Scanning for Lasik corneal surgery

Two students from UC Berkeley are working on a project that could make Lasik Surgery cheaper (and these guys become millionaires!)"Previously, microscanners have been fabricated using complex technology involving multiple steps," says Choo, a graduate student in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences. "Our method is very straightforward, involves only a few processing steps, and uses only tools that are conventional for processing integrated circuits".Guiding Eye for M...

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Performancing

I have just installed an extension that helps to post right from Firefox! Here is the place to get it from.powered by performancing fire...

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Arrived!

Here we are in Singapore! After nearly 20hrs of flying...The more things change the more they stay the same. Changi was clean and efficient as usual. Traffic on the streets seemed a whole lot busier ( I was last here 3 yrs back). The weather is humid (and exhausting), but nearly every evening we are treated to nearly an hour of downpour.The other thing I noticed was the noise levels. Cellphones ringing all over the place. Even in public buses there is a television set, cant turn that volume down, kids and adults alike talking aloud even @ 10 PM, music videos - the senses are so bombarded its hard to take it all...My son needed a Visa to go to India and the experience @ the Indian embassy is best described by one word - Embarrassment! We are...

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Irony

Ha! The irony of it all. A GOP senator from Oregon gives a speech on Globalization. But wait. It was written by a firm in India! Oh Lordy. Go and read h...

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Beautify a Mac

I have been a Mac user for a year now and notice that most have similar screens when you first get 'em.Customizing the icons on the dock is actually very simple, along with the finder, but Apple made their programs icons a little bit more difficult to change. But there is help.Read more h...

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Want a pro A/C with Zoomr

I love the wonder and amazement that's seen in the kids eyes - this was taken @ the discovery center, where we had my son's Birthd...

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Our President Speaks!

I'm sorry, I'm posting this verbatim from First DraftJust too funny/shameful. Tell me how does someone like this get elected to office? Maybe Laloo Prasad Yadav & Rabri Devi can do better!Chimpy sat down for a chat with Sean Hannity yesterday. Values Matters Well Well, I suspect people are going to vote for [Georgia Republikkkan] Max [Burns] because they know him as local boy who's got — share their values. Now, values matters well in a race. Deep Thinker Well, I think this: I think that if you don't think we're in a war that you can't win the war. A Trip to the Concession Stand Now, you can imagine these radicals getting a hold of a country where they're able to pull oil off the market to run the price of oil up to extract concession. What concession would they like? Well, one...

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British Airways Advertisment (India)

Loved this ad...

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Here is my son. He turned 5 recently. I love the glow in his face and the reflection from his clothes. He's such a wonderful kid and we feel blessed to have him.Vittal got lucky with 2 birthday bashes. The first was @ a local science center for all his classmates @ KG and the second was @ home - combined with diwali for a mostly desi crowd.Thanks to all friends who came....

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Best-practice ideas of Sun Tzu and Krishna

Saw this over the weekend and found it an interesting readON FINANCIAL INCENTIVES Greed is good. Troops have to see there is “advantage from defeating the enemy” in order to be motivated. Share the booty with the rank and file, and give them shares of conquered territory. Greed is bad. “You should never engage in action only for the desire of rewards,” Krishna says. Acting on worldly desires leads to failure. Do well, and good things will come. ON MANAGING UNDERLINGS Be tough. Sun Tzu calls for “iron discipline”: If you indulge troops with too much kindness and don’t maintain your authority, they’ll be “useless for any practical purpose.” Be fair. Enlightened leaders are compassionate and selfless, and they “treat everyone as their equals.” Followers will rally around...

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TV to Ipod

Getting content from your television to your iPod just got a whole lot easier. Enter IRecord from Streaming Neworks , a PVR for your iPod. It uses “It uses H.264/AVC for video encoding and AAC for audio encoding... to give you 3 hours of video/audio recording per Gigabyte of storage.” You simply hook it all up, press the record button on the device, and it records directly to your iPod. Then you can playback the video with no other steps involved. So Cool! Sounds very co...

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Point of Inquiry Interview with Dr. Dawkins

Richard Dawkins, considered one of the world’s most influential scientists, is the first holder of the Charles Simonyi professorship of the public understanding of science at Oxford University.In enjoyed his NPR interview on Talk of the NationHe does very well when in the presence of Stephen Colbert too!Have fun...

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Google Wallpaper

This neat app sits in your system tray and gives you a new desktop background at a given time. The image you see on the left is one that picks images fromn your collection. The link to the program above, gets you to have backgrounds come from Google Image Search, and are chosen via keywords that you give the program. Ne...

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INstructables

I first came upon this site via Amit Agarwal Here are some instructions to make your own ipod char...

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Windows Password Lost! And Recovered!

Wow! Came back to office to see the Log-On screen. I have Win2000 on my desk @ work. Typed in the password only to be denied entry. I know that I had not changed a thing. Why it would not let me get back, I had no idea.My company being very small and the lady that manages the computer system, has no certification (yeah, yeah, but my boss can't afford one!) she kindly offered to 'reformat my hard drive, when she gets a over there sometime next week'. 'Maybe'. Aaaargh.So, I went on a search and quickly came upon this link. Burnt the files on a CD, reboot and presto worked like a charm. Got into my desktop. What would we do without the Internet? Oh. My. God. Looove google.Would I tell my IT person? Nah. When she gets here next week. Maybe....

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Gloomy weather, Bright pictures

The weather here is dull and gloomy. The forecast calls for more of the same. Then I came up on this image posted @ Digg. Wow!The satellite Cassini is looking back @ the Sun, in Saturn's shadow... absolutely amazing.Look back @ an image for each day of the ye...

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Desi Smells

I work in healthcare and frequently see folks from Indian community. If there is one distinctive feature, it is the smell that accompanies them! No, don't get me wrong, I'm not being racist here... I'm not saying they smell good or bad. But there's something as I enter the exam room that screams 'KITCHEN'!Why do we not use any deoderant/perfume - esp women? You know, when I was growing up, in Chennai, the black market was all about the perfumes from Singapore or Dubai - besides a few electronic items, which everyone was afraid to touch, because the rule was 'if you touched it, you own it'. I was subject to this ridiculous rule in Moore Market when I was 12, but, that's another story for another d...

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Vittal is close to completing his first season of Soccer practice! Almost every 4-5 yr old is there, being pushed by the parent! After knocking the ball around grudgingly, they run towards the snack table faster than anytime before!Right after this he gets into the pool for swimming lessons. We think he has had a good summer! ...

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Nicest media player for the Mac

Quote "Designed from the ground up from people who like to watch movies, NicePlayer does all of the things that you would expect from a media player, and all of the things you didn't know you needed. " End QuoteSee it h...

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NPR has a nice Science page

This is worth visiting every few days. Today they had a post on Laser Eye Surgery and Dr. Slava Fyodorov's 'Beautiful Ey...

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A Flash Slideshow

I love the way photos can be displayed here. Of course the size looks a little (!) messy, but overall fun looking....Flash Slides...

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New Indian Govt Portal

I love this new website! Very well organized for the amount of information out there.best of all this PhotoGallery. Listen to the national song hereThey even want comments/suggestion.Go take a look...

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