Holoportation
Microsoft Research‘s Interactive 3D Technologies team has announced holoporation.
Interactive 3D technologies (I3D) combines research on 3D graphics, computer vision, machine learning, novel hardware, augmented reality and NUI. Their remit is to demonstrate radically new user experiences built using state-of-the-art vision and graphics algorithms, and novel sensing or display hardware. Their projects mix theory and practice, meaning they research new algorithms and techniques, but also build complex systems, and demonstrate their results practically.
holoportation is a new type of 3D capture technology that allows high-quality 3D models of people to be reconstructed, compressed and transmitted anywhere in the world in real time. When combined with mixed reality displays such as HoloLens, this technology allows users to see, hear, and interact with remote participants in 3D as if they are actually present in the same physical space. Communicating and interacting with remote users becomes as natural as face-to-face communication.
Microsoft HoloLens is the first fully untethered, holographic computer, enabling you to interact with high‑definition holograms in your world. The first wave of developer edition will ship from March 30th, 2016.
See the demo during Microsoft Build 2015 developer conference.
Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew is no more. He was a very dedicated and determined leader who’s life mission was to transform Singapore from riot ridden third world island into a world class city state. He has more than achieved it.
May his soul rest in peace. May his life be an inspiration to all.
With a sense of vision and a ruthless pragmatism, Lee Kuan Yew led Singapore as it transformed from a tiny island with no natural resources into a thriving economic success.
Lee Kuan Yew, a towering figure in post-colonial Asia, oversaw tiny Singapore’s transformation from British tropical outpost to an affluent, global city in just over a generation, setting the example for developing economies from China to Dubai.
Singapore’s founding father, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, has died, leaving behind the unlikely nation that he and his colleagues fostered and built over five decades as his lasting legacy.
ONE of the world’s great economic success stories, Singapore owes much of its prosperity to a record of honest and pragmatic government, the legacy of Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew said
I’m very determined. If I decide that something is worth doing, then I’ll put my heart and soul to it. The whole ground can be against me, but if I know it is right, I’ll do it. That’s the business of a leader.
A far-sighted statesman & a lion among leaders, Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s life teaches valuable lessons to everyone.
Lee Kuan Yew personally shaped Singapore in a way that few people have any nation. That Singapore is today a prosperous, secure and successful country is a monument to his decades of remarkable public service.
Lady Thatcher once said that there was no Prime Minister she admired more than Mr Lee for ‘the strength of his convictions, the clarity of his views, the directness of his speech and his vision of the way ahead’. His place in history is assured, as a leader and as one of the modern world’s foremost statesmen.
Other links
- RajeevGM’s page on LKY
- BBC’s LKY in pictures
- StraitsTimes
Happy Deepavali
Best wishes to all on the occasion of Deepavali. May the festival of lights bring all of us peace, joy and prosperity.
Deepavali 2014 messages from leaders around the world
- Australia PM Tony Abbot
- India PM Narendra Modi to spend Diwali with Jammu and Kashmir flood victims
- UK PM David Cameron
- US President Barack Obama
- Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong
- Canada PM Stephen Harper
- Vatican
- Malaysia PM Najib Razak
- Malaysia PM Najib Razak – Deepavali Blog
- Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa
- Trinidad & Tobago PM Kamla Persad Bissessar
- South Africa President Jacob Zuma
- Guyana President & First Lady extend Diwali Greetings to Guyanese
- Guyana President Donald Ramotar attends Diwali motorcade at Uitvlugt
(More updates coming. Email me suitable links at deepavali@rajeevgm.com)
Tweets
Greetings on Diwali, may this year’s celebrations bring light of happiness for those who are less privileged #PresidentMukherjee
— President of India (@RashtrapatiBhvn) October 22, 2014
Wishing all of you a very Happy Diwali. May our lives be illuminated with joy & peace. May the lamp of prosperity be lit among the poor.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 23, 2014
Happy #Diwali and happy New Year to British Hindus, British Jains – and everyone around the world – celebrating the festival of lights.
— David Cameron (@David_Cameron) October 23, 2014
Read: Prime Minister Dato' Sri Najib Razak's visits to Deepavali open houses http://t.co/o3dYzyqkgj – Admin pic.twitter.com/EOETwxBPV9
— Mohd Najib Tun Razak (@NajibRazak) October 23, 2014
Today is Deepavali, the Hindu Festival of Lights. I wish all celebrating it a bright and joyous Deepavali! – LHL pic.twitter.com/ywRFYyezqI
— Lee Hsien Loong (@leehsienloong) October 22, 2014
Pleased to attend #Diwali2014 celebrations at the Hindu Sabha Temple to begin the festival of lights @deepakobhrai pic.twitter.com/OMzqF3NaWe
— Stephen Harper (@pmharper) October 18, 2014
“On behalf of the T&T Govt, constituents, citizens, and my own family, I wish each and every one of you a Shubh Divali.” -PM Kamla
— Kamla P. Bissessar (@PMKamla) October 23, 2014
Happy Diwali to all: Message from President Jacob Zuma http://t.co/ZYy4zR3gr4
— PresidencyZA (@PresidencyZA) October 22, 2014
I wish all Hindus of Sri Lanka a very happy & peaceful Deepavali. Hope this year's Festival of Lights brings understanding, peace & joy. -MR
— Mahinda Rajapaksa (@PresRajapaksa) October 22, 2014
दीपावली के शुभ अवसर पर आप सभी को शुभकामनाएं। प्रकाश का पर्व दीपावली आपके जीवन में ढेर सारी खुशियों लाये ।
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 23, 2014
PM: Delighted to celebrate #Diwali with British Indian community members at No 10 last night http://t.co/38tyq7j1fp pic.twitter.com/Ib8LaOAEPG
— UK Prime Minister (@Number10gov) October 21, 2014
Define the Future
I am doing Creativity,Innovation & Change course conducted by PennState on coursera. As part of project work thought of creating CONCEPT for next gen personal computing device.
Concept Next Gen Personal Computing device. We have used personal computers, laptops, smartphones, SmartGlass, smart watches, etc. What will be the next device that will come across? This our opportunity to be BOLD and DEFINE the FUTURE. it is an opportunity for all people from all walks of life to participate. We can be users, technologists, artists, biologists, sociologists, designers, psychologists, or from any other background. All are welcome to contribute
BRICS – New World Order
BRICS stand for Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.
The acronym BRIC was coined by Jim O’Neill in a 2001 paper entitled “Building Better Global Economic BRICs”. The acronym has come into widespread use as a symbol of the shift in global economic power away from the developed G7 economies towards the developing world. It is estimated that BRIC economies will overtake G7 economies by 2027.
Jim O’Neill is a British Economist who became Chairman of Goldman Sachs’s Division of Asset Management in 2010.
As of 2013, the five BRICS countries represent almost 3 billion people, with a combined nominal GDP of US$14.9 trillion, and an estimated US$4.5 trillion in combined foreign reserves. Together the BRICS account for 25% of global GDP and 40% of the world’s population.
In 2010, South Africa began efforts to join the BRIC grouping, and the process for its formal admission began in August of that year. South Africa officially became a member nation on December 24, 2010, after being formally invited by the BRIC countries to join the group. The group was renamed BRICS.
| Summit | Date | Host country | Host leader | Location |
| 1st BRIC | June 16, 2009 | Russia | Dmitry Medvedev | Yekaterinburg |
| 2nd BRIC | April 16, 2010 | Brazil | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Brasília |
| 3rd BRICS | April 14, 2011 | China | Hu Jintao | Sanya |
| 4th BRICS | March 29, 2012 | India | Dr.Manmohan Singh | New Delhi |
| 5th BRICS | March 26–27, 2013 | South Africa | Jacob Zuma | Durban |
Links
BRICS Information Centre
BRICS Policy Centre
Observer Research Foundation’s BRICS microsite
Swami Vivekananda’s 150th birth anniversary
Today is the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, one of the most revered spiritual leader. He was born on January 12, 1863, in the West Bengal capital of Kolkata.
The world first came to know about him from his historic and famous speech at Parliament of the World’s Religions on 11-SEP-1893.
Sisters and brothers of America! It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world …
Arise, Awake and stop NOT till the goal is achieved
Dr.APJ Kalam ignites young minds at Children’s Science Congress
Eminent Scientist, aerospace engineer & 11th President of India, Dr. APJ Kalam, inaugurated the Children’s Science Congress on 04-JAN-2013 held in conjunction with the 100th Indian Science Congress at the SN Bose National Centre for Basic Science , Kolkatta
Times of India reported – For the next hour and a half, he held centrestage, triggering adulation bordering on hysteria. Kids and adults were equally mesmerised. Designed to accommodate 3,000 delegates, the tent was bursting at the seams as thrice the capacity packed into the makeshift hall for a glimpse of the icon who sports silver locks and utters “golden words”.
Kalam made young minds say
“Knowledge makes you great. Dreams transfer into thoughts. Thoughts result into action.“
Kalam spoke into the microphone and a chorus of 10,000 voices followed suit in perfect synchronization.
“Knowledge = Creativity + Righteousness in the Heart + Courage.”
Kalam’s full speech/address “Excellence in Thinking and Actions” at the Children’s Science Congress on 04-JAN-2013
125th Birth Anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan – iConic Mathematician
Today 22-DEC-2012, the world celebrates the 125th birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan, an iConic Mathematician. In his honour, the Indian government declared 2012 as the Year of Mathematics.
Most people know the so called Ramanujan Number 1729
Arthur Benjamin, considered by Reader’s Digest as “America’s Best Math Whiz” talks about SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN brilliance and calls him the MOST Brilliant Mathematical Minds ever to walk on this planet and tells the story how Ramanujan explained his friend about the number -1729 and its uniqueness
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research has published limited edition of notebooks of Ramanujam
Pdf files of the original manuscripts of the Notebooks of S. Ramanujan at the University of Madras are given below.
- Ramanujam Notebook – Vol 1 (PDF)
- Ramanujam Notebook – Vol 2 (PDF)
- Ramanujam Notebook – Vol 3 (PDF)
YouTube video of the extraordinary story the self-taught maths genius SRINIVASA RAMANUJAN
Centre of Centers London welcomes 205 countries for Olympics
Centre of Centers LondON welcomes 205 countries for Olympics 2012. It’s the first and only City to welcome the games THREE times (1908, 1948, 2012). Women are for the first time competing in every sport.
Useful links
Bioengineers build artificial jellyfish using silicone and rat’s heart muscle cells
Using recent advances in marine biomechanics, materials science, and tissue engineering, a team of researchers at Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have turned inanimate silicone and living cardiac muscle cells into a freely swimming “jellyfish.”
The finding serves as a proof of concept for reverse engineering a variety of muscular organs and simple life forms. It also suggests a broader definition of what counts as synthetic life in an emerging field that has primarily focused on replicating life’s building blocks.
The researchers’ method for building the tissue-engineered jellyfish, dubbed “Medusoid,” was published “A tissue-engineered jellyfish with biomimetic propulsion” in a Nature Biotechnology paper on July 22. The news is also published in Nature Science Journal
An expert in cell- and tissue-powered actuators, coauthor Kevin Kit Parker has previously demonstrated bioengineered constructs that can grip, pump, and even walk. The inspiration to raise the bar and mimic a jellyfish came out of his own frustration with the state of the cardiac field.
To build the Medusoid, Parker collaborated with Janna Nawroth, a doctoral student in biology at Caltech and lead author of the study, who performed the work as a visiting researcher in Parker’s lab. They also worked with Nawroth’s adviser, John Dabiri, a professor of aeronautics and bioengineering at Caltech, who is an expert in biological propulsion.
Along with Parker, Nawroth, and Dabiri, contributors to the study included Hyungsuk Lee, Adam W. Feinberg, Crystal M. Ripplinger, Megan L. McCain, and Anna Grosberg, all at Harvard.
Source : Harvard SEAS, Nature BioTechnology, Nature Science Journal , CalTech
