Siftables, the toy that thinks… a tile sized computer

Amazing invention http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/david_merrill_demos_siftables_the_smart_blocks.html

Don’t miss to see the fag end of the demo.

Public Grievance reporting portal!

 

I am not sure how many of us know this, one of my friends emailed me about Indian government's Online Public Grievance Lodging and Monitoring System. Looks like you can report grievances here and it will be addressed, resolved by the competent authority (max 2 months).

the portal --- http://www.pgportal.gov.in/index.html

they even have process flow defined for users benefit http://www.pgportal.gov.in/channels.html … let me know if anyone has past experiences on this system.

Air bags for bike’s!

I read a news item on BBC about Airbag jackets (making this compulsory is being considered in the UK),  looks like there is protection gear for upper body ribs, spine and neck available for bike riders.

more details http://www.impactjackets.com/operations.html

Hackers are now targeting social accounts.

Most of us know Sarah Palin's Yahoo mail box hack (and of course Paris Hilton's too), now hackers are targeting Social Networking sites for money...

read this story http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/01/post-1.html

A person's Facebook account was hacked and the hacker changed the Status message to collect money from his friends and it looks like one of his friends sent money.

This could happen to anyone:-(

Set good passwords for your online (Facebook, Linked in, etc) accounts like something you can remember but hard for someone (known/un-known) to guess.

Starting to blog

This is going to be a general blog, i am planning to blog about technical stuff and other things that are intresting...