Have you seen the move “The Pursuit of Happyness” starring Will Smith and his real son ? If not, go watch it when you get the chance. But this article is not about Will Smith or his movie. This is about Randall Munroe.

Do you know who that is ? No ?

What about xkcd.com ?

Well, its one of the best webcomics I’ve seen in terms of ideas and geeky jokes that I like. Calvin and Hobbes is, and will ever has been my favourite, but this xkcd webcomic appeals to my technical side.

Now to the topic of discussion, “How do you read in bed ?”

This is what Randall Blagged,

The Pursuit of Laziness

Since I was a kid, I’ve been looking for the perfect way to read in bed. The ideal position would involve no sustained muscle effort, so I could just let my eyes drift shut as I read, without the book falling shut or my hand slipping or anything. One way is to sit up against something and hold the book on your lap, but that’s not great for falling asleep. So I usually end up reading on my side.

The problem is, you have to hold the book to see both pages, and in either case, you’re using some muscles to hold it where it is.

This has worked for most of my life, but it’s still not that ultimate relaxation.

However, I recently got a Kindle. I was intending to use it mainly as a mobile web browser, but I’ve surprised myself by using it to read an awful lot. And, with apologies to all the bibliophiles out there, I find the ergonomics better than a paperback. When snacking and reading, I can lay it flat on a table without the use of a book weight to hold it opened, and when lying in bed, I don’t have to keep moving it to read.

But it’s not perfect. There’s no way to hold it with a finger on the ‘next page’ buttons that doesn’t require a few muscles to hold it upright:

Either I work to hold my hand off the bed, or I awkwardly curl my fingers around it. Either way, it tips over if I relax my arm, even if it’s leaning against a pillow, and I’m startled awake by this:

I started to wonder if I could do even better. I got out of bed one night, went to the closet, and got a steel coat hanger and some pliers. After a few minutes of twisting, I created this:

Read on to find out WHAT IT IS …

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Ever found that the task of replying to emails is too tedious. Well, so have I.

So now, Gmail has launched a new feature so that you don’t have to worry about replying to another email ever again.

Gmail Autopilot^TM by CADIE

Sample Autopilot responses

Respond to business proposals

Manage relationships

Match your personal style

Gmail have introduced a new beta project ‘Gmail Custom Time’. Where you can set the date of a ’sending’ email to anytime in the past.One funny thing about this project is the slogan, that is:

Be on time. Every time.*

*The term “Every time” is used loosely here to represent the number 10.

And the testimonials are hilarious. Go check ‘em out: here

Beta User Testimonials
	“The entire concept of ‘late’ no longer exists for me. That’s pretty cool. Thanks Gmail!” Miriam S., Delivery girl
	“I just got two tickets to Radiohead by being the ‘first’ to respond to a co-worker’s ‘first-come, first-serve’ email. Someone else had already won them, but I told everyone to check their inboxes again. Everyone sort of knows I used Custom Time on this one, but I’m denying it.” Robby S., Paralegal
	“This feature allows people to manipulate and mislead people with falsified time data. Time is a sacred truth that should never be tampered with.” Michael L., Epistemology Professor
	“I used to be an honest person; but now I don’t have to be. It’s just so much easier this way. I’ve gained a lot of productivity by not having to think about doing the ‘right’ thing.” Todd J., Investment Banker

Wanted to browse for some photo or picture on the internet ?

Wanted to browse for pictures or photos on the internet in a more beautiful way ? If you have Firefox on Windows, there is the PicLens CoolIris addon. Which I must say is  uber cool. A 3d wall of pictures which you can scroll across. You can zooom in and out using your mouse scroll wheel and pull the wall in any direction.

If you have Firefox on Windows, you must have this extension (PicLens) .

Here is a website which gives another cool way to browse pictures.

Also visit fundazone.com Tag Galaxy (http://www.taggalaxy.de/)

Search for pictures online with tags and see everything

like a galaxy of planet.

Indian IIT  professor Suman Chakraborty (from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur) and Kazuyoshi Tsuchiya of Tokai University in Kanagawa have developed a painless microneedle that can be used medically.

It can be used for giving painless drug injections, to take blood for testing and forthings like a wristwatch-type diabetic glucose monitor.

A female mosquito sucks human blood by contractng and relaxing some muscles in its long needle-like thingie called proboscis. This creates suction (or negative pressure) that draws blood into its mouthparts. Contrary to popular belief, a mosquito bite does not hurt. It is the anticoagulant saliva that the creature injects to stop your blood clotting that causes inflammation and pain.

In the new design, sucking action is provided by a micro electromechanical pump, which works using a piezoelectric actuator attached to the needle.

In contrast to previous microneedles, which were made of silicon dioxide, the new device is robust because it is made of stronger titanium and related alloys, which dramatically reduces the risk of it snapping during injections.

The needle is also strong enough to penetrate as far as 3 millimetres into skin and reach capillary blood vessels.

Its size compared to earlier models also means that surface tension effects are exploited further, and the same capillary flow that draws water up into trees helps draw blood into the microneedle.

The researchers have calculated that their needle can extract 5 microlitres of blood per second. This volume is sufficient for measuring blood-sugar levels in diabetics using a glucose sensor that can be attached to the needle in a “wristwatch” design.