September 19th, 2004
Physlink | Physicists Create Artificial Molecule On A Chip

The artificial molecule- qubit was coupling to a microwave photon, sharing energy in much the same way electrons are shared when two atoms combine to form a molecule.

September 17th, 2004
PhysOrg | Spinach May Soon Power Mobile Devices

About a year back, I was discussing with my friend that artificial photosynthesis might be a good eco-friendly way to generate energy. This article talks about, for the first time, MIT researchers have incorporated a plant’s ability to convert sunlight to energy into a solid-state electronic �spinach sandwich� device that may one day power laptops and cell phones.

September 13th, 2004
Guardian | Space probes feel cosmic tug of bizarre forces

As the Pioneer 10 and 11 probes head towards distant stars, scientists have discovered that the craft - launched more than 30 years ago - appear to be in the grip of a mysterious force that is holding them back as they sweep out of the solar system.

September 9th, 2004
BBC News | Solar plan for Indian computers

Uttar Pradesh has drawn up a pilot project to use solar power to run computers in village schools. Have they thought of using bio-fuels (including bio-gas) get more power for a fraction of the cost?

September 8th, 2004
CNet | Dresden plant powers AMD surge

A sprawling computer chip factory near the war-scarred German city of Dresden is forcing a shift in momentum in the battle between two U.S. technology superpowers.

Advanced Micro Devices’ $2.5 billion plant houses a collection of high-tech manufacturing tools and automation processes that industry experts say rivals or beats those of the company’s much larger archenemy, Intel.

I am of course writing this on an eMachines laptop powered by the AMD Athlon 3200+ CPU :)

September 8th, 2004
Wired | Slide Rule Still Rules

This article I am dedicating to my father. He had loaned me his slide rule for a class at school and of course I lost it. I did the same to his first calculator as well. They would have been rare antiques or family heirlooms if I had kept them well.

September 8th, 2004
Neowin.net | Maths to bring e-commerce to its knees

e-commerce is dependent on encryption technologies for secure online transactions. and encryption is heavily dependent on the mathematics of prime numbers. This article is about a mathematician who has proposed a theory of prime numbers which may have a profound impact on secure ecommerce systems.

September 7th, 2004
World’s largest aircraft to help India

The Indian Railways is looking to the AN-124 for a ‘large’ problem at hand.

September 5th, 2004
Wired 12.09 | Let a Thousand Reactors Bloom

Wired has this interesting insight in how China plans solve its energy needs using a rediscovered innovative reactor design. The bonus is that it could jumpstart China into the hydrogen economy.

September 5th, 2004
Wired 12.09 | Mr. Craigslist, Master of the Nerdiverse

It started as a free email list that tracked art events, job listings, and apartment rentals in San Francisco. Nine years later, craigslist serves 45 cities and has 5 million visitors a month. Wired has a nice interview of its founder - Craig Newmark

September 5th, 2004
Wired 12.09 | Scientific Method Man

Gordon Rugg cracked the 400-year-old mystery of the Voynich manuscript. Next up: everything from Alzheimer’s to the origins of the universe.

September 1st, 2004
Is Tableau the Next Google?

Coming from the same Stanford hallway as Google, will its take on search on structured data be successful?

September 1st, 2004
Plastic magnets mean plastic hard drives beckon

I am back to blogging…. so here is the first story… I remember that Sony had talked about introducing plastic disk drives about a year or two ago.