Over payload may be cause for the failure of GSLV-F06 : Former ISRO scientist

One of the rocket scientist and former employee of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said that "Instability introduced by excessive payload weight was most likely responsible for the failure of an Indian rocket's launch" which was launched on the eve of Christmas day(2010).

The scientist, who came up with this statement has over two decades of experience with rocket motors.

Over payload may be cause for the failure of GSLV-F06 : Former ISRO scientist

Awesome pics of last Decade[2001-2010]

This Viral picture of US President George W. Bush with cry baby is dated back to 2006, July 13, during a visit to Germany. Bush hands back a crying baby that was handed to him from the crowd as he arrived for an outdoor dinner with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Trinwillershagen, Germany.

Awesome pics of last Decade[2001-2010]

Wish u a happy New Year

Lets pray for the happiness, prosperity and peace in 2011.

Wish u a happy New Year

How many Web users are willing to pay for the services they used? [Survey]

According to a new survey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project, almost two-thirds of adult Internet users in the US have paid for get access to video, news and even free tools such as word processing and spreadsheets.

According to the stats from study, about a third of respondents said they have paid for digital music and for softwares too.

How many Web users are willing to pay for the services they used? [Survey]

We heard "Love yourselves first", this women, by heart, really does..... gonna marry herself this new year.

It is common to see people marring those whom they love or being loved by others. Similarly, a Taiwanese woman is gonna marry some one this new year, whom she loves the most. So you may think what new in this? No, No, not the new year or 1-11-11. In this marriage, people will not be seeing any bride groom. That doesn't means this is same sex marriage but a marriage with super twist.

A 45 year old Taiwanese therapist, Chen Ching, likes to start this new year with new life by holding a splendid wedding where you will not see any male counterpart because she getting married to HERSELF.

We heard "Love yourselves first", this women, by heart, really does..... gonna marry herself this new year.

Virtually addicted Chinese women claims virtual assets in her divorce plea

This wacky cum interesting news is from china. A virtual world addicted women from china plea for her virtual assets which she had earned while playing online games with her husband IDs whom she was divorcing was rejected by local court.

They met through an online game, married at the end of 2008. The reason for getting divorce is, they blamed each other for being lazy in housework.

Virtually addicted Chinese women claims virtual assets in her divorce plea

Now your pen will be controlling your Stress ?

Now controlling your stress will be in your hand.... literally....

During stressed, many people tend to do all sorts of crazy stuff with their pen. By observing this a Doctoral researcher student from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands, named Miguel Bruns Alonso, has developed the prototype of a pen which gauges a user's stress levels and helps ease them.

Now your pen will be controlling your Stress ?

Google's Nexus S shocks Google engineers with its outer atmosphere performance.

The team from Google were happy and have been taken by pleasant surprise after Nexus S, the Official Google's second phone, was found working even fine even at the earth's outer atmosphere - at 60,000 feet.

The tiny Androids strapped to seven payloads to test the outer limits of Nexus S were carried into the Earth's outer atmosphere using weather balloons, the Daily Mail reported.

Google's Nexus S shocks Google engineers with its outer atmosphere performance.

Despite Blacklisting, Corporate America does legal business.

- New York Times

Despite sanctions and trade embargoes, over the past decade the US government has allowed its companies to do billions of dollars in business with Iran and other countries blacklisted as state sponsors of terrorism, an examination by The New York Times has found.

At the behest of a host of companies — from Kraft Food and Pepsi to some of the nation’s largest banks — a little-known office of the Treasury Department has granted nearly 10,000 licenses for deals involving countries that have been cast into economic purgatory, beyond the reach of American business.

Despite Blacklisting, Corporate America does legal business.

Alcoholism affects younger brains : Duke Study

A Duke University study indicates adolescents and young adults with alcohol-use disorders have a smaller prefrontal cortex.

Researchers said alcohol-use disorders are known to be associated with abnormalities of the prefrontal cortex, thalamus and the cerebellar hemispheres in adults' brains.

Alcoholism affects younger brains : Duke Study

Due to under-developing brain, Teens cannot concentrate

Research from the UK has found that teenagers and young adults find it hard to concentrate because their brains are more similar to those of much younger children than those of mature adults, with more grey matter but lower efficiency.

The brain is not fully developed until people reach their late twenties or even early thirties, according to study.

Due to under-developing brain, Teens cannot concentrate

Brain may be fully matured by age of 30-40: Study

According to new research from the UK, the brain continues to develop after childhood and puberty, and is not fully developed until people are well into their 30s and 40s, which contradict current theories that the brain matures much earlier.

Brain may be fully matured by age of 30-40: Study

Glass free World's first 3-D TV from Toshiba, now available in Japan

On Wednesday, in Japan, Toshiba became first to launch what it calls the world's first television to public, allowing viewers to see 3D images without having to wear special glasses.

It was unveiled at an electronics store in central Tokyo, it's 12-inch model, named as the Regza GL1 Series, went on sale.

Glass free World's first 3-D TV from Toshiba, now available in Japan

Google search engine gets updates, now detects compromised sites and alerts

ON friday, Dec 14, Google announced that its had made some upgrades to its search engine which included alerting people to hacked websites that make it into query results.

"We've added new notifications to the results page to warn you when sites may have been compromised, spammed or defaced," Google director of product management Mike Cassidy said in a blog post.

Google search engine gets updates, now detects compromised sites and alerts

NZ military release classified UFO files for the public.

Under freedom of information laws, New Zealand military released hundreds of previously classified reports detailing claims of unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings and alien encounters.

The documents released contains the data collected from 1954 to 2009. These classified files were released after the New Zealand Defence Force removed names and other identifying material.

NZ military release classified UFO files for the public.

Latest discovery of new molecule could boost rocket in having efficient propelling engine.

Discovery made by scientists from Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Sweden could make the future rocket engines work efficient by 20%-30%. Trinitramid, the name of the new molecule that may be a component in future rocket fuel.

Latest discovery of new molecule could boost rocket in having efficient propelling engine.

IBM Scientists predicts five things for the future.[Video]

IBM helps in predicting what we may be see in the coming future. With its release of its annual "Next Five in Five" list of five innovations expected over the next five years this week, Air-powered batteries, 3-D cellphones that project holographs and personalized commutes are among the predictions of IBM scientists.

IBM Scientists predicts five things for the future.[Video]

Global Warming is behind the European Winter chill : Scientists

Feeling much chilled this winter than the previous one ??? Then blame the GW(Global Warming).

Counter-intuitive but true, say scientists: a string of freezing European winters scattered over the last decade has been driven in large part by global warming.

According to a new study, the Arctic's surface ice, if the current rates of decline continues, will disappear entirely during summer months by century's end.

Global Warming is behind the European Winter chill : Scientists

India's Sophisticated communication and entertainment satellite gets blasted in mid air after 2nd stage Rocket engine failure[Video]

Prestigious, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), suffered a major setback on cryogenic engine system usage. Isro's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle(GSLV)-F06 launch vehicle failed to put communication satellite GSAT-5P in orbit after being destroyed in mid-air.

India's Sophisticated communication and entertainment satellite gets blasted in mid air after 2nd stage Rocket engine failure[Video]

31 US cities tap water is said to be contained with Hexavalent chromium, a cancer causing chemical.

According to US national survey, The Environmental Working Group, 31 US cities get the tap water which is said to contaminated by a cancer causing chemical, Hexavalent chromium.

Their results on this study were released on Monday, Dec 20. They found that highest concentrations of hexavalent chromium, also known as chromium 6, in the drinking water in Norman, Okla., Honolulu and Riverside, California.

31 US cities tap water is said to be contained with Hexavalent chromium, a cancer causing chemical.