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Incredible Android

Are native apps for Android safe? Are webapps / browser based apps more secure? Apparently yes in many cases. These days it has become really tedious to track and review various permissions any given app is requesting. Are all those permissions...

by Praveen Baratam

Big Screen Entertainment

I have been a home theater buff for as long as I can remember and have owned many types of projectors ranging from budget oriented BenQs to professional level home cinema equipment (Epson ProCinema 6xxx). Out of the lot, I like the sharpness in...

by Praveen Baratam

Philosophy For Life

Maturity at its best is senility, where one has all the wisdom but no opportunity left. On the other hand, youth is full of opportunity but devoid of any wisdom whatsoever. Surprisingly, all the wisdom that we ever need is all around us, if we...

by Praveen Baratam

Colors Of Governance

"The Radical Liberal" by Arnold S. Kaufman was written in 1967 and published 1 year before the author's death in 1971. In it he describes what he sees in American domestic and foreign affairs such as the Vietnam war, desegregation, ect. and...

by Nicholas Bc Shumate

Artificial Intelligence

AI in all its glory could evolve into a completely independent entity that can eclipse us as the apex predator on this planet or could just become more capable by the day but remain benign in its intentions towards us and stay in our service. The...

by Praveen Baratam

All Things Anthropology

Upon close examination of Southern culture one tends to find the remnants of Jim Crow laws every where, affecting the minds of African American and Caucasian peoples a like. From Ferguson Missouri to Charleston South Carolina the scars left by...

by Nicholas Bc Shumate

The Applicious

The other day, me and my family were driving to a nearby Amish village in two cars and we found it incredibly hard to keep up with each other and know each other's location and whereabouts. It is a common problem for many who are driving to a...

by Praveen Baratam

Resurrecting Bluetooth and Wireless Audio

I remember the days when bluetooth stereo profile A2DP was introduced and the SBC codec was implemented in consumer products giving rise to the first crop of stereo bluetooth audio headsets. I was enamored with the idea of wireless stereo audio...

by Praneeth Baratam

The Next Big Thing In Personal Computing

Aren't WiFi routers too dumb for today's digital ecosystem? Smart this and smart that but the router that is at the center of this smart universe is just DUMB! To begin with, they are disregarded as frivolous appliances connecting everything to...

by Praveen Baratam

Wonderful Web 2.0 Worlds

The future of eCommerce, as far as my imagination goes, is not Amazon, Flipkart or any other online stores we indulge in today but is in small targeted blogs and store fronts. All these mega online stores offer so many things for sale that they...

by Praveen Baratam

Health, Wellness & More

Some of the largest public health issues across the developing world are related to 'Sexually Transmitted Diseases', importantly HIV, and 'Birth Control'. While condoms have been the darling of many initiatives to address these issues for quite...

by Praveen Baratam

Telecom & Internet Revolution

How many times did we come across a situation where there were multiple WiFi networks in range but were private and inaccessible? The need is mutual and reciprocal when it comes to others wishing to access the internet through our WiFi network...

by Praveen Baratam

Climate Theory And Discussion

The rotation period of the Milky Way is 225 million years. Look at the temperature line on the graph below and see if you think there is a relationship. What was the temperature 225M years ago> 450M years ago? This is the effect that...

by Alistair Riddoch

Celluloid Dreams

Archeviral - Part 2 1600 years later, a group of archaeologists in search of ancient artifacts start excavating that abandoned village. They first find the village and then the well which appeared like a mound / place of worship. On excavation...

by Praveen Baratam

Daily 'Digital'

Recently our digital displays have gone from being mere information displays to high fidelity retina-esque magic mirrors but our ears are still waiting to be pampered by our digital companions. Yes, Apple iPhones and some recent Androids carry...

by Praveen Baratam

Smart & Frugal Living

Have you ever lived under a roof directly exposed to the summer sun? In the tropics its a very common problem irrespective of the season! The debilitating heat radiates through the roof and homes feel like ovens! The utility bills skyrocket from...

by Praveen Baratam

Erroneous Education

If the true goal of the Common Core Standards was to produce students to compete in global economies, would it not be more apt to use Sociologists, Statisticians, Economists, and other various people who actually know what is involved in the...

by Nicholas Bc Shumate

What Makes Us Evil?

Its sad that we have started to romanticize and lust for fire power, arms and ammunition at a public level or at least the mass media is forcing these emotions into us. Many television / cable channels commonly recommended for kids and...

by Praveen Baratam

Evolutionary Psychology

Altruism, the much revered behavior we all idealize but often brush off as impractical seems to have originated from our distant nomadic history than from our recent civilized past! The fact that we emotionally crave for it emphasizes its...

by Praveen Baratam

Conscious Music

The song "Prayer of a Refugee" by Rise Against is a song in tribute to those people who are suffering the injustices of another, those who have fled their homes in fear of death and imprisonment. This is an issue of grave magnitude, and yet in...

by Nicholas Bc Shumate

I Love 'Science'

Suggests that humans have entered and cause a new Epoch, characterized by the adverse effects Humans have had on our world. Some Geologists are of the mind that this is nothing more than a pop culture phase, but is there more to it than that? ...

by Nicholas Bc Shumate

Quantum Perception

Mr. Smolin Makes exceptional points in this talk that really fall in line with the uneasiness I have felt about certain aspects of Physics, especially with Time. Time being a Human conception, it changes, each second is almost imperceptibly...

by Nicholas Bc Shumate

Re-imagining Imaging!!!

'Instantaneous Panoramic Image and Video Capture' is a very interesting technology that can boast a grand marriage with our beloved smartphone in the near future. A 360 degree interactive video that lets you, the viewer, choose the perspective...

by Praveen Baratam

The Miraculous Mind

This talk has changed my entire perception of life and our world. The idea that so many people have yet to realize it, and even myself as well is a staggering one. How does the brain organize so much information to fit basically what you want...

by Nicholas Bc Shumate

Higgs Boson Particle

Quantum Entanglement is a very promising and tantalizing occurrence that we see evidence of in Twins, when they spend so much time in the same space developing together they share an entangled connection, same with a litter of pups, the...

by Nicholas Bc Shumate

Innovations Galore

3D Printing and Desktop Manufacturing, a new revolution in the making, is reshaping the way we manufacture things by addressing the long tail of fabrication and customization. It took more than a decade to bring this technology restricted to...

by Praveen Baratam

Talking Chimpanzee

Wow. I am blown away not only by the implications of communication with other species, but also by the purely amazing sight of a Bonobo discovering an electric key board for the first time. I am captured by the breath taking future at this angle...

by Nicholas Bc Shumate

Robotics & Beyond

From times immemorial, we have dreamt of a faithful servant to offload our mundane and dirty duties. Previously we turned to slavery and social segregation for those needs and more recently to machines. But there is still a lot left to desire...

by Praveen Baratam

Future Of Social Web

Many people often complain about the noise, fanboism and bullying on the Web today but seldom realize that this is in consequence to hyper-inclusive internet and ubiquitous connectivity. Noise, I believe, is directly proportional to the size of...

by Praveen Baratam

Flip Side Of Technology

Are running shoes good enough? On one hand they protect our feet and soles and provide comfort but on the other hand they seem to change our natural running style and harm us in the long run. While analyzing the running abilities of 'Tarahumara'...

by Praveen Baratam

Age Of High Value Electronics

'You gotta be kidding me!' I say this because, there seems to be no limit to how inexpensive smartphones can get these days. They are not particularly 'cheap', as they come packed with state of the art technologies inside. Beating Kogan Arora at...

by Praneeth Baratam

Class Information Management System

I believe 'Class Information Management System' at the bare minimum could be a stream of Posts like Talkonomy with a provision for the moderator/teacher to bookmark certain posts. The bookmarked posts will serve as must reads and the regular...

by Praveen Baratam

Future Energy

With ever increasing petroleum prices and no alternative in sight, some key enablers of Globalization such as Aviation and Shipping industry are taking a hit. Its interesting to note that imported steel is no longer the best option in USA and...

by Praveen Baratam

Plasma Vs LCD Vs LED TVs

As pointed out by Praneeth, LED TVs currently available in the market are just LED lit LCD TVs. While some advanced products have modulated LED arrays behind the LCD panel to enhance the black levels and contrast, regular LEDs commonly available...

by RamGopal Neerukonda

Functional Programming

Many of us programmers fumble at the idea of Functional Programming and yet many others who do not program for a living and experts in other fields often find it intuitive. Many physicists, bio-tech engineers and research labs embrace this...

by Praveen Baratam

Nuclear Energy

Mining a radio active material is highly risky and unsafe .My opinion is yes it is a risky operation but we do have many techniques to make the mining most safe as possible, i think large amount of energy @ that risk is good .so what do you think...

by Sravan Kumar Voona

Get Into DSLR Photography

What also sets DSLRs apart is the 'depth of field' and 'bokeh'. Depth of field is the range of distance from the camera lens that is in focus. 'Bokeh' is simply the parts of a scene being captured that are 'out of focus' and appear softer. As...

by Praneeth Baratam

Probability and Statistics

Ever wondered how the elusive phenomena of Imagination and Creativity work? Similar to how faulty cell division drives Evolution, mental models and imperfections there in lead to Imagination and Creativity. Essentially our brain is a hyper...

by Praveen Baratam

Who Stole Whose?

Very few people realize that a very useful innovation called 'pull-down notifications' was blatantly copied by Apple from Android. Not just that, it took them 5 generations to do that(notification pull-down was incorporated in iOS5). On the...

by Praneeth Baratam

Placebo In Medicine

The Curious Case of Homeopathy... There has never been a physiologic model or a logical explanation for the therapeutic effects of Homeopathic remedies. Yet millions will swear by the effectiveness of these drugs thanks to the Placebo effect...

by Praveen Baratam

Energy Crisis - India

Prasad IMAX in Hyderabad, in the state of Andhra Pradesh, now has the distinction of being India’s first “green theater”. It has achieved that feat by installing 100KWp solar photovoltaic power generation system on the roof of the theater. ...

by Ramgopal Neerukonda

Sociodynamics

An interesting revelation that group behavior may be predictable...

by Praveen Baratam

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