Monday, December 6, 2010

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car tracking

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:09 PM PST

dear engineering colleagues
I want to start a car tracking company.i would like to know comprehensively how a car tracker works.wot i need to get like a gps and tracker.also i would like an ebook or site where i can get info.on this thanks

electric motor powerpoint

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 09:02 AM PST

I need a powerpoint that explain an electric motor. who can give me?

Energy Apartheid Keeps Billions of People in Poverty Says New Report

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 08:00 AM PST

MORE than one and a half billion of the world's poorest people will be condemned to a life of poverty if they continue to be denied access to basic energy services, according to international development charity Practical Action.
A lack of energy to power essential services such as lighting, heating and cooking in the developing world means that many if not all of the Millennium Development Goals simply cannot be met by 2015, says Practical Action's Poor People's Energy Outlook (PPEO) report.
In the inaugural report, which is supported by the United Nations Development Programme, the charity calls for an end to the 'energy apartheid' between the developed and the developing world.
Currently one and a half billion people are living with no access to electricity, and three billion still rely on traditional biomass and coal for cooking, where in the developed world energy is often squandered.
The PPEO report proposes the concept of Total Energy Access - minimum standards of energy services for poor people in the developing world for lighting, cooking/water heating, space heating, cooling, information/communications and livelihoods.
Simon Trace, Chief Executive, Practical Action, said: "Energy apartheid is deeply unjust, it can and must be addressed.
"Development is not possible without energy access for poor people. This is a prerequisite for human development and poverty reduction. The Poor People's Energy Outlook proposes a framework for action to fight this injustice."
Among the recommendations for minimum energy standards are the need for every house to have 300 lumens of lighting, 0.3kg of charcoal per person per day, a minimum daytime indoor temperature of 12C and a maximum indoor temperature of 30C.
This will mean families can be active after dark, won't freeze in their homes, can cook without fear of smoke inhalation, can preserve food and medicines, have access to electronic information and gradually work their way out of poverty.
The report argues that Total Energy Access cannot be achieved by the formal energy sector working alone and that the ecosystem of energy access service providers must widen and deepen to include international agencies, governments, small and medium scale enterprises, universities, NGOs, community groups, financiers and more.
In sub-Saharan Africa more than 70 per cent of the population is still without access to electricity. This figure will only be reduced to 67% by 2015 when the MDGs expire, unless collective action is taken.
And it's not just electricity poverty which is an issue. Lack of energy for cooking means indoor smoke from traditional cookstoves causes 1.4 million deaths per year - more than malaria.
The report is published in the wake of the International Energy Agency's World Energy Outlook (WEO), which this year placed a special emphasis on energy poverty and published a chapter on how to make energy access universal in advance of the main report.
Practical Action welcomes the WEO's recognition of the importance of tackling energy poverty but calls for further action, including greater investment in energy access from developed countries and the establishment of a globally agreed set of minimum standards for energy access.
Trace added: "Practical Action is an organisation that puts poor people at the heart of all of its work, involving them in every step of their development and our report seeks to explore the issue of energy access in more detail and acts as a call to action for the creation of a coalition to tackle the issue from all sides."
For more information please visit www.practicalaction.org or www.practicalaction.org/ppeo2010 to view the report in full.
This Social Media News Release is available at:- Energy Apartheid Keeps Billions of People in Poverty Says New Report

Solve this

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 07:16 AM PST

How to write 4 in between 5? :confused:

Round Robin Algorithm Implementation

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 05:03 AM PST

i want to implement the algorithm of round robin to allocate the time slot to the various tasks of different time unit by using the concept of multitasking

new ideas

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 04:34 AM PST

hi..im very happy to be a member of crazy engg..
im very interested in doing new innovative projects in social aspects..eg:for blind,deaf..etc
im a eee student..can u help me by telling any new projects regarding this..

thank u...

Kurukshetra 2011

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 02:47 AM PST

This year Kurukshetra is going to be a feast for those people interested in the arena of Robotics and Image Processing because there is workshop which focusses on the fundamentals of Robotics and Image Processing.The main highlight of the event is that people teach us how robos capture images.There will also be guest lectures and demos which elevate the knowledge of audience.

Hurry up!!!
Registrations are open!!
Kurukshetra 2011 | Workshops

Pi=4 Paradox (Explain This!)

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 02:35 AM PST



Makes any sense?? How do you explain this? Anyway it is interesting :):)

AOL May Split & Merge With Yahoo!

Posted: 06 Dec 2010 01:25 AM PST

TOI reports that America Online is considering splitting the company and merging with the #1 company on the Internet for content - Yahoo!

The plans are still in the exploratory stage and Yahoo has not been contacted, the sources said. The plans are also fraught with complications involving myriad moving pieces but would entail breaking apart AOL's two main business: its legacy dial-up Internet service and display advertising business.


Note that AOL is the owner of leading Internet portals like TechCrunch & Engadget.

Driver Sleepiness Detection

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 11:51 PM PST

Hi

i am thinking of a project which uses image processing to detect to find if a driver is feeling drowsy and wake him up if he is drowsy
i actually did this using my laptop for an assignment and used a siren to wake the driver up
i want to continue this project and build a proper prototype
also i want to submit this abstract with a few inclusions to this system to various embedded systems competitions
how good is this idea ( i agree this is not my idea and i found this research papers only )

what is the probability that this will even clear the first round if i submit an abstract

regards
deepak

The latest facelift on Facebook plays up photos and friends

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 11:48 PM PST

Facebook is redesigning the profile pages of its 500 million-plus users to make it more of a reflection of their real lives and emphasize one of the site's most popular features, photos.
Facebook said in a blog post Sunday that the changes are meant to make it easier for users to tell their story — who they are, where they work, their life philosophy and the most important people in their lives. The changes place a bigger emphasis on visuals, from photos to images of users' interests.

Continue Reading

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40521127...h_and_gadgets/

final year project on fuel cell

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 10:48 PM PST

dear friends,
I 'd like to explore on fuel cell tech in agriculture. Does anyone has any ideas? I 'd like to run the generator base on water to run the fish pond(oxygen motor,lamps). Please share your ideas thank you

CE meet - NCR chapter

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 10:34 PM PST

Following are the members who are all game for next CE chapter at NCR (Noida). Request to all CEan's to give you availablity for the same. Let me know your names so that I can update the list.

Till now:
1. CEan CrazyBoy
2. CEan CrazyGirl
3. CEan Cooldudiet
4. Yes you from NCR

PS: Inviting Biggi, Mods team (atleast Patty !!!) and all CEans who can make it.

Tentative timelines coming weekend (11-12 Dec 2010), or purpose time for the same. We are open for the change in time / dates

-CB

Lets Learn French Together

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 10:22 PM PST

Hello everyone ,I am willing to learn French so why not start here :

your help is appreciated :)

First Word: Bonjour: Good morning or can be use as say "HI"

PS: Please let me know if there is languages learning institutes in "Noida"

The Ant and the Grasshopper

Posted: 05 Dec 2010 10:00 PM PST

I received this article in an email:



Old Story:
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter. The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.
Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or shelter so he dies out in the cold.
Indian Version:
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and laying up supplies for the winter.
The Grasshopper thinks the Ant's a fool and laughs & dances & plays the summer away.
Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed while others are cold and starving. NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled with food.
The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant's house.
Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter .
Mayawati states this as `injustice' done on Minorities.
Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.
The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) .
Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for ' Bengal Bandh' in West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.
CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and
Grasshoppers.
Mamta Bannerji allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway Trains, aptly named as the 'Grasshopper Rath'.
Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the ' Prevention of Terrorism Against Grasshoppers Act' [POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of the
winter.
Kapil Sibbal makes 'Special Reservation ' for Grasshoppers in Educational Institutions & in Government Services.
The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left to pay his retroactive taxes,it's home is confiscated by the Government
and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV.
Arundhati Roy calls it ' A Triumph of Justice'.
Mamta calls it 'Socialistic Justice '.
CPM calls it the ' Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden '
Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly.


Many years later....
The Ant has since migrated to the US and set up a multi-billion dollar company in Silicon Valley,
100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere in India, AND
As a result of losing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the grasshoppers, India is still a developing country!!!
How True the Story is from India Prospective??!!....


Do you comply with the new story?
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