The healthcare industry is booming with innovative products especially in the remote patient monitoring market. The latest remote patient monitoring solution is x73 manager USB reference system by Wipro healthcare division. The solution supports blood pressure monitors, pulse oximeters, weighing scales, thermometers and glucometers.

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The debate between power optimists and power pessimists whether the Bloom box is the ultimate answer to energy shortage or if it is just another big time hoax continues to make news in the energy circle.

What the heck is a bloom box anyway?

Bloom box is electricity in a box, an idea concieved by K.R. Sridhar, a former NASA engineer. The bloom box generates power wirelessly through a combination of oxygen and a fossil fuel such as bio-gas. It is supposed to be more fuel efficient than the photovoltaic cells because unfortunately, sunlight is not availiable 24/7.

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The European Union is to make the labeling of nanomaterials in cosmetics mandatory according to Chemistry World.

“The cosmetic regulation states that all ingredients present in the product in the form of nanomaterials should be clearly indicated in the list of ingredients, by inserting the word ‘nano’ in brackets after the ingredient listing. The ruling defines nanomaterial as ‘an insoluble or biopersistant and intentionally manufactured material with one or more external dimensions, or an internal structure, on the scale from 1 to 100 nm’.

The cosmetic regulation states that all ingredients present in the product in the form of nanomaterials should be clearly indicated in the list of ingredients, by inserting the word ‘nano’ in brackets after the ingredient listing. The ruling defines nanomaterial as ‘an insoluble or biopersistant and intentionally manufactured material with one or more external dimensions, or an internal structure, on the scale from 1 to 100 nm’.

Move over digital cut-and-paste-guys and data hackers. You will soon be out of job, because the traditional way of data IP protection is moving over to a new patented mechanism enabled by Trinity Future-In.  Which means, the creative content you created, the logo of your company, the unique idea you documented, or the music you composed cannot be used by anyone without authorization.

It is estimated that the total magnitude of counterfeiting and piracy worldwide could well be several hundred billion dollars more.

The innovative mechanism of Trinity for protecting digital files is not based on the traditional use of a lock and key system. In this solution files become invisible or inactive and block unauthorized duplication.

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Dan Zen’s latest group game The Nano Race is about “Six groups have the technology to enter the Nano World! Our mind and bodies are micro compressed to possess power and speed beyond imagination.

You can join one of the groups and one group only - or risk being caught as a spy! The group with the most explorers is leading the NANO RACE.. You can decide which part of the microcosm you you want to be in. There are about six categories to join in starting from being Lab Mice, rocket scientists, mediating monkeys, matrix hackers, lost luckies and evil diddlers.

Dan Zen who created it says ”… the race was to see if we could get a community type game going through the facebook groups along the roleplaying lines of the Blimp races we did back in the 90’s. From the uptake… it did not quite catch on. Maybe some more pushing would help - I liked the setting of nanotech ;-)”

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16672952605&ref=search&sid=1243987230.1982345021..1

Through out human history, man has found a way to affirm his faith with religious inscriptions; right from cave paintings, temple carvings, calligraphy and now nanotechnology inspired inscriptions on a gold pendant.

Designed by MIT professor of computational vision Dr. Pawan Sinha, and launched by Tanishq retail jewellry chain, the pendant is the world’s smallest Bhagawad Gita etched in 24 carat gold.

When I checked with the Jayanagar showroom manager in Bangalore, the pendants were ’selling like hot cakes’. The fact that you can read only under a 200X microscope did not deter customers wanting to possess one.

“It is a collectible item”, said the sales girl, and “not for gold investment”! The gold pendant is presently awailable in Hindi inscription and is in the range of Rs.15,000 and Rs.25,000.

‘It makes a great gift’ said one lady buying it for her dad on Fathers day. Now, that is one great example of science meeting religion meeting consumer, all in one stroke!

Why wash the cutlery after use if you can eat them? We use lots of water to clean our cups, dishes and spoons regularly, and many people (including me) hate washing them. Now you can use Eco-friendly edible cutlery, made of sorghum and can easily chew them up along with the food. (DNA news)

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