Posted in Communications Futuristic

Have Telepresence, Will Work-From-Home

Working from home using Telepresence can be greener than you’d imagine! From Dilbert.com Feb, 22, 2009.

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Posted in Mindstorms

A Wii-like Robot Controller Using Lego Mindstorms Sensors

I found this cool video demonstrating how to build a Wii-like remote control using Mindstorms NXT sensors. This project uses the compass and acceleration sensors…

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Posted in Economics

Did Research Fundings Influence Economic Policies?

In my post Irrational Economics, I quoted some surprising observations from an article in The Atlantic titled “Dismal scientists: how the crash is reshaping economics.”…

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Posted in Economics

The Crisis Of Credit Visualized

A video is worth a thousand words. Here is what I just found — a great visualization that shows what led to the financial fiasco:

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Posted in Psychology

The Reality Of Virtual Reality

Do you remember your very  first experience with virtual reality? Was it the flight simulator that you played on your PC? Or that car racing…

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Posted in Psychology

Irrational Economics

Ever since I stumbled upon the book Predictably Irrational, I have been fascinated by the field of behavioral economics. I have looked for other books…

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Posted in Books Web

Trapping Mavens With The Web

In his book The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell coins the term “maven trap.” Mavens are experts in a particular field who are always trying to…

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Posted in Web

All That Twitters Is Not Gold

In my earlier post, I wrote about some interesting ways in which people are using  Twitter. But it appears like a lot many people are…

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Posted in Web

Why Would You Want To Twitter?

It’s been a couple of days since I signed up on Twitter and started playing with it, figuring out why it’s becoming such a craze….

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Posted in Google Apps

Sharing Links With Google Reader

When I set up my Google Reader,  I did not quite realize how much of a productivity tool it is. There are many  blogs and…

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