Watch this video to get some insights about the Bloom Energy, which manufactures tiny fuel cells to be used at homes, or big ones that can power up large commercial spaces.
With $400 million funding that it has, I find it hard to think that this will be an epic fail!
Watch CBS News Videos Online
For the original source of the article check this link
http://mashable.com/2010/02/25/bloom-box-videos/
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
IEEE Spectrum: Automated to Death
Isn't That Awesome!
The passengers and crew of Malaysia Airlines Flight 124 were just settling into their five-hour flight from Perth to Kuala Lumpur that late on the afternoon of 1 August 2005. Approximately 18 minutes into the flight, as the Boeing 777-200 series aircraft was climbing through 36 000 feet altitude on autopilot, the aircraft—suddenly and without warning—pitched to 18 degrees, nose up, and started to climb rapidly. As the plane passed 39 000 feet, the stall and overspeed warning indicators came on simultaneously—something that’s supposed to be impossible, and a situation the crew is not trained to handle.
At 41 000 feet, the command pilot disconnected the autopilot and lowered the airplane’s nose. The auto throttle then commanded an increase in thrust, and the craft plunged 4000 feet. The pilot countered by manually moving the throttles back to the idle position. The nose pitched up again, and the aircraft climbed 2000 feet before the pilot regained control.
Read the investigation and also watch the Forensic Simulation of the key moments in that scary flight in the link below (has three other similar accidents discussed, including the Washington DC Metro Accident, the Northwest Airlines flying past the destination by 150 miles etc)
IEEE Spectrum: Automated to Death
The passengers and crew of Malaysia Airlines Flight 124 were just settling into their five-hour flight from Perth to Kuala Lumpur that late on the afternoon of 1 August 2005. Approximately 18 minutes into the flight, as the Boeing 777-200 series aircraft was climbing through 36 000 feet altitude on autopilot, the aircraft—suddenly and without warning—pitched to 18 degrees, nose up, and started to climb rapidly. As the plane passed 39 000 feet, the stall and overspeed warning indicators came on simultaneously—something that’s supposed to be impossible, and a situation the crew is not trained to handle.
At 41 000 feet, the command pilot disconnected the autopilot and lowered the airplane’s nose. The auto throttle then commanded an increase in thrust, and the craft plunged 4000 feet. The pilot countered by manually moving the throttles back to the idle position. The nose pitched up again, and the aircraft climbed 2000 feet before the pilot regained control.
Read the investigation and also watch the Forensic Simulation of the key moments in that scary flight in the link below (has three other similar accidents discussed, including the Washington DC Metro Accident, the Northwest Airlines flying past the destination by 150 miles etc)
IEEE Spectrum: Automated to Death
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Digital Cameras: Does Size (mega pixels) Matter??
Finally an article that tries to emphasize on the "Size Does Not Matter" thing about Digital Cameras. For quite some time I wanted to explain all this in my own words, but Gizmodo makes it much simpler!
ISO (sensitivity of the sensor to light) is a feature most amateur photographers dont know about. This a good ISO performance in a camera can give better photos than a large pixel count on the sensor!
Read this article for complete understanding of ISO and Sensor size.
Giz Explains: Why ISO Is the New Megapixel - Digital Cameras - Gizmodo
ISO (sensitivity of the sensor to light) is a feature most amateur photographers dont know about. This a good ISO performance in a camera can give better photos than a large pixel count on the sensor!
Read this article for complete understanding of ISO and Sensor size.
Giz Explains: Why ISO Is the New Megapixel - Digital Cameras - Gizmodo
Sugar May Be Bad But This Sweetener Is Far More Deadly
Are 120 Calories from Glucose same for your body as 120 calories from Fructose? (NO, calories from Fructose result in more than 40 times fat than that of Glucose!!!)
After eating fructose, 100 percent of the metabolic burden rests on your liver. But with glucose, your liver has to break down only 20 percent.
To know more interesting (scary) facts about sugars and calories, read this article on Huffington Post Sugar May Be Bad But This Sweetener Is Far More Deadly
After eating fructose, 100 percent of the metabolic burden rests on your liver. But with glucose, your liver has to break down only 20 percent.
To know more interesting (scary) facts about sugars and calories, read this article on Huffington Post Sugar May Be Bad But This Sweetener Is Far More Deadly
Thursday, February 18, 2010
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