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NASA | Pioneer 10 is the farthest man-made object from Earth

Check out the Pioneer homepage for the spacecraft carrying mankinds’ message to the stars. The Voyager program also in this league.

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Science Daily | Climate change and carbon content in soil are related

Trapping Carbon In Soil Key For Protecting Global Food Security, Dealing With Climate Change.

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This is my last post on http://sayanc.blogspot.com
What a better way / reason to move from this free hosting on blogspot.com than to my own site and hosting which I got by trading Gmail invites.

Please visit my site at www.sayanc.net and my blog at www.sayanc.net/blog

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Wikipedia | Freeman Dyson

Stumbled across this very interesting biography of one the leading futurists of our time.

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Portrait of an INTP

I was reading this Slashdot post when I chanced upon this page describing the personality type INTP (Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving)

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I have been off the air for a couple of days since I was trying to put my site (with my own domain- www.sayanc.net). Finally got at least the blog working on my site at www.sayanc.net/blog and migrated some content too…

I will move all my content over the next few days…

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MIT Techreview | Why I.T. Matters

Robert Metcalfe, inventor of the Ethernet and of the ‘Metcalfe’s Law’ fame gives his take on why he thinks IT still is of strategic value. He specifically targets the recent Harvard Business Review article by its then executive editor Nicholas G. Carr titled �IT Doesn�t Matter.�

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EE Times | Chip diffusion modeling yields better maps

From chips to cartograms. This is an interesting insight on how problems can be answered with solutions from a different discipline. The article goes on to say “….other areas of science require a quick method of making computerized cartograms. Mapping of census data, real-time election results or the geographic spread of illnesses like the flu are examples.

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BBC NEWS | Wi-fi lifeline for Nepal’s farmers

Yak farmers in the mountains of Nepal are using wireless internet technology to keep in touch with their families….now looking at ways of using the wi-fi network for distance learning as there is a shortage of qualified teachers in the area.

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BBC NEWS | Claim made for new form of life

Scientists have found nanobacteria in artery deposits. One more reason to stay off the junk food counter in the cafeteria.

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