Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Our silence ends our lives

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about the things that matter.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King

Start and Great

You don't have to be great to start.
But you have to start to be great.
- Zig Zaglar

Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Shape-memory polymers : Next big thing?

Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) are polymeric smart materials that have the ability to return from a deformed state (temporary shape) to their original (permanent) shape induced by an external stimulus (trigger), such as temperature change.
(Courtesy: Wikipedia)

Broken mobile screens that heal themselves (patent owned by Motorola) on exposing to a specified temperature.

No more broken things?

Is this the next big revolution?

Monday, August 14, 2017

a ≠ b ≠ c ≠ d

Life I have in my mind (a)
Life I live for real (b)
Life as seen by others (c)
Life as remembered when I am gone (d)

where:

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Masako Wakamiya


Very inspiring and challenging.

Masako Wakamiya - 82 yr old woman from Japan is the oldest iPhone App developer known. She has developed a game Hinadan. This game is inspired from a Japanese festival Hina Matsuri, a doll festival.

Courtesy: http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/meet-japans-82-year-old-app-maker/article19446207.ece

Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Empty Yesterdays


You pile up enough tomorrows, and you’ll find you are left with nothing but a lot of empty yesterdays.
Professor Harold Hill

Thursday, August 3, 2017

Angry and cruel

Sometimes we are angry,
and we have the right to be angry,
but that doesn't give us the right to be cruel.
- Adultery, Paulo Coelho

Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Dancers looking insane

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”

Persistence

Persistence is the number one reason for our success. Joe Kraus