revenue of mobile phone service providers will be quite a fascinating trend to watch out.

The better option of mobile phone service providers will be to rename themselves as internet service providers for mobile phone customers.

NFC is Future RFID

NFC or Near Field Communications is an emerging technology aimed at close range communication of devices.

RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) provides one way communication, between an RFID Chip and its reader/radar. NFC goes a step further to make communication between mobile phones and computers.

NFC enabled mobile phone can double as a credit card. You can use your mobile phone to make payments at restaurants or grocery store. Just swipe your mobile phone to a NFC reader and the bill will be paid from your account.

You will also be able to pass MP3 files from your mobile phone to your friend’s laptop without any wired connection.

MasterCard, Visa, Nokia, Motorola and Microsoft are active in further enhancements of NFC technology.

All Adwords Advices are not Equal

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These are kinds of advertising flying in the net, wooing newbie internet marketers to a glittering world of Adwords advertising. The proponents of such campaigns make tall claims of sky touching CTR.

CTR (click through ratio) may be possible, what they actively try to hide will be ROI (return on investment). They will do the campaign themselves if they are so sure about the 50 to 200 per cent ROI they promise.

If you are completely new to Adwords advertising, keep in mind that you know nothing about the secrets of Adwords advertising. It is easy to come up with a $ 1 m advertising budget and roll out a full fledged campaign.

Such an attempt is very much like shooting in the dark. You may kill a hare, but will spend out all your resource without nothing much to show off.

Though it is pretty easy to start a campaign and roll out, there is more than creating a headline ad copy and bidding for the highest competitive keywords.

It is advisable to a newbie that you stay away from extremely competitive keywords. You can find less competitive keywords in just any niche industry.

Start out with a specific geographic area; say Los Angeles or New York. Make maximum use of the initial phase to learn more about the working of CPC advertising techniques. Suppress the extra confidence you feel that you will never fail.

First come up with a set of 20 Adwords copy to sell the same item. Set the campaign to show these ads more evenly. Check the impressions-CTR. You will be able to find which ads perform better than the other. Cut the less performing ones.

If you let Adwords bidding system to automatically choose ads that perform well, it will quickly put into dustbin the ads that get lesser hits. It is possible that such ads may perform better and give you more results.

Continue the process till you end with two best performing ads (for a single marketing purpose). Always better the two ads by integrating additional performing elements or removing blocks within the copy. Never ever be satisfied with a single ad. Run two ads simultaneously, even after you are many years in the business.

There is no perfection, only excellence.

If you fail to plan long term, you plan to fail. It is not a nice sight to see you broke.

Body Language Stuff for Men

Hey guys,

Don’t you have heard about body language before, right? OK, I am not going to talk endlessly about healthy body language; instead I will scribble some of my observations with body language.

Hands and arms

My arm movement has been my biggest liability all the years, but identified it only very recently. The problem – I used to move the arms too much, most times before my body.

Some of my friends identified this as a problem and pointed to me this. Thus I made a conscious effort to control arm and hand movement. When walking I now move my hands only three-five inches forward and two inches back. No I didn’t measure the distance with a tape. I just controlled the movement so much.

Later I identified this simple step gave me more control over my body. It actually gave me more control in my interactions with my friends.

The teacher inside me shows up. Controlling the movement of your arms gives you more control in your interactions with your friends, relatives, colleagues and your boss.

Head

Always hold the head high. Keeping head in that position indeed is energizing and represents honesty and integrity.

Back

Let the backbone and head together form a straight line vertically up to the sky. This is ideal posture according to yoga. According to them, this posture opens up free passage for Kundalini energy move up the energy chakras.

Chin

Keep chin up. Not up to sky. Keep it parallel to ground. This way you automatically hold your head high.

Eyes

Eyes exchange thousand stories without telling a word. Eyes can play some very important roles in non-verbal communication. If you lax here, it can break you.

Look straight forward at your eye level. Never look down, especially when talking to someone. Don’t stare at the other person. It can be perceived as overly aggressive. When talking to a person, never look above his or her eye level. It will appear threatening. Look somewhere below the nose and above the chin of the other person. If it is your GF, you can go a bit down. Plz don’t make it overly expressive.

A single point action plan to completely forget about body language

I agree remembering that much is very hard. I will give a single point action plan to forget all of the above.

Bring to your mind an extra supply of pure energy. Wonder how to do it? It is quite easy. Assume that you thoroughly enjoy what you do. Whatever you do, think of it as the most enjoyable thing you can do at the moment. Keep the same attitude even while describing your mistakes to your boss. Do it in an energetic manner. You will be covering several of your weaknesses and scoring high points with your boss and friends.

Make it a habit to bring in that extra mental energy to all your thoughts, actions and conversation with whatever people you come across. You will have to worry little about controlling your arms, putting your chin parallel to ground or keeping your eyes level.