Poll: What makes a better Icecream plate?

March 19th, 2010

We had a chance to go hands on with the Tegra 250 powered Notion Ink Adam yesterday and it turned out to be more than just a good tablet PC.  The dummy shown to us was a concept design from 2009 and the sleek looks it sports (completely different from Adam’s current avatar) tempted us to ditch the ceramic plates and go for the Adam to serve the Ice Creams :)

So what makes a better Ice Cream plate according to you? The conventional ceramic plates at ITC Grand Central or the Notion Ink Adam? Image comparison below!

- Let us know your choice in comments below

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Dell Vostro 13 in pictures

March 15th, 2010

Perhaps a little late, but I got my hands on the Dell Vostro 13 recently. Here is the picture gallery:

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God’s Computer – OG Photo of the month

March 2nd, 2010

The computer that GOD holds. We used to call this a remote control a decade back, and guess we would soon call it his mobile :P

Via Gizmodo

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LOL: Why Bill Gates retired :P

March 2nd, 2010

Via

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International Exhibitions @ IIT Bombay Techfest 2010

February 5th, 2010

If the internal IITB exhibitions rocked this year the international exhibitions were no less and pretty much upto the mark compared to the previous versions. There were many innovative and advanced technologies at display (read James Bond style technology if that helps your imagination). Ranging from nanobots to underwater robots (fishes and lobsters), from 3-D simulations of earthquakes to amazing solar powered racing cars, this year had it all.

Gwawr – The solar car

This beautiful welsh named car Gwawr meaning dawn was one of the attractions of the international exhibitions at the Techfest @IITB this year. Also a winner of the Panasonic World Solar Challenge Environmental Awareness Award 2007 not only because it runs on green fuel but also due to the fact that most of it is made from recycled materials resulting in almost zero carbon emissions when when the car is scrapped.

The car at display wasn’t the original one, but a scaled down model which was powered by electricity for now. Prof. Graham and Tom built it in 9 days for the exhibition. The actual car is a dual powered one which can be charged via both, Yeah! you guessed it, electricity and solar power. The scaled down model at the exhibition could do 25mph (because it had got Prof. Graham’s bicycle motor attached to it). The braking system was also adopted from the bicycle itself. While onlygizmos was lucky enough to get an exclusive video of Tom (future Schumacher for his sheer driving skills) driving the car. I was even more luckier to get a chance to get into the car.

Natures Raincoat

Although the name had us guessing and all we could think of was something associated with rains. But this one was something very different that we have seen for a while. On display were super hydrophobic material that repelled water as the opposites of a magnet repel each other.

We had the magic sand at display which came out as dry as it can be in a super hot desert even after immersing in water. Then there was this special coated business card which left no traces o water even after you drop water on it. They also used a ducks wing to display the same. This phenomenon was explained by pressing a blown ballon on the surface of a bed of nails which even if you pressed hard would not be pierced by the nails and not burst. It so happens that the surfce is such that pressure of the drop gets equally distributed on the surface as a result of which water does not break in to the surface and is bounced off the surface leaving it untouched by water. I know its difficult to understand but Ubercool stuff isnt it?

Quantum of solace

As the name suggests this was indeed an amazingly sophisticated display of state of the art technology straight out of the Bond flick (more…)

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ATM haunted with BSOD – Picture of the month

February 5th, 2010

Via @sengupta’s Flickr Stream

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10MB HDD – OG Picture of the month

January 3rd, 2010

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via SU

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Burn a Mac – Picture of the month!

December 1st, 2009

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Note: This is a piece of art! Source

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Google simplifies Image search using “Swirl”

November 24th, 2009

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Google Labs is testing a new image search feature by using something called the Image ‘Swirl’. Google Image Swirl integrates the Similar Image Search and Google’s Wagon Wheel. The Image Swirl is set to simplify your search without needing any customisation to the search query, like changing the search term to relate better to what you are trying to search or to customise the query to get the desired image resolution.

The image swirl shows a cluster of search results in a 4 x 3 matrix form. Each of these 12 search results groups similar images into one. The search results look like a pile of images assorted in twelve parts (obviously according to (more…)

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Windows 7 community launch: Delhi

November 3rd, 2009

contrast

The OG team happened to be one of the lucky few to attend multiple Windows 7 community launches, here are a few exclusive shots from the #7party in Delhi on 1st November. Hosted at Oxford Store’s awesome ChaBar, this was quite a contrast from Mumbai’s Boat Club :D (more…)

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OG Picture of the month: October 09

October 26th, 2009

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Kunal: I could use this mod to shock my neighbor who always boast of his player supporting USB, DVDs and what not :D

Annkur: Thats innovative way to recycle old computers! Though I would paint the drive :P

[via ThereIFixedIt]

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Sneak Peak: Microsoft Store Toaster

July 23rd, 2009

microsoft toaster store

If Microsoft made a toaster? @UrmiRaj14 suggests they should sell this in the upcoming Microsoft Store :)

Via Engadget

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The most honest eBay user ever :P

July 13th, 2009

Here you go… I have lost count on the number of times some eBay buyer has asked me for a discount or canceled a deal. But it never gets more honest than this guy on eBay, who has his user id: ‘iaintpayinyou‘. Not much to our surprise, hes suspended!

iaintpayinyou ebay user

Via Tech E Blog

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Picture of the month: June 09

June 11th, 2009

it-wonders

lol!! IT wonders of the world … voting starts soon :P

Via (Thx @k3n13)

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iPhone 3 rumors, All-in-one

June 5th, 2009

wwdc-2009-iphone-rumor-roundup

The rumored launch of the iPhone this month had many rumors lined up with it. Remy at TGR did a good job by pictorifying the rumors. Now you have all those rumore on a single picture with a probability  index showing the very, somewhat and Unlikely chances of these rumors coming true.

The source list of each rumor has also been published by Remy so you can decide the authenticity of each.

Remy beleaves that a Luminous Apple logo is unlikely while the $199, $299 pricing is very likely along with the others. What do you think?

via [CultOfMac]

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Chrome video ADs: Picture

May 31st, 2009

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Google sure knows how to spend money on Adwords while promoting its products. A very cute Video AD is being played across tech sites. Thats something I am noticing since a few days back, but this one is placed really well. Came across this one while browsing my Feeds on the Google Reader. Video below …

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Amazon Kindling: Wooden Kindle

May 14th, 2009

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Folks @ Evil Mad Scientist made this super cool wooden Amazon Kindle using a laser cutter. Fondly called: Amazon Kindling :)

Via

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When geeks run the goverment?

May 10th, 2009

road-404

Geeks on a mission to take over the world, once we gain control of the government administration – This is what will happen :P

Via Business Pundit

& incase you didn’t knew – what is Error 404

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Being an eBay powerseller :P

April 13th, 2009

ebay-buyer

Here is a funny little pic sent to us by an eBay PowerSeller (name witheld on request). Apparently someone wants to offer himself for sale @ INR 11000 (that too with free shipping).

The seller says “…understand that he wanted to buy one of our listings for Rs 11000, but got his grammer wrong. Tired of people making cheap offers for expensive gadgets during recession time”. LOL

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Pillows for Geek

April 11th, 2009

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Designing a house for some Geek? well, you must not miss the Ctr+Alt+Del Pillows :)

Source

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