April 11th, 2008 by Priyam
The future is here, you don’t need to imagine it. A chip to diagnose your diseases is here!!!
Imagine being able to diagnose if a patient has a certain virus or disease while he’s sitting in the doctor’s waiting room? It could happen sooner than you might think as a result of one of our new products – Lab-on-Chip.
Yes thats what STMicroelectronics is saying. It can screen and identify multiple classes of pathogens and genes within two hours; all in a single test. This is a leap ahead for other types of tests that could previously detect only one strain and sometimes required weeks to obtain test results. it works by holding strands of DNA and matching them against the characteristics of given, known pathogens. It then compares the DNA and if it recognises similarities, it tells you if specific microorganisms have been detected.
Is really small and very fast and accurate. They are also developing it to identify bird flu. It can detect if the patient is infected with the avian flu (H5N1) or a subtype of influenza A or B, in a single test – instead of the many tests needed currently. To be available in time for the next flu season, the single test application will be a substantial breakthrough in rapid identification of the infectious agent to limit the spread of the disease.
You can read the amazing news here
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March 8th, 2008 by Priyam
Emerging Technology Conference is going on in San Diego. The conference focuses on future technology, breakthroughs in it and has all the leading scientists, engineers to discuss technology.
One of the main future technology research is going on is research on longevity of human life span. And Scott Wainner has written about it. Through his post he has tried to convince people to live longer.
First what is longevity? It doesn’t mean just surviving or living no matter if you body can’t do anything and is diseased. It means living a healthy life.
Human beings are supposed to age. Our bodies are made so. But what if we could freeze your aging body cells at the age of 20 years?? One would be still able 2 live like a 20 indefinitely until you meet a mishap or an incurable disease. Most diseases caused due to aging would not affect you.
But Alas very few people support this. There as 6 main reasons for this as stated in this article.
Continue reading ‘Would you like to live indefinitely or die as all do?’
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June 3rd, 2007 by Priyam
Storing data is gonna get a lot easier in future thanks to Bacterias. Yeah those microscopic organisms would be the future storage devices and guess what they can store your data for MILLIONS (yeah millions 
) of years.
The four characters of the DNA T, C, A and G ( Thymine, Cytosine, Adenine & Guanine {i still remember those biology terns 
} respectively ) which represent the genetic coding in DNA work much like digital data. Character combinations can stand for specific letters & symbols- so codes in genomes can be translated, or read, to produce music text, video & other content.
Continue reading ‘Ran out of DVDs, CDs? Store your data on Bacteria’
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April 11th, 2007 by Priyam
From Wikipedia:
Dating is the activity of looking for a suitable partner for a relationship. The word refers to two daters agreeing on a time and date when they can meet and engage in some activity, thereby assessing their suitability for one another. Typically a person may date many different partners during the same time period in order to have the best chance of finding their most suitable available mate.
These days ability to GooGle about your date before meeting has forever changed dating.
For better or worse, “GooGlinG” your date has become a common thing.The results can be enlightening, surprising and sometimes a little disturbing also.So don’t GooGle what you can’t handle Continue reading ‘Going for a Date? Try GooGlinG it!’
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April 5th, 2007 by Priyam
HSBC has taken a leap in the advertising market by sending promotional messages to people through two of its London branches.The trial for this has been running since the start of the year and ends this week.
For this advertisement through Bluetooth a small box is installed in the branch that scans for passing mobile phones that have Bluetooth switched on.
Continue reading ‘BLUETOOTH - HSBC’s new method of Advertising’
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