Mona Lisa's smile interpreted

An article states that we interpret Mona Lisa's smile based on which part of the eye noticed it first! I for one, have never been able to appreciate what is it about this mundane painting of an average looking lady that draws millions to it!

Bottomlines force new loyalties

The political parties in Tamilnadu always rely on their own TV channels and newspapers to convey their absolutely non-neutral viewpoints to the audience. DMK and Sun TV/Dinakaran used to be like carrots and peas (or parotta and salna). However, these days it seems that Dinakaran and Sun TV have started to increase their coverage of Amma, finding no more support from the DMK. Has the face of politics in TN started to change?

Moving skyscraper planned in Dubai

A skyscraper has been planned in Dubai. So what, you might ask. It so happens that the tower design is made up of 80 pre-fabricated apartments which will spin independently of one another! This means that the building will look different each time one of the floors decide to go for a spin! Read more in this BBC News article...

Holographic mobile handsets

Holographic mobile handsets capable of projecting, capturing and sending 3D images have been developed by .... Infosys! Wait a minute! I didn't even know until now that Infy was into making mobile handsets! Need to check the veracity of this article published on ZDNet....

WiCamp at Wipro, Chennai on June 13th

This Friday the 13th doesn't seem to be that unlucky of a day! 'Cos a WiCamp (pronounced We-Camp) will be held at Wipro Technologies, OMR, Sholinganallur, Chennai.

More details at http://barcamp.pbwiki.com/WiCampChennai

Indian doctor's stem cell therapy makes Australian man better

Certain forms of Stem Cell Therapy is banned in several western nations, but is allowed in several Asian countries like India, Singapore and South Korea.

A recent NYT article has Cynthia Fox, the author of "Cell of Cells" stating "Asian religions worry less than Western religions that biotechnology is about 'playing God'". Rapid strides have, therefore, been made in stem cell therapy in many Asian nations, and the latest to benefit from this is Perry Cross, an Australian man who was left quadriplegic by a rugby game reportedly started showing significant progress following three months of treatment in India. This is what Fox News has to say about it.

Hopefully, the richer western nations will start looking at such forms of therapy as less of an intrusion into religious beliefs, and more of a way to make this world a better place to live in.

IBM goes the Social Media Way!

IBM seems to have embraced Web 2.0 features in the workplace. From using 'Dogear' - a community tagging system like Del.icio.us, 'Blue Twit' - their version of Twitter and 'Beehive' - based on Facebook, IBM seems to be experimenting with ways to have their 400,000 or so employees bond with each other, and hopes that this will foster better knowledge sharing and lead to innovation. Read more on it here....

Top 25 blogs as rated by TIME magazine

TIME magazine has come up with a list of top 25 blogs. Some of the usual suspects like the Huffington Post and Boing Boing are part of the list, but do check as there are other good offbeat ones as well.

Google's Friend Connect

Google's coming up with a service called Friend Connect that lets you grow traffic by easily adding social features to your website. Their website says "Visitors bring along friends from social networks like Facebook, orkut, and others to interact on your site." Sounds pretty interesting!
Wonder if this will lead us to witness a spurt in personal website development activity!