Best Invention Of this Week

Detecting Diseases with a Drop of Blood:

A prototype chip able to detect viruses or diseases from a single drop of blood could soon make easier, and quicker, for doctors to complete their diagnoses.

In development by a team from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, the individual devices are spaced six microns apart—the same size as a single cell. Their structure is based around carbon nano-tubes, which are crucial in detecting the presence of the cells. Sensors within the device measure the electrical properties of the blood cells, which allows the team to detect variances and, eventually, detect sick cells based on these differences in charges. 

 

 AR Glasses Indicate Students' Understanding

An augmented reality system developed for professors allows them to ‘see’ which students are struggling to understand the lesson.

 

Created by a team at la Universidad Carloss III of Madrid, the system features a pair of augmented reality glasses worn by the professor during the lecture. The glasses allow the professor to see symbols above each student’s head that indicate whether or not they understand the explanation. To activate the symbols, the students access an app via their cell phone, enabling the professors gauge the level of understanding of students too shy to ask questions or request a repeat of the information.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=t3mykkXOcZY

 

 

Hand Tree Personal Air Purifier:

 

The Hand Tree is a personal air purifier that, if used by a large population of people, could also help to clean the air of an entire city.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Developed by Alexandr Kostin, an Electrolux Design Lab semifinalist, the Hand Tree concept features a carbon air filter, OLED display and rechargeable battery. The device can focus air either towards or away from the body, and the user has the option of adding a scented cartridge to perfume their personal space. A logo on the touchpad will change color to indicate the condition of the filter, and a light on the bioplastic body of the device will indicate the level of pollution in the surrounding area.
 

 

 

 

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POSITIVE THINKING- KEY TO SUCCESS

Did You Know That Positive Thinking Is One Of The Most Important Keys To Achieving Success..?

With This Key, It Is Easier To Gain Success, Inner Peace, Improved Relationship, Better Health, Happiness And Satisfaction. This Key Also Helps In The Daily Affair Of Life, Making Everything Flow More Smoothly, And With Less Friction. A Positive Attitude Makes Life Brighter And Promising.

Positive Thinking Is Contagious: 

People Around You Pick Your Mental Moods And Are Affected Accordingly. Think About Happiness, Good Health And Success, And You Will Cause People To Like You And Desire To Help You, Because They Enjoy The Vibrations That A Positive Mind Emits.

In Order To Make Positive Thinking Yield Results, You Need To Develop A Positive Attitude Toward Life, Expect A Successful Outcome Of Whatever You Do, But Also Take Any Necessary Actions To Ensure Your Success.

Effective Positive Thinking:

 That Brings Results In Much More Than Just Repeating A Few Positive Word, Or Telling Yourself That Everything Is Going To Be Alright. It Has To Be Your Predominant Mental Attitude. It Is Not Enough To Think Positively For A Few Moments, And Then Letting Fears And Lack Of Belief Enter Your Mind. Some Effort And Inner Work Are Necessary,

Are You Willing To Make A Real Inner Change..?

Are You Willing To Change The Way You Think..?

Are You Willing To Develop A Mental Power That Can Positively Affect You, Your Environment And The People Around You..?

Tips For Developing The Power Of Positive Thinking:

1. Use Only Positive Word While Thinking And While Talking. Use Word Such As I Can” I Am Able” It Is Possible, It Can Be Done, Etc...

2. Allow Only Feelings Of Happiness, Strength And Success Into Your Awareness.

3. Disregard And Ignore Negative Thoughts. Every Time A Negative Thought Finds It Way Into Your Mind, Immediately Replace It With A Positive Thought.

4. In Your Conversation Use Word That Bring Forth Feelings And Mental Images Of Strength, Happiness And Success.

5. Before Starting Any Plan Or Action, Visualize Clearly In Your Mind Its Successful Outcome. If You Visualize With Concentration And Faith, You Will Be Amazed At The Results.

6. Read At Least One Page Of Inspiring Book Everyday.

7. Watch Movies That Make You Feel Happy.

8. Minimize The Time You Listen To The News And Read The Newspapers.

9. Associate Yourself With People Who Think Positively.

10. Always Sit And Talk With Your Back Straight. This Will Strengthen Your Confidence And Inner Strength.

11. Walk, Swim Or Engage In Some Other Physical Activity. This Helps To Develops A More Positive Attitude.

Think Positive And Expect Only Favorable Results And Situations, Even If Your Current Circumstances Are Not As You Wish Them To Be. In Time Your Mental Attitude Will Affect Your External Life And Circumstances, And Change Them Accordingly.

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Free E-Coaching programme for young entrepreneurs

 The YEN Marketplace reviews the applications for E-coaching and selects young entrepreneurs on a monthly basis. Based on your area of expertise, type of industry, location, language and time availability, YEN Marketplace proposes a match between you and a coach.

 You can request an e-coach if you fulfill the following requirements:

• You are a young entrepreneur (aged 16-35) who has recently started or is in the process of starting a business.
• You need to have reliable access to a good internet connection because they will try to match you with a suitable mentor who you will communicate with online (mostly email and Skype)
• You are willing to dedicate at least four hours per month for a minimum period of 6 months, preferably for a period of 12 months
• You are proficient in one of the following languages: English, Spanish, French

To complete the application, you will be asked to select a preferred e-coach. To see all available coaches, please click here. If there is not a mentor available who suits your needs, they will endeavour to find you a suitable match as soon as possible. The details you provide regarding your motivation, knowledge and expertise will help them to match you with an E-Coach who can truly benefit you.

Benefits of getting an E-Coach
Mentees benefit from the mentor’s advice, knowledge and expertise in a specific industry. E-Coaches are experienced entrepreneurs, experts and professionals. The YEN Marketplace offers you an online platform to network with like-minded young entrepreneurs from all over the world and develop your personal and business skills.

For More Details: https://yenmarketplace.org/e-coaching
 

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Virtual conference on youth and skills

Around the world, the number of young people has been increasing, with the world’s population aged 15-24 estimated to have reached over 1 billion in 2010. At the same time, youth unemployment rates have also been increasing. The ILO estimates that young people are now three times more likely than adults to be unemployed. According to the 2012 EFA Global Monitoring Report Youth and Skills: Putting education to work, one in eight young people are unemployed. Since young people comprise a large and growing proportion of the world’s working-age population, their employment prospects affect future economic growth, both in their countries and globally.

 Quality Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is widely recognized as having an important role to play in tackling youth unemployment. TVET’s orientation towards the world of work and the acquisition of employability skills means that it is well placed to address issues such as skills mismatch that have impeded smooth school-to-work transitions for many young people. In the words of UNESCO’s Director-General Irina Bokova: “We are witnessing a young generation frustrated by the chronic mismatch between skills and work. The best answer to the economic downturn and youth unemployment is to ensure that young people acquire the basic skills and relevant training they need to enter the world of work with confidence.”UNESCO-UNEVOC has made the topic of youth and skills, and particularly school-to-work transition and entrepreneurship education, one of its key thematic priorities for 2013-14 and is therefore pleased to announce that the next virtual conference will be looking to address the big question on how TVET can tackle youth unemployment globally.

The virtual conference will take place from 25 June to 9 July 2013 on the UNEVOC e-Forum, and will be moderated by Dr Gita Subrahmanyam, Research Associate with the London School of Economics Public Policy Group and a Senior Consultant at the African Development Bank. Gita has extensive experience as a policy consultant to international organizations and government agencies. Her economic brief for the African Development Bank, titled ‘Tackling Youth Unemployment in the Maghreb’, was published in 2011 just as the Arab Spring was unfolding. Since that time, Gita has been invited to participate in several bilateral meetings with North African governments to provide advice on youth employment initiatives. Gita will be moderating in collaboration with Katerina Ananiadou, Programme Specialist at UNESCO-UNEVOC and focal point for UNEVOC’s youth-related activities. Both are looking forward hearing from participants about ‘what works’ when delivering TVET programmes for engaging young people with the labour market.
 
The 2-week discussion aims to collect knowledge, experiences, innovative ideas and promising practices in TVET which aim specifically at tackling youth unemployment. The discussion will look to identify the factors that promote youth employment, touching upon the role of entrepreneurship education and school-to-work transition. UNESCO-UNEVOC is calling for e-Forum members and the global TVET community to share their experiences, practices and concerns on this issue and is looking forward to hearing from policy makers, researchers, practitioners and of course the young people themselves.

The contributions will be synthesized and summarized into a report, which will provide directions for future research and programme work in this field. Your active participation in the discussion would be most gratefully received and we strongly encourage you to circulate this announcement to your network.

Main questions for discussion

• What is your experience of youth‐focused TVET, and what features – both in terms of programme design and external support mechanisms – do you think determine their success or failure in promoting youth employment?

• What are the main challenges that TVET providers face in accessing accurate labour market intelligence, and what can TVET institutions do to improve their knowledge of the skills market?

• What are the main impediments to widening TVET access and participation by disadvantaged (and often hard‐to‐reach) groups, and how can these problems be overcome?

• What can TVET providers do to smooth education‐to‐employment transitions, and what is the role of career guidance and/or ‘transferrable skills’ in aiding these transitions?

• In countries with slow job growth, entrepreneurship is often viewed as the main route to tackling youth unemployment. What are the opportunities and challenges related to teaching entrepreneurship skills in TVET, and what features do entrepreneurship programmes have to have in order to achieve their aims?

For More Information:
http://www.unevoc.unesco.org/fileadmin/user_upload/docs/e-ForumBackground_noteFINAL.pdf

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How To Make a Good Personility

Many people wants to be noticed and stand out. You, too can make your personality stand out in a good way.

 Don`t be afraid to be different, People will admire you for your unique personality. 

 Be Kind and considerate, People who truly practice these virtue to everyone they meet can be true to themselves and still stand out.

Steps

1. Don`t be Loud: 

Other people find noisy people to be obnoxious and annoying.We din`t want that, do we..?

 2. Know when to speak up:  
Defend friends in tough situation. 

3. Don`t be afraid to talk to others: 

 Always look people in the eye when you are talking with them. It makes you appear more confident. Nobody wants to talk to someone who can`t stop staring at their feet. Remember to stand up tall. Never slouch.

4. Having a sense of humor is a plus:

 Know the right time to laugh. It`s good to crack a few jokes every now and then, but don`t overdo it.

5. Remember personality doesn`t mean that you should have looks. 

Personality  means to represent the people how you are. You should have confidence in your eyes, voice and your face too which should obviously reflect to others

 

6. Don`t be afraid to be different: 

 People will admire you for your unique personality.

7. Be kind and considerate: 

People who truly practice these virtue to everyone they meet can be true to themselves and still stand out.

8. Create a special “ Trademark” for yourself: 

people will remember you for it and see how unique you really are.!

Tips

*Keep a smart head and keep cool

*Don`t shout or be aggressive

*Don`t doubt yourself

*Be executive in dress

*Create your own personal style

*Don`t copy anyone.

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Simple Electronics Projects for Beginners

Automatic LED Emergency Light

 

This is one of the most cost effective (cheap) and simple emergency light circuit.This is an automatic emergency lamp with day light sensing, means it senses darkness/night and turns ON automatically. Similarly it senses day light and turns OFF automatically.

A simple emergency lamp which does not require any special equipment; even a multimeter to assemble and use. Any individual who can do a good quality soldering must be able to build this circuit successfully. This can be easily accommodated in the defunct two 6 watt tube National Emergency Lamp or any PL tube type emergency lamp. The difference will be in the working; it will work non stop for more than 8 hours. Deep discharge is taken care by the LED characteristic and over charge protection is taken care by the fixed voltage regulator.This uses a simple 3Pin fixed regulator which has a built in current limiting circuit. The only required adjustment is the preset which has to be set to ensure the LEDs just light up (it should be left at that position). The 5mm LDR is just mounted on top of the emergency light as shown in the photograph. LDR is used to avoid it lighting up during day time or when the room lights are ON. 2 LEDs are used in series; the dropping resistance is avoided and 2 LEDs light up with current that is required for a single LED,  by which energy is saved to a great extent.

Note: This particular circuit has been kept so simple for people who has limited access to components or in other words this is an emergency light that you can build with minimum components.

Automatic LED Emergency Light

This is the circuit diagram of a low cost emergency light based on white LED.The white LED provide very bright light which turns on when the mains supply is not there.The circuit has an automatic charger which stops charging when the battery is fully charged.

The IC LM 317 produces a regulated 7 V for the charging of Battery.Transistor BD 140 drives the out put.Transistor BC 548 and Zener diode controls the charging of the battery.

 Tips:

It is always better to connect a heat sink with BD 140.Before using the circuit out put of LM317 must be set to 7V by adjusting the potentiometer.

Automatic LED Emergency Circuit Diagram:

 

Note: R3 to R14 are all 100 ohms

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