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Initial tests of a virtual cab driver have suggested that it could shave over 10 per cent off journey times
through crowded urban streets, reports New Scientist.
The system, known as T-Drive, starts by monitoring the routes taken by cabbies at different times of day.
To test their idea, the researchers used three months of movement data, representing 400 million kilometres
of travel, from a fleet of 33,000 taxis in Beijing.
The taxi trajectories were merged to reveal the roads that cab drivers prefer. Given a request to navigate
between any two points in the city, the system could then choose a route based on the roads that are popular
with cabbies at that time of day.
For a real-world test, the Microsoft engineers asked a pair of drivers to travel between two
locations in Beijing: one was given a route suggested by T-Drive, the other used Google Maps.
Averaged over 30 trials, the two systems produced routes that were roughly the same in length. But T-
Drive seemed to know how to avoid stoppages: it produced average drive times of 23 minutes, almost
4 minutes faster than Google Maps.
Yu Zheng, an engineer at Microsoft Research Asia in Beijing, said the advantage comes from the
drivers' intimate knowledge of Beijing streets.
There is a new Nikon model in the market – the Nikon Coolpix P100. It’s really quite
extraordinary, you have many shooting options which are built around a high-speed CMOS
sensor, and a 26x megazoom lens.
Samsung takes the cake with the advanced touchscreen which it has developed using the
TouchWiz interface which is unique to Samsung.
Nintendo has gone another step forward and released a new kind of game for the Dsi in Japan.
This game is in 3D and utilizes different kinds of technology.
Google is looking to develop the features of its Street View and further enhance it by
refreshing the images every year from now on. To be able to keep up with this constant
changes happening in the cities, this move was decided upon by Google.
Lots of people all over the country will be heaving a sigh of relief as PayPal will finally be
resuming their services back in India from the 3rd of March.
The new Lenovo ThinkPad T410 is the very latest in its range of business notebooks. This 14.1
inch laptop, with its Core i5 CPU and sleek design, promises high levels of performance.
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Japan based consumer electronics manufacturer Toshiba has announced the world´s first 3D
Flat panel-TV without glasses. Toshiba has launched two 3D TVs with a screen size of 12 inch
and 20 inch in Japan’s biggest consumer electronics show, CEATEC 2010.
Toshiba claimed that the new integral imaging system helps the users to experience 3D videos
without wearing 3D glasses. The new Toshiba 3D TV uses a perpendicular lenticular sheet, an
array of small lenses that directs light from the display to nine points in front of the set. If a
viewer sits within the optimal viewing zone, the brain integrates these points into a single 3D
image.
Japan based consumer electronics manufacturer Toshiba has announced the world´s first 3D
Flat panel-TV without glasses. Toshiba has launched two 3D TVs with a screen size of 12 inch
and 20 inch in Japan’s biggest consumer electronics show, CEATEC 2010.
Toshiba claimed that the new integral imaging system helps the users to experience 3D videos
without wearing 3D glasses. The new Toshiba 3D TV uses a perpendicular lenticular sheet, an
array of small lenses that directs light from the display to nine points in front of the set. If a
viewer sits within the optimal viewing zone, the brain integrates these points into a single 3D
image.
Dell has just launched its smartphone-tablet device Streak in India. This device is available
with Tata DoCoMo post paid connection with 500MB Free data connection usage for the first
six months. A blend of tablet with smartphone, Streak can actually make and receive voice calls.
Dell has added ultra-intelligent facial proximity and ambient light sensors that auto-adjust the
screen brightness and also save the battery life accordingly.
Specifications of the Dell Streak:
Sharp 5-inch capacitive multi-touch Gorilla glass scratch resistant display WVGA (800x
480).
1GHz Snapdragon ARM-based mobile processor from Qualcomm along with 512MB ROM
and 512MB SDRAM.
UMTS / GPRS / EDGE class 12 GSM radio with link speeds of HSDPA 7.2 Mbps / HSUPA.
5 MP auto focus camera with dual LED flash
VGA front-facing camera enables video chat functionality down the road
User-removable (and replaceable) battery
3.5mm headphone jack
Integrated 3G + Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) + Bluetooth 2.1 (think headsets, external keyboards,
stereo headsets, etc.)
Micro SD slot expandable up to 32GB.
2GB internal storage meant only for file system and OS.
Pillete, Matthias Lange’s newest device of Bluetooth headset is so tiny; it’s almost
invisible to the untrained eye when you are wearing it. This tiny pill-sized headset rocks
a high-performance microphone and twistable design for awesome voice-quality in a
super-cool and unique form factor.
It is really an unbelievably amazing device, when headsets shrink down to the size of a
pill! Pillete boasts to be the world’s smallest Bluetooth headset so far. Capsulated in a
form factor that is almost the size of a pill, featuring high performance microphone and
at the same time maintaining optimal voice quality with a twistable design, Pillete is
certainly one of those gadgets capable of making heads turn. This almost invisible
Bluetooth headset is turned on when folded in to an ‘L’ shaped ear-bud and returns to
the off mode when made straight.
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Logitech has unveiled a new solar-powered wireless keyboard - the K750
The slim, wireless K750 sports a couple of solar strips above the row of function keys which provide
the keyboard's power. The company says that it can draw energy from internal lighting as well as
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the sun, and will keep on going even after being kept in the dark for a few months.
The Logitech Wireless Solar Keyboard K750 is the company's first keyboard powered wholly by light.
In addition to sunlight, the device's integrated solar panel will also be able to draw power from
ambient, indoor light.
The chiclet-type keys benefit from Logitech's Incurve design, which is said to provide a little extra
keying comfort by supporting "the shape of your fingertips, while helping guide your fingers to the
right key."
The K750 is a cordless keyboard and connects wirelessly with Logitech's low profile Unifying receiver
over a 128-bit AES encrypted, 2.4GHz connection.
The company has also developed a solar power app that includes a lux meter to help position the
keyboard in the best sunbathing position, and gives useful information about the keyboard's battery
levels. It'll even send out an alert when power gets low.
Quirky has a cool new product in the works called the Trek Support. The
thing is a backpack that can hold your gadgets and a notebook, but with an
added bonus. The gadget section has pockets for four different items and the
thing can charge three items at one time.
The notebook sleeve is removable and is held in place with Velcro. Inside the
backpack is a battery that you charge from the AC outlet in your home or
hotel. That battery charges the gadgets and is good for 7 hours depending on
what you are charging. The laptop section will fit machines with up to a 15-
inch screen.
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The binocular/digital camera combo is a great gadget, packed with some cool
features like a flip-up 1.5″ LCD display for viewing the camera images, 8X digital
zoom and 5-MegaPixel digital camera.
The onboard memory is only 32MB but this can easily be expanded up to 2GB and the
USB port makes it easy to get photos moved onto your computer. It uses 2 AAA
batteries. Also it provides clear night vision and can record video upto 1 minute.
Dotpen pro from Candle Dragon seems to have everything to be the perfect digital
pen, meaning it allows you to write simple text, detailed sketches and draw anything
you want, on any type of paper, sending all wirelessly, in real-time, to the design or
office applications on the computer or your smartphone. It allows you to read on the
display as you write and, more than that, you can use the dotpen pro as a mouse and
stylus as well.
Wuala
Wuala is secure storage for all your files.
Wuala is secure online storage, a haven in the cloud to
store your files. You can safely access and share your
files with friends, family, and co-workers.
Photoscape
Photoscape is a fun and easy photo editing software that
enables you to fix and enhance photos.
WEBSITE: www.photoscape.org
DOWNLOAD URL:
http://www.photoscape.org/link/link.php?version=web&topic=dl_cnet
The current presidential limousine entered service on January 20, 2009. According to GM, the
manufacturer, the "2009 Cadillac Presidential Limousine" is the first not to carry a specific model
name. The vehicle's outward appearance is that of an enlarged Cadillac DTS limousine; however, the
vehicle's chassis and driveline are actually sourced from the GMC Topkick commercial truck. Styling
elements are sourced from a variety of GM vehicles; for example, the car uses Cadillac
Escalade headlights, not DTS units. Although a price tag has not been announced, according
to London-based newspaper The Guardian, each limousine cost the U.S. tax
payers US$300,000. During his presidency, Barack Obama has also
used the limousine of former President George W. Bush
consistently, during visits nationwide and internationally.
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General specifications
Most details of the car are classified for security reasons. It is completely fitted with military
grade armor at least five inches thick, and the wheels are fitted with run flat tires. Due to the
thickness of the glass, much natural light is excluded, so a fluorescent halo lighting system in
the headliner is essential.
The car can seat seven people, including the president. The front seats two, and includes a
console-mounted communications center. A glass partition divides the front from back. Three
rear facing seats are in the back, with cushions that are able to fold over the partition. The two
rear seats are reserved for the president and another passenger; these seats have the ability to
recline individually. A folding desk is between the two rear seats. Storage compartments in the
interior panels of the car contain communications equipment. The Secret Service refers to the
heavily-armored vehicle as "the beast".
The United States government also operates similarly designed limousines for VIP guests,
visiting heads of government, and heads of state.
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SPACE PHOTOS
cosmic spiral,eclipsed sun and more
The pictures, taken between March 2000 and August 2009, come together to
reveal colorful details in the star-forming galaxy, which lies 68 million light-
years away. The galaxy's dusty arms are lined with young star clusters (blue)
and glowing hydrogen clouds (pink) where new stars are being born
Slated to launch November 1, Discovery and the STS-133 crew will carry
supplies, spare parts, and the humanoid robot Robonaut 2 to the
International Space Station.
The dark disk of the moon partially eclipses the sun in a new picture,
released October 7 by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. The orbiting
telescope captured the lunar transit as the craft was taking pictures of the
star in extreme ultraviolet light.
Emerging from the darkness like a deep-sea jellyfish (pictures), the planetary
nebula NGC 6210 shows off its oddball structure in a new picture from the
Hubble Space Telescope. The nebula sits about 6,500 light-years away from
Earth in the constellation Hercules. Planetary nebulae actually have little to
do with planets. Instead, the clouds of dust and gas are leftovers from the
quiet deaths of sunlike stars. These medium-size stars shed their outer layers
as they perish, leaving behind dense cores called white dwarfs, which are
surrounded by nebulae of different shapes and sizes.
It’s only about 1meter tall but
a single hop can cover
one kilometer!
It's called a penguin.
So are we soon going to see lots of penguins hopping around the moon?
Not until the year 2012 at least, when these robotic scouts will be used
to search for safe landing spots and useful minerals for colonists to mine.
How much time do you spend at School? Not much
really. Have a look at these figures.
Add on about 30 minutes a day for showering, doing your hair and
cleaning your teeth - that equals 8 days.
Add all these days together and you get 364.That Leaves you just
one day to go to school. And we haven’t counted national holidays!
Boris the bull has just swallowed a time bomb and Its going to go
off in about 5 minutes. Not much time to get out of his way – or
get the time bomb out!
Which of the following four words best describes
the situation?
Shocking
Horrible
Abominable
Scary.
In WOMEN ETHNIC one can find varities of chaniya cholis, traditional salwar kameez,
punjabi suits, indo-western garments, kurtis and dress materials
Saree, the eternally fashionable and elegant drape from India, has defined Indian
womanhood for over 5000 years. Its charm lies in its simplicity and flowing grace
available in countless fabrics, patterns and colors.
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MYSTERY
REVEALED Machu Picchu, the "lost city of the Incas,"
was not a true city but rather a pilgrimage
center symbolically connected to the
Andean vision of the cosmos, an Italian
study has concluded.
Great Lubricant
Candle wax can be used a
lubricant for drawers, sliding
doors and windows, smooth
New Candles from Old
running of cutting tools like It takes only a few minutes to save some bucks and excite your
saw and drill bits. Simply scrub brains.
the wax to dresser drawer
sides and bottom and see the The easiest way to make new candles from leftover candle stubs
magic. is to melt them in a boiler. Once the wax totally melts and
becomes liquid, remove any foreign particles and burnt wicks.
Dip a new wick (a thick twisted thread) in hot wax, tie one end
to a pencil and lay the pencil over a Styrofoam cup so the wick
hangs straight to the bottom.
Now pour the liquid wax in to the cup and let it harden. Now,
peel off the Styrofoam cup and your own-made candle is ready
This month let us learn some catchy and funky slangs used nowadays…
CONCLUSION
Group Discussions are interactive. Remember that you will be interrupted and be prepared to
hold your ground by making your points clearly and forcefully.
This is the largest and the most costly single-family home ever built. It belongs to MUKESH
AMBANI who is currently the richest man in India (5th in the world) with an estimated net worth
of 43 Billion (Forbes: Richest Men March 2008). He is owner of Reliance Industries which is the
number one producer of steel in the world.
The Ambani home, named Antilla, has no two single floors alike. Neither the plans nor the
materials could be used twice as requested by Nita Ambani. This massive home finished in January
of 2009 and encompasses some of the most breathtaking architecture and amenities imaginable. It
costs upwards of 1 billion US dollars. It towers 550 feet over the city of Mumbai, India, that is twice
as high as the tallest building in Mumbai. Located off the western coast of India overlooking the
Indian Sea this building stands 60 stories tall. But in fact it only has 27 stories and each story is just
over double the size of a standard one.
ANTILLA FACTS
1. In the lower section it has 6
floors dedicated solely to
parking his unique exotic cars.
It can fit 168 cars in total. Just
above the parking structure is a
service center.
Antilla's distinctive shape is based on Vaastu, which is 7.80% of its ceilings are
an Indian tradition similar to Feng Shui. It is said that it covered in crystal chandeliers.
moves energy beneficially through the building by
strategically placing materials, rooms, and objects. 8.It has nine elevators, a health
Which is obviously crucial if you are one of the world’s club, a swimming pool, an ice
richest men and have billions of dollars. In our opinion room (fake snow), and a
it's perfect and embraces every item an aspiring fullscale 3 story garden.
billionaire would want to have in their home.
ALMANAC News Focus
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• Champions Trophy
(Cricket tournament)
organized in MMU
Second Prizes
Third Prize
M ODOTECH-Skyscrapers
Cartoon making:
MM Engineering College
E-Mail:
Inter College Basket Ball
Champions Trophy (Cricket
teamalmanac1@gmail.com
tournament) organized in MMU. Tournament held on 4th Oct - 6th
Web Site: Oct, 2010
Champions Trophy Cricket tournament
www.mmecalmanac.co.cc
was successfully organized in MMU Inter College Basket Ball Tournament was
www.mmumullana.org Cricket ground from 08.10.10 to 10.10.10. held on 4th Oct - 6th Oct, 2010 in Indoor
Teams from M.M.E.C, M.M.I.M, Sports Complex, MMU.
M.M.I.M.S.R & M.M.C.D.S.R participated A total of 12 matches were held in the
in the tournament. Tournament.
MMEC won the trophy.
M.M.I.M won the trophy.
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