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Confusing Orange Colour Optical Illusion
Posted on08. Dec, 2009 by kanna.
Believe it or not, the two orange bars on this image are exactly the same shade. It’s the way they are positioned on the green bars that makes them look different. Swelling Optical Illusion The bubble in the picture it seems to swelling, when u move your eye little upside down then u might see [...]
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Transparent Nokia Phone Features a Touchscreen, Looks Great
Posted on08. Dec, 2009 by kanna.
We’ve seen quite a bunch of transparent phone designs lately, but none of them had the Nokia brand on. Luckily, designer Juan Carlos Garzon created one such Nokia concept, with a touchscreen interface and a transparent display. The lower side of the handset includes the battery, most of the hardware, incorporates the on/off button (front [...]
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Thumbnail-Sized Chip Holds Equivalent of 20 HD DVDs
Posted on08. Dec, 2009 by kanna.
Engineers at North Carolina State University have created a computer chip that holds one terabyte — or 1,000 gigabytes — of data and is no larger than a fingernail. For perspective, that means you could store 20 high-definition DVDs or 250 million pages of text on this tiny chip. According to Computer World, this modern [...]
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“Steel Velcro” Super-Strong Fastener Holds 35-Ton Loads
Posted on07. Dec, 2009 by kanna.
Velcro is one of those inventions that most of us take for granted. Although it’s useful and really quite interesting when you understand how it works, it’s probably not the most exciting thing you’ll contemplate today. A team of German engineers has made huge strides in making Velcro (or at least something resembling Velcro) more [...]
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Indra Nooyi Named CEO Of The Year 2009
Posted on07. Dec, 2009 by kanna.
Indra Nooyi, India-born chairman and chief executive officer of PepsiCo, has been named 2009 CEO of the Year by the Global Supply Chain Leaders Group (GSCLG). Nooyi’s key contributions include promoting and supporting socially responsible business practices, including taking on one of the planet’s most pressing problems, climate change, the group announced Monday. Nooyi was [...]