Brain to Brain communication...

This seems to be the next step to communicate effortlessly. Well, this seems to be nothing new and as I read the date this article is published, I feel like riding a bullock cart in the lane of Ferraris.

Mobicents have also come up with a server which takes these signals (from brain) and tranlsate it into known protocols. It is also capable of doing video communication by streaming video directly into your brain with all the sound, smells, pain, joy etc

The good thing also would be for disabled people who are not able to speak, with this way could communicate much easier. The blind can actually see since the device could be tied to a camera that would stream the live feed in their brain... This actually gives you the feeling that the possibilities are limitless.

And most important of all, this technology would be opensource :-)
Scholars say "Brain is the limit" and Iam not sure whether anything else would be possible to beat this technology, if it is implemented in a plug and play sort of way to humans...

Carousel of Bigots...

Some people are of type "I believe what I believe, and I do not believe; that you do not believe the belief" :P

We have been trained to live with certain assumptions all throughout the life and we consider those as the axioms of the world. Its applicable to anything you may consider. For example, some may consider that their religion is the most superior, their race is more superior etc etc.

Professional life need not be different...
Its very much normal to be in a society of believers and non-believers.

It only remains in the approach of bigotry, that it may actually be used to advantage.

“The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer.”
-Albert Einstein

It can only be considered as a great thing to watch the believers view from nonbelievers eye and vice-versa but still to maintain your own perspective.

The secret worm 007

There may be lot of investigations going on and media might be aware of some, not aware of many, may have cooked some information in the process etc etc. We may never know the truth and we may not get some answers for many questions...
If I may just speak about one of the interesting part in the whole news of stuxnet, it is the use of technology. (On a side note, Fox News has given a good detailed article, which is another interesting thing :P).

Some of the interesting things from cyber security viewpoint:
1) Exploiting unknown vulnerabilities in the system, even the creator / developer of the system is unaware of.
2) Breaking an "air gap" system, by deploying the worm at a strategic place.
3) Adapting to changes in the security measures until attaining the target.
4) Destroying itself, without leaving evidence for cyber trace.

Though this looks like fiction, the secret worm 007 (created by group of people / organizations / countries / military) seem to have done it..

Where is the worm?

At 24p

To remain in a group of like minded society keeps us powered up and also helps us to pay attention to details. My perspective of cinema is greatly influenced for similar reasons. I have had the privilege to travel from being a critic; to becoming an explorer, a learner and again being a critic sometime.

"A critic earns the right to analyze the merits and demerits of a film only when he has true understanding of the art. He must know and be able to judge every aspect of film-making, from writing the scenario to editing. In my view, a critic performs a useful purpose only when he is able to build a bridge between the director and the audience. That is his main responsibility."

-- Satyajit Ray

This quote is from his book "Speaking Of Films"...
Some may argue that cinema is no form of an art. If I consider it in a positive sense, I will look into it as "cinema is not only a form of an art; Its a culmination of art, science, imagination and much more..."

If you try to live by the words of the legend before looking into cinema; or try to make a movie by yourself, not only you start wearing a new glass to look into it, but will you become detail oriented too. You also get the benefit of learning the technology and management part of it...

"Naturally our films appeared lackluster in comparison, and it seemed that we still had a great deal to learn" 

 -- Satyajit Ray

At 2010 We may be improving; But, The world of 24p here, definitely needs to travel miles ahead...

I do not need iPhone!!

iPhone is no big deal... (Just wanted to start the post like this, just to make it sound that iPhone is not as cool as it may have been presented to the market and also to capture your attention)

Apple always comes up with deliberate shortening in supply, just to play with the market sentiment and increase the demand for their product to a higher level. Am not arguing, anything on their quality deliverable. Its a marketing gimmick.
Example : If 100% is needed, Apple satisfies 90% that moment. Its then advertises / make known to people that the demand for Apple product X is on greater demand. This increases the demand for product X to a greater + greater demand. To a common user, having an Apple product X becomes cool...

For markets like India, China, Brazil, Argentina; iPhone is still expensive. Also you do not get the latest and the greatest ones as do you get at US / UK. Well, the necessity for iPhone here is also not great. People here (mostly) buy for necessity than for luxury and try to get more value for every penny they spend. Enterprise users, may still prefer to use Blackberry, as it is great in inputting more data rather than just outputting / reading data. (Opinions may differ. Iam not an expert).
Apple is very much close ended. It doesn't allow anyone to break in and come up with major customizations, unless you would be ready to pay them. (Android is a open OS!!!)

Its also weird that iPhone Apps certification procedure is not clear cut. The documents that you get googling to look into the certification procedure is vague (not sure whether it is deliberately made that way). Apple also puts a clause that, accepting or rejecting an app, is under sole discretion of Apple and they need not explain "why an app is rejected?".. (Well, Apple is a big guy, and I guess, they should have lot of people who can be assigned to this job, if their is not someone available already..). Their are also apps available that makes no sense at all.
1) Fat Burner V2.0 - Download this app, put it on top of your belly, work the app, the phone starts to vibrate and apparently is supposed to burn your fat.. :-o (Still Amazing is, it has Version 2.0 :-P)
2) Iam Rich - Just download this app for $1000, have it on your iPhone to show you are rich.. :-o (I guess Apple removed it off late)

Android is still more open... If the right vendor is available, Android mobile would be the right choice.. :-)