Google reformed its picture searching system

As the chief of the internet search engine - Google, Google Picture Search is one of my favorite and recent site to go with, especially when I am preparing kind of presenations or assignments. Those stunning pictures just quickly and accurately revealed after the relevent key words is addressed. But things just come better and better, if you are the guys who same with me, I can sure you already found out that Google had reformed its picture searching system to the another higher realm which provides the more convenient, more accurate system to deal with.


The first sight showed to me about the new Google picture searching system its just quite alike with Mac iPhoto's style. XD Alright, make a try for it better than just know the theory, Check it out now!

The Oldest Manmade Objects in Space

Tethys and Dione Voyager 1 photographed Saturn and two of its moons, Tethys (shown here) and Dione in November 1980. Shadows from Saturn’s three bright rings and Tethys can be seen on the cloud tops on Saturn. NASA/JPL

Next time you're marveling at the fact that Spirit and Opportunity have been roving Mars for over six years now, ponder this: the two Voyager spacecraft have been hurtling through our solar system for nearly 33 years. Today, Voyager 1 hits a mission milestone of operating continuously for 12,000 days. The spacecraft launched on September 5, 1977, while Jimmy Carter was president, and has now traveled 14 billion miles.

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Voyager 1 made its closest approach to Jupiter in March 1979, coming to within about 217,000 miles of the planet's center and making detailed observations of Jupiter's moons. During its flyby of Saturn in November 1980, the spacecraft's cameras and remote sensing instruments revealed stunning images and information about Saturn's rings and atmosphere, as well as its giant moon Titan. In early 1990, Voyager 1 captured the now-famous image known as "Pale Blue Dot." As the spacecraft was on its way out of the solar system, astronomer Carl Sagan commanded it to turn its camera and take a picture of planet Earth dangling in the vastness of space.

By early 2005, Voyager 1 was about 94 times farther from the Sun than Earth is. Within the next five years, the spacecraft will enter interstellar space, where it will study the boundaries of the solar system, including the Kuiper Belt. Long-life nuclear batteries are expected to power Voyager 1 until at least 2020, when it will be more than 13 billion miles from Earth.

Voyager 2, which completed observations of Uranus and Neptune in addition to Saturn and Jupiter, reached its 12,000-day milestone on June 28. The two space probes are the most distant human-made objects in the universe.

Source: Popular Science

TED Global 2010 is happening this week in Oxford!

A lineup of amazing speakers, performers and attendees have gathered for four days of TED in Oxford, England. TED Global 2010 is bringing you talks from the conference and throughout the year -- Yes folks, boundless idea and inspiration are going to unveil to the world!!

Don't hesitate, check it out! Dig into the TEDGlobal 2010 conference site now!

Imagine Cup 2010 Finals: Malaysian Teams Are En Route to Victory

It might have took them lots of efforts to reach there but we are pretty sure that every single of those sacrifices are totally worth it. Our own Team HDC of APIIT- UCTI are currently in the running to win top honors and cash prizes worth thousands of Ringgit after being chosen as one of the grand finalist in Software Design category of the annual Microsoft-sponsored Imagine Cup 2010 Finals in Warsaw, Poland.

They were not alone though as other Malaysian teams that accompanied them to Warsaw have also been doing quite well in a number of Imagine Cup-related events. One of them is Team Hypo of TAR College who has managed to secure 3rd place in Windows Phone 7 “Rockstar” Award while another one, Team TEC4Life of USM is one of the six finalist of the Envisioning 2020 Award.

Team HDC will be presenting creation - a health and dietary application called Project Apple - for the last time this coming Thursday, in front of a live audience at Warsaw Opera House which will determine their final standings at the event. I would like to wish them good luck and all the best! Really desire to be one of them! I will strive for it next year! Imagine Cup 2010, wait for me!! :D

Malaysia Boleh? MAS shows us something A-OK.

While Apple iPad gradually floods everywhere of our life, something really ignite my mind with a question, is iPad really needed and useful? I think here is one of the proofs which show us that iPads have been popularly used in our Malaysia Airlines.

Let your fingers do the flying with MHkiosk

With MHkiosk, now you can access a full suit of services from Malaysia Airlines on the iPad, from booking a flight to finding out the status of your missing baggage. Taking advantage of the revolutionary iPad’s multi-touch screen and application designed for the device, the MHkiosk is easy and a joy to use.

With paperless booking and no administrative charges, it’s good for both the planet and your pocket too.

Features offered

• Book a flight
• Check in and choose your preferred seat*
• Find out your flight status
• Check flight arrival and departure times
• Check the status of your lost baggage
• Enjoy deals and offers exclusive to MHkiosk

MHkiosk snippets

iPhone 4 Launch Day Marred By Display & Signal Issues

The iPhone 4 was released into the grubby hands of Apple fanboys and girls in the selected countries today amidst long lines and clapping and cheering Apple Store staff. While it's not available here and we would have loved to give you a series of gadget-pornesque unboxing photos, these guys do it better anyway.

Well it's not all fun and games for the people who spent hours lining up for one of these phones, as launch day was marred by a few problems. Remember the beautiful retina display we were salivating over? Crystal clear picture making my iPhone 2G look like a 8bit console game? Well its been reported over at Engadget that 55% of new iPhone owners are experiencing a pale yellow spot in the bottom right corner, or even somewhere else on screen.

Even more worrying is that in the case of some iPhone 4's, which hand you hold it in determines the signal strength and subsequently if your call gets dropped or not! Apparently, due to the new design of the phone, holding it in your left palm will essentially bridge the 2 antennae, leading to a drop in calls. in the same poll 72% are experiencing a fluctuation in signal when they use their left hand (Not necessarily drop calls). Apparently, using the Apple "bumper" accessory makes everything a-ok again. I didn't believe this at first, but check out the video after the jump to see a demonstration from insanely great mac.

The figures may seem high, but don't fret. This poll was done in the most unscientific way possible, via the internet and Engadget. The numbers will be definitely WAY higher than what it really is, but the fact that the problems are present at all in a groundbreaking device can't help but worry me.While I don't think this problem is as common as they make it out to be, it's still a problem nonetheless.

Let's hope Apple fix the issues before the iPhone 4 lands on our shores.

(Source: Insanely Great Mac via Engadget (1) (2) )

Graphene chip could hit 1,000GHz, make your Core i7 feel totally inadequate- From MIT

8GHz (with the help of liquid nitrogen) not quick enough? Leave it to the folks at MIT to make sure your zaniest desires are well taken care of. As research forges ahead on graphene, carbon nanotubes and buckyballs (remember those?), gurus at the university have discovered a breakthrough that could eventually lead to microchips that make existing silicon-based CPUs weep. In fact, the research could lead to practical systems in the 500 to 1,000 gigahertz range. The magic all ties back to advancements on a graphene chip known as a frequency multiplier, and while the nitty-gritty of all this is far too complicated for the layperson to grasp, all you really need to know is this: finally, you can rest assured that you'll one day own a chip capable of handling Universe Simulation.

According to a report issued by the MIT news office last week, the research findings will be discussed in a paper in the May issue of Electron Device Letters. They also were described last week at the American Physical Society meeting by Tomas Palacios, assistant professor in MIT's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS).

Graphene is a form of pure carbon that was identified in 2004. It's essentially a one-atom-thick honeycomb lattice of carbon. Since the discovery of graphene, researchers at various institutions have been exploring possible uses for the substance. Palacios believes it will play a key role in future electronics.

While frequency multiplication technology is used in current electronics, these systems generate noisy signals and require significant filtering and power, according to the MIT news service. The graphene chip uses only a single transistor and its output is clean, requiring no filtering.

Palacios, the professor of EECS, said the technology could be commercialized in a year or two. The research is being funded by the MIT Institute for Soldier Nanotechnology and by the Interconnect Focus Center program, and is being followed both in the federal government and by private-sector chip companies.

Looking ahead, MIT's researchers are trying to develop a way to grow graphene wafers suitable for use in electronic manufacturing.

6th MICSS Science Camp 2010

I wound up my second time MICSS Science Camp experience last week at Keat Hwa High School, Alor Setar. But this was a totally revolutionary experience for me as a team leader. Instead of striving prizes as a participant, I can fully indulged myself with the high spirit of learning and sharing science without any pressure.

Alright, the whole story starting with a ruthless twelve-hour bus traveling. Diverging from the previous MICSS Science Camp which more focused on particular science field, "Shine like the sun" is the theme of 6th MICSS Science Camp. This unusual theme began to dawn on me that there would going to show us something difference.

First of all, it was the time to let all the participants warmed up for the exciting five-day science camp. As usual, participants divided into few groups and each groups in charged by a team leader. After went through the formal introducation, I got the strong intention to lead my team to be the most co-operative and enthusiastic team. This idea came to realization when the energy of my team members was feverishly ablaze in the warm-up game with overwhelming performance. Yup, this was just the start of 6th MICSS Science Camp.

Team Three, We were number one!
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The next morning was the major session of the science camp - renowned professor's lecture. And this year, we were in such a pleasure to welcome Prof. Jiun-Huei Wu from National Taiwan University, Prof. Chi-Ching Chang from MingDao University and Prof. Bei-Chang Yan from National Cheng Kung University. Prof. Jiun-Huei Wu was the right first to hit the stage. His tremendous personal fascination immediately captivated all of us fully dug into his lecture. He brought along the hottest 3D technology in his presentation to provide us with a visually innovative experience of enjoying presentation. Yet, the theme of his lecture covering from the origin of universe to the discovery of dark matter absolutely was my favorite taste! Excellent!


Excursion was the new program that available in 6th MICSS Science Camp. We had a wonderful journey hopping from Alor Setar harbor to Rice Museum and gathering at Rice Mill. Obviously, meaningful but exhausted.

Rice Museum

Alor Setar harbor
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Next, Prof. Chi-Ching Chang took over the second stage. Before his lecture started, I approached toward him to seize on this opportunity to thanks for his zeal to assist my secondary school (Chong Hwa High School) develop the solar power energy. You're simply awesome. At the beginning of his lecture, he talked about the history and the development of solar energy and very sorry that it really made me slowly snored to glory at that time. But things came better when he mentioned the "important part" of his lecture: holography technology! And yet he also proposed to bring holography technology in collaborate with solar power to reinvent an ever-better solar power battery! Indeed, this futuristic idea indisputably made a deep impression to me and I found there are something new to me to go with^^

Prof. Chi-Ching Chang & Me

Third, our honorable Prof. Bei-Chang Yan. He was more willing to talk about the precise attitude of probing science rather than extending to the recondite academic field - Yes,I think most of the youth need that. Here got an interesting website to recall back his lecture: 杨倍昌的家


Definitely, Dr.Chong's "Show Time" was invaluable and indispensable to the science camp. Once again, Dr.Chong brought along his favorite water rocket workshop spiced up our interest of learning science. His humorous and engaging speech simply made all the participants burst out laughing throughout the workshop. Science is not just limited in books. Dr.Chong was so energetic to hast around to ensure us fully enjoyed the fun of playing water rocket and super giant size bubble. Robin, Dr.Chong really need your help :D .The absence of the star-gazing party really put a damper on me - I think most of you were also holding the same disappointment.

Dr.Chong: "Our USM water rocket record is 3mins 37secs! Wao!!"

Dr.Chong: "3,2,1,0..MICSS Science Camp go!!"

Dr.Chong with his Super Bubble!
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Team leaders and Prof. Jiun-Huei Wu,Prof. Chi-Ching Chang.
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In the last session of science camp: poster presentation. Participants gradually became vehement and proactive in poster preparation. Without the pressure of preparing poster, I enjoyed the joyfulness of conveying my prespective and criticism to participants in order to make their poster as competitive as possible. Participants' creativity and potential were fully ablaze in this platform.


Overall, I was glad to witness that my team ended up with one silver medal and one experiment award. (I thought they can be better :P). You guys were so impressive to me. By the way, one of my secondary school representative- Jiunn Hao won one silver medal, you made us proud!^^

Ultimately, 6th MICSS Science Camp, where amazing happen. It was a platform to gather a sea of young talents who holding the same interest in science. Thus, throughout the camp we were given the chance to learn and even discuss various recent scientific issues and topics each others and also with inspirational and idealistic scientists. We were able to explore and discuss together these issues which were not bounded by any textbook syllabus or tests assessments, but as the endless research of the pure science. These have somehow strengthened our fundamental knowledge in science, and also giving us a best chance to truely explore yourself in science research. One month plus later, I will be one of the Malaysia representative to Asian Science Camp 2010 at Mumbai, India. I am undergoing a tough preparation for it at this moment. Wish all the best to me!

Steve Jobs - Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

Steve Jobs, one of the world's most influential people, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple and of Pixar animation studios. Today, I am not once again intend to talk about his splendid achievements or his successful company, but sharing something extraordinary. He had been selected as the Stanford University commencement speaker in 2005. And no doubt, his inspiring lecture is what I desire to share with you all today.

Actually, I saw this video in two years before when I was in 17years old. At that time, I really couldn't understand what Steve Jobs was going to tell us. But something slowly began to dawn on me I gradually realized the essence of his lecture when I saw it again at TED.com recently.

Let's spend some precious moment to dig into his lecture:

Here are some inspiring sentences reveal in his lecture:

Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college. But it is was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later. Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something, your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart. Even when it leads you off the well worn path and that will make all the difference.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. You've got to find what you love. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

His absolutely inspiring talk ignited my mind with urdent inquiry. It lead me the precious moment to once again contemplate every strides of my life. Whenever life comes with a sort of setback and somehow depressed, those inspiration always again and again drive me back to the right road - Always stay hungry to desire to know more, always stay foolish to dare to dream the future. Don't lose faith.

Wish all dude will get inspiring with this video as well. Remember, time is limited. Stay hungry. Stay foolish.