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Mr. George Whitesides, professor at Harvard University has developed a diagnostic tool which is very easy to use and absolutely cheap to afford. This tool of Prof. George is turning out be very much useful and scientific world consider this invention as a boon to mankind since, the cheap diagnostic tool can prove to be immensely helpful for millions of poor people around the globe. Coupling two technologies-one being the most modern and the other being the oldest ever, the professor defines a solution which is very much practical.

The professor uses the wide opportunities in micro fluidics and the usage of paper to derive at a unique solution. The device has only the size of a postage stamp and is made of paper. The square shaped material obviously has edges, and these edges when dipped into a blood sample will collect it soon and route it to the channels for testing.

Zhong Lin Wang, a material scientist at Georgia tech has derived a new formula with the help of peizo electric effects. Nano scale sensors can be used to detect the minutest of aspects. It can be used to detect the molecular level diseases in blood and in other human systems. But the integrated systems required for the generation of power for all nano scale sensors are too big and Zhong Lin Wang suggests an alternate method for this.

All crystalline materials, when applied, mechanical stress will produce electric power. This is a theory proposed and proved long ago and Zhong Lin Wang has taken up the challenge of producing the same electric power at the nano scale level. His initial experiments turned out to bring positive results and he is on a mission to produce great results at higher level. Tests are always crucial, and like the say ides change our future.

Maharbiz, an engineer from the university of California is a developing an interface system which could prove to be an intermediate between machines and living systems. A beetle can fly in a defined trajectory for a very specific purpose. Don’t assume that the beetle is flying on its own. Instead, the beetle is controlled by a machine fitted on it which injects electrical pulses into the brain of the beetle. Te beetle can be wireless controlled from the control room and the living machine flies.

Maharbiz is on a mission to create biological machines. According to him, the greatest advantage of using biological cells is the ability of the cells to consume very less power for effective communication and interaction. Maharbiz claims that machines like these will be everywhere within hundred years from now and it materializes, this could be a revolution in the scientific arena and is much awaited.

Adam Cheyer, a co-founder of Silicon Valley is behind the most discussed and much awaited “intelligent software assistant” which could change the future usage of Internet. Internet is very commonly used these days, mainly for the purpose of information gathering. People search for information based on keyword or a combination of words. Adam Cheyer-the man behind intelligent software development, which is going to be a revolution in technological arena reforms or re defines the internet usage principle.

Adam Cheyer incorporates the wide opportunities in artificial intelligence to his software which is intended to fetch context based relevant information for the internet user. The initial version of software will be released this year and the functionalities of software will be limited to a few purposes, which is rather a conservative kind of approach. The basic functionalities of the software to be released this year aims in undergoing functions such as online reservation, ticket booking etc,. For example, this type of software will facilitate the purchase of online concert tickets for people who don't have the time to queue.

To compete with the latest and widely discussed Windows 7 operating system from Microsoft, IBM is launching Ubuntu desktops. Ubuntu desktops are designed to operate in low-end PCS and especially in Linux based environments. The major advantage of latest IBM release is its adaptability to be incorporated with almost all business processes. It offers the flexibility to be used in existing machines or in thin clients or in any IT establishment which is SOA based.

One of the major disadvantages with Windows environment, pointed out by IBM is the trouble associated with any sort of transformation of processes. If the entire environment need to be incorporated with any specific business processes, it is absolutely difficult, whereas in an IBM powered Linux based machines, any business processes can be incorporated or the existing system can be migrated without much trouble. As a matter of facts, Ubuntu can be considered as a potential challenge to Windows 7.