"WHERE INSPIRATION MEETS ASPIRATION"

"VERBALIZE WEBSPACE TECHNOLOGY"

2009-07-04T08:16:00.000-07:00

Recently,I had participated in "Intel Innovator's Of Tommorow" Contest. Here's the Idea,that I had submitted to Intel .
Synopsis: "Verbalize Webspace Technology"
“Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day; teach that person to use the Internet and they won't bother you for weeks”,this is the power of Internet,that quenches the Information to us.The problem that is facing the Internet today is that of native linguistic support.A novel solution that would solve this is,a voice based "Verbalize Webspace Technology",which can understand the user native language and interacts with any language ,that the user prefers and help's the user to surf net smartly .This technology can also understands the webpage content and reads it out smartly and consisly.This technology would eliminate the language barrier on the Web and makes the Information reachable to people of various linguistic diversities.
Below is the video of the Idea. (Feel free to leave your feedback on the Idea.)

DO U WANT TO WRITE SOFTWARE FOR THE ROBOTS AND RULE THEM???? go ahead and read this article!!!

2009-05-10T10:57:00.000-07:00

DO U WANT TO BECOME next BILL GATES(my guru) or next STEVE JOBS???

"PC REVOLUTION" revolutionsed the whole world and made many millioniares over night!!

Microsoft revolutionised the whole world through it's breakthrough softwares,which showed the windows for easy interaction with computers!!APPLE revolutionised the whole music industry through its AWESOME(ah i am lucky to have one) iPOD!!! so whats next revolution???? i am goin to predict that its goin to be"ROBOTICS"!!! yes its indeed true!! here is a writing from BILL GATES -
"I can envision a future in which robotic devices will become a nearly ubiquitous part of our day-to-day lives. I believe that technologies such as distributed computing, voice and visual recognition, and wireless broadband connectivity will open the door
to a new generation of autonomous devices that enable computers to perform tasks in the physical world on our behalf" on robotics.

So do u have to learn hardcore assembly programming to program robots???isn't that difficult to do so??? here is an easy way to write software to any robot u want."MICROSOFT ROBOTICS STUDIO" is an robust software development kit,used to develope robotics applications!! here are the details- MSRS runs on .NET platform.It is purely based on VISUAL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE(VPL).

VPL offers beginning programmers and students a visual interface that
allows them to use drag-and-drop techniques to build a robotics program. VPL can also
be useful for experienced programmers who want to quickly build an application
prototype. Programs written in VPL can be converted easily into C# applications.
Therefore, an application that began in VPL can be extended and enhanced using Visual
Studio and the .NET Framework.
MSRS contains services and tools that allow you to design, deploy, and debug your
robotics applications. Applications built with MSRS will run over the Web or a local
intranet as a collection of state-bound services that are isolated from each other. This will
allow developers to build Web-based robotics applications that are lightweight and
flexible.
The MSRS runtime, makes use of three lower-level runtimes:
Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR), Decentralized Software Services (DSS),
and the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR) 2.0. CCR is a message-oriented model
that allows applications to coordinate asynchronous processes and exploit concurrency in
a very efficient way. DSS is a lightweight, service-oriented runtime that combines the
principles used to power the World Wide Web with the architecture used to design Web
services.Robots are typically equipped with multiple sensors that read all sorts of data in their
environments. At the same time, they have actuators that are used to perform a
movement or accomplish a goal. All of these sensors and actuators must be coordinated
to accomplish a common goal, which is operating the robot. The CCR manages the
individual threads that are needed to make this happen.

If u do not have robots,it also provides u the simulating environment,where u can test ur application virtually with real world constraints in it!!!

THERE ARE LOT OF TECHNICAL JARGONS INTO IT(i have no space here to write on it),SO LET ME CONCLUDE BY SAYING THAT IT'S A GREAT TOOL FOR STUDENTS ,WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ROBOTICS,its availbale for free of cost on microsoft website.
MSRS comes with two forms of licensing: commercial and noncommercial. If you are a
student, hobbyist, or someone looking to learn more about robotics, you would need only
the noncommercial license. This means you will not attempt to make money using any of
the robots you work with. If this is all you require, MSRS is free to download (available at
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/robotics/default) and use.
If you are a commercial developer and you want to use your robot in a way that will
generate revenue, you can purchase a commercial license for $399 (U.S. dollars). The
commercial license allows you to distribute up to 200 copies of any runtime components
you create with the software.

QUANTUM COMPUTING

2009-05-10T10:39:00.000-07:00

[ D-Wave's 16-qubit quantum computer]

Recently ,I wrote an article on "QUANTUM COMPUTERS" ,that got published on my college newsletter!!! here is my article-
QUANTUM COMPUTING -The massive amount of processing power generated by computer manufacturers has not yet been able to quench our thirst for speed and computing capacity .First we built computers on vacuum tube ,then on transistors and later IC’s and in recent ,we use microprocessors AND now we are building computers at molecular level to satisfy our thirst for computing!!. Its called is “QUANTUM COMPUTERS”. Today's computers, like a Turing machine, work by
manipulating bits that exist in one of two states: a 0 or a 1. Quantum computers aren't limited to two states; they encode information as quantum bits, or qubits, which can exist in superposition. Qubits represent ions, photons or electrons and their respective control devices that are working together to act as memory and a processor .In other words ,the symbols are both 0 and 1 at the same time, While a normal Turing machine can only perform one calculation at a time, a quantum Turing machine can perform many calculations at once. This superposition of qubits is what gives quantum computers their inherent parallelism. Quantum computers work on quantum mechanics ,with this incredible power ,there are also some major challenges!!!! One problem with the idea of quantum computers is that if you try to look at the subatomic particles, you could bump them, and thereby change their value. If you look at a qubit in superposition to determine its value, the qubit will assume the value of either 0 or 1, but not both (effectively turning your spiffy quantum computer into a mundane digital computer). Quantum computers could one day replace silicon chips, just like the transistor once replaced the vacuum tube. But for now, the technology required to develop such a quantum computer is beyond our reach. Most research in quantum computing is still very theoretical . If functional quantum computers can be built, they will be valuable in factoring large numbers, and therefore extremely useful for decoding and encoding secret information. If one were to be built today, no information on the Internet would be safe. Our current methods of encoding are simple compared to the complicated methods possible in quantum computers. Quantum computers could also be used to search large databases in a fraction of the time that it would take a conventional computer. Other applications could include using quantum computers to study quantum mechanics, or even to design other quantum computers. But quantum computing is still in its early stages of development, and many computer scientists believe the technology needed to create a practical quantum computer is years away. Quantum computers must have at least several dozen qubits to be able to solve real-world problems, and thus serve as a viable computing method.

I asked everyone out there,what do you do,they said,"I AM AN ENTREPRENEUR"

2009-01-25T06:22:00.000-08:00

(left Mr .Atul chitnis, down myself among the audience)

Before writing a blog on this thrilling event, I would like to acknowledge few, first of all to Lakshman Srikanth,who encouraged me to write a blog on this "GREAT" event and to my enthusiasm to explore the stuff's. Well, as I am a Tech enthusiastic and aspiring to be an Entrepreneur, this thirst made me to Explore and Attend "Entrepreneurship and Technology" event called proto.in(http://www.proto.in/). As people call me a "skill full negotiator", I proved this by getting proto.in tickets for 500/- (for two) which was indeed 1000/-. This event was for two days ,let me pool out my experience that I learnt throughout this event.

ON DAY 1,

We registered ourselves and got"pocket diary +magazine" and an id card as well. First program was a keynote speech on "WORLD IS CHANGING" by Mr.Atul Chitnis, senior V.P ,Geodesic. This Gentleman was very smart and sensible in his presentation, Here is his story; He decided to enter software " BUSINESS " during 1980s ( as it was a struggling business ) , where people were contradictory to " SOFTWARE BUYING ". So he decided to focus on software which would address people's need ,and pay for the piece of code, and he sold his software initially for " Rs.100". His software market share grew when he met one of his friend at C.S.I. exhibition where he said " You are an Idiot ; you are not selling your product alone, but relationship too" and suggested to sell his software for higher price. Thus value to his software grew and his business grew up to the height.I wanted here to mark some of the sensible sentence that he made during his presentation.

1. " Today is history, anticipate for future".

2. " It is not the tool that you use, it's how smartly you use them".I still have lot to say on this "lightning presentation " , but due to time and space constraint, I will stop here and dive into next programme.

2Nd one was " Start up Showcase" ( which I was much anticipating for )

Here 6 start up's showcased themselves.

( 1 ) LIFE MOJO (http://www.lifemojo.com/) - It was a " NUTRITIONAL " ( LOL) Site.

They have great revenue model , SMS services as well. Co -founders invested 7 lacs of their personnel savings to start off this company.

2. YOPLR .COM ( http://www.yoplr.com/ )-

I really liked their approach, as it helps to plan your trip smartly.

3. I-FLOPP (http://www.iflopp/ ) -

This is a technology based company, which provides smart USB solutions.

4. LORDS -

It is an Automobile based start up .The Gentleman who presented this had a great leadership skill.

5.NODDLER.COM ( www .noddler.com )

This is a Technology based company as well.

6. INDIA KHELO.COM (http://www.indiakhelo.com/ )

This is an awesome web portal! do explore yourself and one more thing that I want to share with you all is" THE COMPANY CO- FOUNDER OFFERED ME A JOB IN HIS COMPANY AS A MARKETING MANAGER" ( I had a long conversation with him at the cost of my lunch ) ( lol ) This gave me a relief in these economic down turns .

Next we had a couple of sessions on " Co Founder's role" by palgalguy Co- founder; this was the best conversation that I have ever attended so far.

The next session was on " BUILDING A BRAND " and "product vs services ".Here we actually got the difference between start up and business company. Here are the key points on Start ups ( 1 ) High growth oriented ( 2 ) Risk is high (3 ) Concentrating on growing rather than surviving. By this time it was already 6 p.m , I was tired and left the place(A/C was irritating me a lot ).

After I was rained with those insurmountable information on Entrepreneurship, VC's, building company's , I had lot of expectations for the 2'nd day. "YES IT DID OVERCOME MY EXPECTATIONS".

2'nd DAY -

First programme was a key note speech on "HOW TO BUILD BUSINESS IN THE DOMAIN OF OPEN SOURCE ", by Robert Young ( RedHat marketing Honcho ) .Wah!Wah! what a "colour full" session it was ,we really did enjoy and learnt a lot.His keynote included

1) RedHat develops software ,but they are not into software business"

2)"Building brand is the core of business"

3)focusing on "reducing development cost"by creating an opportunity for open source.

Next ,we had talks on "scaling the business","incubation"(by IIM alumni) and showcase of the company's;

1)Oooha 2)inkfruit 3)fachak 4)taroby 5)nualgi 6)remindo .(xplore these on web).

At the end of the day ,we had "Innovation jam",which was very inspiring and innovative as well.

Here are the few punching quotes ,which i encountered during these 2 days .

1) "There is no product,which doesn't have market for it.It's you who have to create market for it".

2)"if the product is good and price is right,people will buy".

3)"smart software ,gets smart price".

4)"advertising doesn't pay"(i really doubt this!!!!!!).

5)"present computer industry is dying"(atul chitnis said).

6)"YouTube is a customer attraction by Google".

7)"Brand is experience ,delight,easy,elegance".

8)"Begin ,its not going to hurt".

9)"level of thinking what u have NOW,will not help u what u'l be in FUTURE".(i really luv this statement).

10)VC'S are not ready to fund ,if u are "LEARNING ENTREPRENEURSHIP".(meaning ,u can't learn entrepreneurship,it has to be xperienced).

11)"STRTUP'S should focus on growth ,not survival".

I met many Co-Founders of many company's on that day like ,Mr .Manikantan(Co-Founder of http://www.letzknow.com/) , Indiakhelo.com ,marketing chief,Varun Gupta,Mr . Ramanathan Purushotam(SMIP) ,Google chief marketing manager,Amith Somani(South Asia),many more on the list.It was an "LIFETIME "opportunity for me to attend this .

(myself signing off, i wrote -" it's a great event for students like me to learn about the difficulties and opportunities for the startup's")