Smriti Jha

Smriti Jha

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    512ed9a2-e717-4f88-a6d1-9895eff72c29

    Sits on the southwest corner of my swanky desk. Desk levels up by 50 geek points!

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    Prototype Display Technology Could Make Reading Glasses Obsolete

    Researchers at University of California, Berkeley and MIT's Media Lab are working in collaboration with Microsoft on a display that compensates for...

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    Chromebooks May Get Cheaper By Adapting To Low-End Chips

    The Chromebook is a stylish, Google-powered computer that is suited to casual users and low-demand tasks priced at an affordable range of...

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    NASA To Deploy Google's Project Tango In Space

    NASA is planning to use Google's 3D mapping technology for its SPHERES project. SPHERES which stands for Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient,...

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    Computers As Good As Monkeys At Image Recognition

    Computers are excellent at most tasks but there is one such thing at which they are consistently beaten by humans, Pattern Recognition....

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    Apple Gets Siri-ous About Its Speech Recognition

    All aboard the deep learning train! Deep Learning is an umbrella term given to a set of machine learning algorithms that are...

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    Google Search Extends Support To Android Apps

    In the perilous times of Data Smog, where the apps are aplenty, the short attention span makes no-one a cognoscenti. Search is...

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    eleVR Is A Novel Web Player Designed For Virtual Reality

    eleVR [el-uh-V-R] is an open source web player designed especially for Oculus Rift. To those unfamiliar with the blueprint of Oculus, the...

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    Nokia Releases Android Z Launcher For A More Relevant Home Screen

    Nokia has released a pre-beta version of its new app, #-Link-Snipped-#, that customizes your home screen by continuously learning your usage patterns...

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    Sharp Doubles Solar Efficiency With New Technology

    #-Link-Snipped-# Sharp broke the record for the world’s highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 37.7% and their new ambitious technology claims...

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    Elon Musk Brings Solar Energy To Horizon After Electric Cars

    What happens when an unstoppable force meets a renewable energy? An awful amount of work is done. The unstoppable force I’m referring...

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    6b3c6d26-89f7-4dbe-b1e3-b804d8416c1b

    Scroll to Top? Love it. Looks slick on mobile too.

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    Tinker-Trailer, Solder-Bye: Mac Pro 2013 Comes With A Removable CPU

    Folks at <a href="https://blog.macsales.com/22108-new-mac-pro-2013-teardown" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">New Mac Pro 2013 Teardown</a> ha...

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    0a0d8d20-120c-4f22-bf0a-012f8566a0d4

    Much yay.

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    Harvard University Creates Brain To Brain Interface For Thought Control

    Researchers at Harvard University have created the first noninvasive brain-to-brain interface (BBI) which could allow a human to control an animal by...

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    Have Problems Concentrating? Try To Foc.us!

    Foc.us is the first ever brain-boosting tDCS headset that is purposed to improve your focus, reaction time, and ability to learn new...

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    2c10fc90-45b6-419d-84b6-cfdfd2d804c6

    @#-Link-Snipped-# One side effect might be the hole they drill into the skull for optogenetics to work. On a serious note, I...

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    7cff1077-6c73-42ed-911a-bc9001345211

    Don't read too much into the negative implications of the word 'False'. One positive application of this research could be making a...

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    MIT Plants False Memories, Brings About Miception

    Researchers at MIT have shown that it is possible to introduce false memories into the mind, and they have done so by...

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    Google Will Rent & Sell Textbooks Come August

    Online education has already made a vast impact in the form of YouTube videos and Massive Open Online Courses. It's no surprise...

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    Yamaha India Withdraws 56,082 Units Of 'Ray' Scooters

    India Yamaha Motor declared on Saturday that it will be pulling back 56,082 units of 'Ray' scooter, which was launched last year.The...

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    Sony Plans To Launch Detachable Smartphone Lenses

    After the dawn and dusk of All-in-one tablet computers, it's time for the equilibrium of universes that is maintained by the smartphone-camera...

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    GlassBridge Converts Android Apps To Glass Apps

    Not quite like turning water into wine, but GlassBridge impresses with its ability to turn Android apps to Glass apps. Glass runs...

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    Always Wanted A Job In The Game Industry? Valve Introduces Pipeline!

    Teenagers, while may constitute a great part of Valve's target audience, do not yet have as strong an influence on Valve's workplace....

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    Instagram Extends To Include Photo & Video Embeds

    Instagram has introduced the ability to embed photos and videos, in what seems to be a move to keep up with rival...

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    Twitter Updated For Cross-Platform Sync

    Twitter has finally come up with a solution to probably one of the most annoying and persistent flaws. The read/unread status of...

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    Stella, World's First Solar-Powered Family Car

    Stella, which is Latin for 'Star' is the product of The Solar Team Eindhoven (STE) of TU/e in the Netherlands. Glorified as...

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    da31d198-d857-4a38-bd5a-c69463846724

    YM Messenger was da bomb! Have many fond memories of the same. 😀

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    Bid Goodbye To Your Yahoo Mail If You Haven't Logged In Since A Year

    The message is very simple, Yahoo isn't interested in being the alternate recovery mail ID you only log in to, well, recover...

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    2d59fc5f-332f-45f9-9e04-e4d01688ed5d

    Main stand troubles will last forever but I guess I appreciate that Honda's trying.

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    Intel Announces S3500 SSD Series For Data Centers From 80 GB To 800 GB

    Intel intends to deliver on the ever-growing need of storage space for Cloud Computing. The Solid-State Drive Data Center S3500 Series aims...

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    Play Cube Slam Like A Boss And Watch Your Friend Lose Over Video

    Chrome's latest experiment is a real-time video game built with #-Link-Snipped-#. WebRTC is an open web-based technology that allows real-time communication wit...

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    f19c6112-0626-40aa-973d-112912b329ac

    The Share Button! YAY! I have longed for this on my PS3.

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    Google Buys Waze In Pursuit Of Smarter Maps For Smartphones

    Google has closed the long-anticipated deal by buying Israeli mapping startup Waze on Tuesday. The acquisition cost just over $1 Billion, as...

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    WordPress App For Android Updated to Version 2.4, New Push Notification Options

    Wordpress App update for Android is a definite improvement over the previous edition. Version 2.4 has facilitated reader interactions for users who...

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    71f451f6-c46c-4c99-8a34-fafb9aaaa889

    Like, "Look into my eyes, they tell my story"? Sure, why not. Your face IS eyes.

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    What Will You Look Like In 100,000 Years? Computational Genomics Reveals

    Between parallel universes and alien life, many of us science fiction geeks have never really cared to consider the possibility that 100,000...

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    34bbe605-5828-486c-902a-d1c4714442e0

    Okay, but there are times when they power outage lasts for a very short period of time. It's off for a few...

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    Expliquer Moi Why Does The Onset Of Rain Bring About Such Frequent Power Cuts?

    It rained once. Since then there have been at least two power cuts per day. Not counting the power cuts which act...

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    Researchers Create Temporal Pockets In Time Through Which Data Can Pass & Leave No Trace

    Data security and privacy continues to be a worry in an increasingly interconnected world. But what if you could protect your data...

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    Youtube 'One Channel' Design Rolls Out For All Users

    After gathering more than 100 million users around the world to opt for the 'One Channel' during its open beta phase, the...

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    AMD Looks Beyond Windows 8, Welcomes Android & Chrome OS

    AMD has decided to give up the long-running Windows exclusivity stand and extend its loyalty to Google's Android and Chrome OS Operating...

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    Yahoo Chucks 'Classic Mail', New Upgrade Mandatory

    From today, June 3rd, Yahoo will get rid of its "Classic" Mail once and for all. In fact, beginning this week Yahoo!...

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    Cisco Predicts Major Global Internet Traffic Surge by 2017

    At its seventh annual Visual Networking Index, Cisco suggested the possibility of a drastic increase in the global internet traffic. According to...

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    CMU Muggles Devise A Localizing and Tracking Marauder's Map

    What kind of mortal is unaware of the fascinating world of Harry Potter and who is he that is not guilty of...

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    be708801-bb0c-43b3-a5fb-0f207c31c51c

    Wow. Superb!

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    Sony Xperia Z Tablet Now Available For Pre-Order In India

    Sony Xperia Tablet Z which made its first appearance at the Consumer Electronics Show in US earlier this year is now available...

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    Celkon Signature One A107 And A9+ Budget Android Phone Launched In India

    After the recent launch of Signature A119Q as a mid-range smartphone, Celkon is adding two budget Android phones to the Signature series,...

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    Google Drive For Android Gets An Update, Better UI & Optical Character Recognition

    With the purpose of making the Drive smoother and more accessible, Google has announced several upcoming improvements packaged in a single update....

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    ISRO's 'Mangalyaan' Mars Orbiter Mission Approaches October Launch

    The 450 crore Mars mission is the most ambitious endeavor yet in India's Space Research history, and expectedly the most complex too....

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    e9399976-7e3f-4e4e-ae63-15af8678401f

    Kaustubh KatdareHave you played PS / XBOX hardcore games? I doubt the handheld device will be able to match what PS/XBOX offer....

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    Google I/O RoundUp: Google+ Becomes Auto-Awesome

    Oh, yeah. That's a word. Among many wonderful developments and enhancements that Google announced for its products today, Google+ enjoyed a major...

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    Google I/O RoundUp: Music Goes All Access & A Starry View Of Maps

    Google's annual developer conference at San Francisco has announced major upcoming advances for its Music app. Google Play Music All Access has...

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    Micro-Display LED Might Have Solved At Least One Google-Glass Issue

    As Google Glass takes center stage, all eyes are set on the technological marvel, quite aptly. But nascent as it is, the...

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    Unconventional Bladeless Wind Turbine Promises Better Efficiency Gains

    Invelox is the product of SheerWind, a company from Minnesota which claims that their new wind power generation technology is a serious...

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    Amazon's Phone To Have 3D Display - Will This Be A Winner?

    The e-commerce giant has made its mark in the gadget market with the success of Kindle but if sources are to believed,...

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    NASA Is Serious About Mars; Are You Any Good At FarmVille?

    The mission isn't even official yet and there are close to 80k applicants already. <a href="https://applicants.mars-one.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noop...

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    Columbia University's Robotic Arm Counts On You Being Expressive

    A team of students at Columbia University has been working on a robotic arm that reacts to facial gestures. The robotic arm...

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    5143ee51-6a7e-40f6-b131-7f8f5da4c84d

    As in, Durango Unchained? I see why that'd have made the list.

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    Electronics And Biology Converge To Make 3D Printed Bionic Ear

    Scientists at Princeton University have successfully utilized printing tools to create a superhuman ear. While the artificial ear looks pretty much like...

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    NASA's IceBridge Wraps Up Its Arctic Expedition

    Operation IceBridge is on the brink of completion and the successful mission will see a considerable addition to the dataset that started...

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    NASA Launches Three SmartPhones Into Space Orbit

    Last Sunday Orbital Science Corp's Antares rocket was launched from NASA's Wallops Island Flight Facility in Virginia for its maiden flight to...

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    0130c014-da7c-44e5-9e2d-81cf565d9c48

    #-Link-Snipped-# I believe the idea is to provide *drinkable* water. All the remainder heat is given to the salty water which is...

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    IBM Visions 2000 Suns Strong Solar Collector

    In Greek mythology, Icarus, the son of Daedalus, was known to fly too close to the sun for his own good. Current...

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    187c3b80-a46f-4f5f-8b1f-b92d8e8d13f7

    Who are those 28 people and what are their day jobs?

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    Google Fiber To Provo, Utah Next

    It's been just over a week since Google announced its plans to extend Fiber to the City of Violet Crown, Austin, Texas...

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    NASA Asteroid Tracker Aces Crucial Test

    NASA has invested its efforts into building an infrared sensor that could track and detect future occurrences of asteroid and comets in...

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    31d6a6f6-8fc7-43da-93bc-2be20dc0bf30

    Thanks, all of you! 😀

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    Algae-Powered Building Is A Cool Place To Live

    129 algae filled louvered tanks hang over the south-east and south-west faces of the 15-unit apartment that has been constructed in the...

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    DARPA's GPS Back-Up TIMU Is Smaller Than A Penny

    It seems Pennies are still serving one purpose in America by being the de facto standard for measuring the minutest of things....

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    Samsung To Introduce 20 New Quad-Core Smart TVs in India

    Television may be seeing its next big transition with the influx of Smart TVs since Liquid Crystal Displays. The popular Korean giant...

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    3263aace-f635-458e-9c72-6728d5b274eb

    My MTNL hasn't yet recovered fully.

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    MTNL & IIT-Bombay Collaborate To Deploy Routers In Mumbai

    The Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited and the Electronic Corporation of India Ltd (ECIL) signed a MOU to deploy Carrier Ethernet Switch Routers...

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    Oxford University Scientists Print 3D Synthetic Tissues

    "Droplet Networks" are the new synthetic material developed by Researchers at the Oxford University with the purpose of replacing damaged body tissues...

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    BSNL Indore Introduces Wi-Fi Module For Cars

    BSNL Indore Division has launched Wi-Fi technology for cars, which makes internet accessible on the go. The Wi-Fi module for cars will...

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    DARPA Working On Low-Cost Robots That Will Make Your Hands Obsolete

    Well, not really but they are catching up quick. The research on low-cost artificial hands has been fruitful and the organization has...

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    Solar-Powered Airplane Soon To Fly USA From Coast To Coast

    One pilot, zero passengers and a message of inspiration are bound to make a trip in a solar-powered plane from one US...

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    Sri Lanka First In South Asia To Roll Out Nationwide 4G Network

    First country to introduce mobile phones in South Asia in 1989 and first to introduce 3G in 2004, it seems Sri Lanka...

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    Nexus 7 Tablet Available In India Via Google Play Store

    Be excited. Be very excited. Google has made the Nexus 7 available for the Indian market on the Google Play Store. The...

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    IRNSS - Satellite of Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System Ready For Launch

    As <a href="https://www.crazyengineers.com/threads/indias-own-gps-gagan-to-be-ready-by-2014-says-vssc.66992">India's Own GPS 'Gagan' To Be Ready By 2014, Says V...

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    472d36d3-2284-40fb-8026-37ca662e1fa1

    Backward Compatibility. Always a tricky choice when it comes to making money. But, wait. Hold on. You have a PS3? :O😨

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    2a8e3a1f-ecab-44a0-97b9-1d556125978e

    bioramaniAll modern induction cooktops have near unity power factor on the grid side. No problem at all. <a href="https://www.academia.edu/1183307/A_Unity_Pow...

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    cb7f6378-c0a7-4144-9ace-aa57477aae85

    Engineering Maths-III was a total nightmare. 4-5th sem was the toughest period for me. Maybe because it's the transition period from amateur...

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    60aea214-2ec2-40c0-9eda-8ff8babe3a41

    I have a fear of gas cylinders. So, I'd probably start there and ensure safety, overall. And no, induction cooktop is not...