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Virtual Nikethan: February 2008
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A virtual space for the volunteers of Vidyanikethan, an NGO in Bangalore. Thursday, February 21, 2008. A lamp power by gravity. But I might just need a little more weight to power my laptop. Monday, February 11, 2008. 20 rupees extra madam."? My first words in the virtual space. Yes It was the output of our first programs too written in BASIC, PASCAL, C etc etc. Surprisingly, but not so surprisingly, it seemed quite appropriate here too! Again, late but not soooo late posting. The blog still exists!
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Virtual Nikethan: June 2009
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A virtual space for the volunteers of Vidyanikethan, an NGO in Bangalore. Friday, June 19, 2009. Roll on 'em, babe! Kinetic energy plates in their store to capture energy from moving vehicles. "Energy will be captured every time a vehicle drives over "kinetic road plates". In the car park and then channelled back into the store.". Now you can drive in to your store and still feel good about it. Oh wait a min! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Roll on em, babe! Enter your search terms.
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Virtual Nikethan: Wireless power for your laptop
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A virtual space for the volunteers of Vidyanikethan, an NGO in Bangalore. Friday, August 22, 2008. Wireless power for your laptop. Wireless power has been on the news ever since Tesla, but recently Intel hit a breakthrough. Intel claims advances in lighting wireless power in their developer forum -. Wirelessly powered 60-watt bulb. NYTimes gives background on Intel's. Improvement to the 'wireless resonant energy link' technology. I'm sure it's completely harmless! Nothing to worry about!
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Virtual Nikethan: General Gyan
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A virtual space for the volunteers of Vidyanikethan, an NGO in Bangalore. Sunday, June 22, 2008. More and more stores are encouraged to use bags made of recyclable paper, cutting down on plastic bags. Customers are also encouraged to get their own bag. Plastic bags cost about a paisa 50 each, paper costs about a Rs.2 and compostable bags can run as high as Rs.10 each. The bags also must be segregated from regular plastic, making recycling efforts more difficult. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Virtual Nikethan: May 2009
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A virtual space for the volunteers of Vidyanikethan, an NGO in Bangalore. Wednesday, May 20, 2009. Better Place Building build infrastructure for electric car. A company working to build infrastructure for electric cars, has released a video. Showing how its technology for swapping spent car batteries works. The company says that the entire process takes 80 seconds, though that’s difficult to verify from the slickly cut video. Better Place plans on beginning construction of more battery swap stations, wh...
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Virtual Nikethan: What makes up the price of Gasoline?
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A virtual space for the volunteers of Vidyanikethan, an NGO in Bangalore. Monday, June 23, 2008. What makes up the price of Gasoline? Consider the game of chicken that plays out every day across Pennsylvania Highway 441. In Marietta, where the road hugs the Susquehanna River, a Rutter's Farm Store gas station stands on one side, a Sheetz gas station on the other. She calls Rutter's headquarters to report the competition's new price and wait for instructions. You think you feel helpless at the pump? In th...
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Virtual Nikethan: August 2008
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A virtual space for the volunteers of Vidyanikethan, an NGO in Bangalore. Friday, August 22, 2008. Wireless power for your laptop. Wireless power has been on the news ever since Tesla, but recently Intel hit a breakthrough. Intel claims advances in lighting wireless power in their developer forum -. Wirelessly powered 60-watt bulb. NYTimes gives background on Intel's. Improvement to the 'wireless resonant energy link' technology. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Wireless power for your laptop.
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Virtual Nikethan: February 2010
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A virtual space for the volunteers of Vidyanikethan, an NGO in Bangalore. Monday, February 8, 2010. Easy Ways to Conserve Water and Save Money. How many times a day do you give thanks for the clean, potable water that comes flowing out of your faucet? This is approximately one in eight people. (Now do you feel lucky? It's important that we all do our part to make the best use of the resources we have, which means finding ways to reuse water and reduce our daily consumption. 1 If it's broken.fix it! It mi...
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Virtual Nikethan: Concentrating solar power
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A virtual space for the volunteers of Vidyanikethan, an NGO in Bangalore. Thursday, June 19, 2008. Read an interesting article on Concentrated Solar Power and this technology has been overshadowed by photovoltaic solar energy. A brief on Concentrating solar power. Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) systems use lenses or mirrors and tracking systems to. The SEGS plants in California and Acciona's Nevada Solar One near Boulder City, Nevada are representatives of this technology. A solar power tower uses an ar...
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Virtual Nikethan: October 2007
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A virtual space for the volunteers of Vidyanikethan, an NGO in Bangalore. Monday, October 15, 2007. OmAshram: Hope in twilight of life. I visited OmAshram, an old age home in Bangalore run by a charitable trust, this Sunday along with Janani. To the surprise of both of us the Ashram was just in front of Janani’s home in Bilekahalli, OmAshram has rented two houses in a radius of a km, just behind IIM Bangalore. Lawyer Uncle, ever cheerful.(though he looks a bit serious in the pic.). Enter your search terms.
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