Archive for January, 2006
Einstein and Relativity
Pirelli Relativity Challenge is an award for the best multimedia work that explains special relativity theory to the layperson, to mark the centenary of the publication of the Special Relativity Theory.
The Winning Entry: Al’s Relativistic Adventure Or here
Other Entries which are equally good and enlightening:
Putting Einstein to Test Or here
And the rare images of Einstein along with a color video of Einstein:
Footage of Einstein
Trackback: Physics Blog
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Data is the Next Intel Inside (Web 2.0)
That is what Web 2.0 is all about. The next generation of Web developers realize that it is the auction listings that make EBay so successful, the user reviews that are the unique value of Amazon.com. In Web 2.0, user is the partner in software development process.
A collective intelligence is achieved when a critical mass of participation is reached within a site or system, allowing the participants to act as a filter for what is valuable. The user reviews on Amazon.com sort out the worthy resources from the inadequate. Citysearch’s user-created reviews identify quality restaurants. In Google’s PageRank system, websites which are linked to more often hold more weight and rise to the top of search results pages. The folksonomy is an excellent example of the collective intelligence at work. Born out of the aggregate of user-created tags on sites such as del.icio.us and Flickr, a folksonomy provides an inclusive categorization scheme.
Web 2.0 is about community and collaboration through social software. The new generation Web offers a two-way communication with the user, one that involves both reading and writing.
Read the complete article, excellently written by Ellyssa Kroski @ The Hype and Hullaballo of Web 2.0
Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators
“Think of everything you do in your organisation and put it into three boxes: Managing the present (Box 1), selectively abandoning the past (Box 2) and creating the future (Box 3),” he says.
“Organisations spend a whole lot of time on Box 1 and assume it is strategy they are working on. Strategy, however, is really about Box 3. It is about allocating resources in 2006 to maintain leadership in 2020.”
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )who is quatrochhi??
India representative of Snamprogetti, a Milan-based Italian multinational company.
Swedish company Bofors — facing stiff international competition — had paid more than $50 million in bribes to secure a contract for the sale of field guns worth $1.4 billion to the Indian Army.
suspects include Rajiv Gandhi, Quatrochhi, an Indian arms agent called Win Chadha and Martin Ardbo, the Bofors chief.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )MonaLisa
Mystery behind the enigmatic smile of MonaLisa
Secret revealed by Professor Margarest Livingstone of Harvard University report in BBC News, 2003
Face tracking software to find the true feelings of Monalisa Techreport
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )
Knowledge IN = a*(Information OUT)+b 