Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Wheelchair obeys mental signals

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Electrodes on the scalp of the user link to a computer in the wheelchair that “obeys” the signal sent when the user focuses on the name of destination displayed on a screen.

sTLD .COOP

Saturday, March 7th, 2009

.COOP is a sponsored TLD for co-operative organizations around the world. Came to know about this sTLD when I saw an ad for Amul icecreams in The Hindu, Sunday Edition, March 8, 2009.

The unruly pillars of Indian democracy

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Justice Srikrishna probing the violence at Madras High Court has submitted his report to the Supreme Court. Highlights –

    Unruly lawyers started violence
    Police exceeded limits
    Soft-pedaling by Madras High Court judges led to present situations

Sad situation indeed!

News source: The Hindu, print edition dated March 7, 2009

Gandhi memorabilia sold

Friday, March 6th, 2009

In spite of last ditch efforts by James Otis to withdraw the items, the auction for Gandhi memorabilia went on schedule and Vijay Mallya of the United Breweries Group of India won them for a bid of $1.8 million.

Reacting to a statement of a minister in the Indian Government which said Mallya’s man was in touch with the Indian mission, he said he “acted on his own” to “bid for the country”.

News Source: The Hindu, print edition dated March 7, 2009