Archive for June, 2010

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Now you can detect refractive defects of the eye in less than two minutes using your mobile phone! Can you believe this? Yes, a low-cost device has been developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Media Lab which saves you from paying a visit to the ophthalmologist. The project was led by Ramesh Raskar, an assistant professor with the Camera Culture Lab. The device is called Near-Eye Tool for Refractive Assessment, or NETRA, Sanskrit for ‘eye’, and it can be[...]

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Suicide by Viveka Babajee, the former Indian supermodel has come as a rude shock for all of us. 37 year old was a jovial person but her close friends say she was lonely at heart. Sadly, the supermodel was planning to adopt a child to kill her loneliness but before she did that, she ended her life by hanging herself in her Mumbai flat last week. She had faced a number of failed relationships earlier and was in need of[...]

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He’s totally addicted. He gets angry and screams and batters his head against the wall. It’s the story of toddler Ardi Rizal, who throws tantrums if he can’t puff 40 cigarettes a day. At a tender age of two, Rizal’s health has been ruined by this habit of his and he can hardly move by himself. This little boy from Indonesia is unfit to run around with children. Ardi smokes only one brand and his habit costs his parents £3.78 a[...]