Neha Mahajan - Instablogs
Dec 21 2007
Granny always advised not to read in dim light as it would damage the sight and to drink eight glasses of water to keep you going; even the physician said so, and we all happily adhered to them. Many of us believe in some ‘fact’ or the...
Dec 18 2007
Winters are here and I’m sure no body would leave an opportunity to sneak under the blankets in a room cosy with the burning of wood. On a chilly night, nothing is more soothing than the heat and smell of natural fire. If one could actually do...
Dec 18 2007
What use can shipping containers be put to? It works as a house. Don’t believe it. The Push Button House, looks like a container until the button is pressed. Within 90 seconds the walls of the container open like a flower to unveil a fully...
Dec 17 2007
Is it a car or a motorcycle? Something so small yet powerful that it seems too good to be true. A first look at it, tells me it’s a car, but when I go into the details, it gives me the impression that makes it much more than just a motorcycle. A...
Dec 15 2007
‘The coral reefs and everything that depends on them might not survive this century.’ Researcher Ken Caldeira worry might come true if the new study about the impact of CO2 on coral reefs is to be believed. The reason, we all know is no...
Dec 14 2007
What happens when thousands of rat cells are kept in a petri dish? It learns to fly a jet plane. I am not out of mind as I write this, this may sound as piece of sci-fi but this is what exactly 37 year old, Thomas DeMarse, assistant professor of...
Dec 14 2007
Intelliworks power saving device, which saves electricity in an urban household by nearly 14% and in a rural set up by a whooping 50%. And all you need to do is to plug this device in. Sounds unbelievable, but it is true. A boon for saving energy in...
Dec 14 2007
US Space agency NASA, has made a remarkable discovery which would help relate Northern Lights or Auroras Borealis and geomagnetic storms. Data collected by Nasa satellites show that rope like structure of magnetic fields (they are actually twisted...
Dec 14 2007
So the green look of your new house is all done for this Christmas. Recycled materials (from the nearest possible location to cut down on carbon footprints), lead free paints, an organic garden. What about the furniture? Help is right here. To adorn...
Dec 12 2007
The power that each one of us has inside us, we are so ignorant about it. Scientists have been going bonkers looking for alternatives to back up our energy need. But they in a way underestimated the human power itself. The students at MIT though have...