Some careers proceed along a nice, neat path. But the 10 technologists in this year’s Dream Jobs report found their journeys full of unexpected twists, dramatic surprises, and what probably looked to others like complete about-faces.
Take Rick Armstrong. He started out as a sound engineer, but now he spends his workdays aboard small aircraft, tapping away at his laptop to create detailed 3-D maps.
Bob Marsh, too, has had a long, strange trip. Remember the Homebrew Computer Club? Marsh’s work with the group earned him a place in computing history. These days he trots the globe installing computer centers in the most isolated regions. Ernst Völlm, who began his career building a bobbin winder for a textile company, now designs the most advanced scuba computers available.
Ronald Thomas used to work on instruments to study the upper atmosphere; now he seeks out erupting volcanoes in search of lightning. José Losada didn’t grow up thinking he’d someday write code for the telescope with the largest light-collecting mirror in the world. But that’s what he does, in the sun-washed paradise of the Canary Islands. Working for a biotech firm, Brian Gallagher spent his evenings developing a truck-suspension control system. His sideline morphed into a full-time gig overseeing electrical systems for a remarkably aerodynamic electric car.
Dream jobs can come when you least expect them. Hiroko Ohmura always loved pianos, but as a computer scientist she never expected to design one—until her employer, Yamaha, surprised her with a transfer from IT to the digital musical instruments division. Henrik Sørensen had been unemployed for months when he landed his dream job designing energy systems for sustainable buildings. And Jacob Melvin’s grades were so poor he worried he wouldn’t graduate college. But then recruiters for DreamWorks Animation SKG offered him the position he had always dreamed of.
Finally, consider Catherine Mohr. At 27, she was working on some of the world’s most advanced electric vehicles—surely a dream job. But Mohr decided she’d rather help doctors and their patients. So she went to medical school, and now she’s creating cutting-edge tools for robotic surgery.
7/30/2010
KEAM: Merit students may not worry
With the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations (CEE) remaining tightlipped about the details of the fourth phase of KEAM-2010 allotment, even after announcing the results of the third allotment, hundreds of students are left in the lurch with no clues about their future.
The most affected lot are the students who hope to get a Government BDS seat and those aspiring for a seat in private medical colleges as well as BAMS, BHMS, BSMS, B.V.Sc & AH, B.Sc Agriculture, Bachelor of Fisheries Science and B.Sc Forestry in Government/Aided/KAU Colleges and Government Supported/Private Self-financing Colleges.
However, lending a ray of hope for those who have already been allotted an engineering seat but expects a medical stream seat, an official in the office of the Health Minister P.K.Sreemathy told Mathrubhumi Education that those who are admitted to an engineering merit seat in a government/Govt SF or private self-financing college won't have to worry at all. If they are allotted a seat in the medical allotment, they can migrate to that course by paying the difference in fees, if any. They will not be bound by the July 17 deadline for cancellation of admission. He said this was clear from the prospectus as well.
However the most intriguing part of this scenario is that the competent authority who should make an annoucement to clear the air - the CEE - has refused to declare anything on his website, leaving students to confusion. The most important aspect is that this kind of scenario has emerged for the first time in the admission process and the authorities - be it the CEE or someone else - should have taken steps to guide the students properly.
In the latest instance the CEE has not published the last ranks of the Third Allotment, giving no clues about the rank fluctuations. Moreover breaking free from the past practices the CEE has also not published the notification for the fourth phase while publishing the Third Allotment on Sunday. When contacted by Mathrubhumi Education on Saturday he said that he hadn't received any orders on including the newly recognised 15 SF colleges and the private medical colleges in the allotment process.
Another pertinent question now remaining is that if a good number of students go from engineering to medical courses in the fourth or subsequent allotments, will the seats falling vacant in the self-financing colleges be filled by merit candidates behind the row on the basis of their options registered? It is highly unlikely.
The CEE has set July 17 as the last date for cancelling admission to private self-financing engineering colleges. The CEE has emphasised that the fourth allotment will be the final allotment to the private self-financing colleges. Which means the higher order options of students wanting entry to these colleges are unlikely to be considered after the fourth allotment. The managements may convert these seats into the management category and will have a sell out.
If a number of students go from government engineering colleges to course like BDS, BAMS, BHMS and others, the higher order options of those who have taken admission to government self-financing colleges to these government colleges will be considered. So even now they can hope for a change. It depends on how many number of vacancies arise.
The most affected lot are the students who hope to get a Government BDS seat and those aspiring for a seat in private medical colleges as well as BAMS, BHMS, BSMS, B.V.Sc & AH, B.Sc Agriculture, Bachelor of Fisheries Science and B.Sc Forestry in Government/Aided/KAU Colleges and Government Supported/Private Self-financing Colleges.
However, lending a ray of hope for those who have already been allotted an engineering seat but expects a medical stream seat, an official in the office of the Health Minister P.K.Sreemathy told Mathrubhumi Education that those who are admitted to an engineering merit seat in a government/Govt SF or private self-financing college won't have to worry at all. If they are allotted a seat in the medical allotment, they can migrate to that course by paying the difference in fees, if any. They will not be bound by the July 17 deadline for cancellation of admission. He said this was clear from the prospectus as well.
However the most intriguing part of this scenario is that the competent authority who should make an annoucement to clear the air - the CEE - has refused to declare anything on his website, leaving students to confusion. The most important aspect is that this kind of scenario has emerged for the first time in the admission process and the authorities - be it the CEE or someone else - should have taken steps to guide the students properly.
In the latest instance the CEE has not published the last ranks of the Third Allotment, giving no clues about the rank fluctuations. Moreover breaking free from the past practices the CEE has also not published the notification for the fourth phase while publishing the Third Allotment on Sunday. When contacted by Mathrubhumi Education on Saturday he said that he hadn't received any orders on including the newly recognised 15 SF colleges and the private medical colleges in the allotment process.
Another pertinent question now remaining is that if a good number of students go from engineering to medical courses in the fourth or subsequent allotments, will the seats falling vacant in the self-financing colleges be filled by merit candidates behind the row on the basis of their options registered? It is highly unlikely.
The CEE has set July 17 as the last date for cancelling admission to private self-financing engineering colleges. The CEE has emphasised that the fourth allotment will be the final allotment to the private self-financing colleges. Which means the higher order options of students wanting entry to these colleges are unlikely to be considered after the fourth allotment. The managements may convert these seats into the management category and will have a sell out.
If a number of students go from government engineering colleges to course like BDS, BAMS, BHMS and others, the higher order options of those who have taken admission to government self-financing colleges to these government colleges will be considered. So even now they can hope for a change. It depends on how many number of vacancies arise.
7/22/2010
The Search Engine List The Search Engine List
All-Purpose Search Engines
Google - The world's most popular search engine.
Bing Search: Microsoft's entry into the burgeoning search engine market. Better late than never.
Yahoo! Search: The 2nd largest search engine on the web (as defined by a September 2007 Nielsen Netratings report.
AltaVista: Launched in 1995, built by researchers at Digital Equipment Corporation's Western Research Laboratory. From 1996 powered Yahoo! Search, since 2003 - Yahoo technology powers AltaVista.
Cuil: Cuil is a search engine website (pronounced as Cool) developed by a team of ex-Googlers and others from Altavista and IBM. Cuil, termed as the 'Google Killer' was launched in July, 2008 and claims to be world’s largest search engine, indexing three times as many pages as Google and ten times that of MS.
Excite: Now an Internet portal, was once one of the most recognized brands on the Internet. One of the famous 90's dotcoms.
Go.com Go.com: The Walt Disney Group's search engine is now also an entire portal. Family-friendly
HotBot was one of the early Internet search engines (since 1996) launched by Wired Magazine. Now, just a front end for Ask.com and MSN.
AllTheWeb AllTheWeb: Search tool owned by Yahoo and using its database, but presenting results differently.
Galaxy: More of a directory than a search engine. Launched in 1994, Galaxy was the first searchable Internet directory. Part of the Einet division at the MCC Research Consortium at the University of Texas, Austin
AOL Search search.aol: Now powered by Google. It is now official.
Live Search Live Search (formerly Windows Live Search and MSN Search) Microsoft's web search engine, designed to compete with Google and Yahoo!. Included as part of the Internet Explorer web browser.
Lycos: Initial focus was broadband entertainment content, still a top 5 Internet portal and the 13th largest online property according to Media Metrix.
GigaBlast was developed by an ex-programmer from Infoseek. Gigablast supports nested boolean search logic using parenthesis and infix notation. A unique search engine, it indexes over 10 billion web pages.
Alexa Internet: A subsidiary of Amazon known more for providing website traffic information. Search was provided by Google, then Live Search, now in-house applicaitons run their own search.
Google - The world's most popular search engine.
Bing Search: Microsoft's entry into the burgeoning search engine market. Better late than never.
Yahoo! Search: The 2nd largest search engine on the web (as defined by a September 2007 Nielsen Netratings report.
AltaVista: Launched in 1995, built by researchers at Digital Equipment Corporation's Western Research Laboratory. From 1996 powered Yahoo! Search, since 2003 - Yahoo technology powers AltaVista.
Cuil: Cuil is a search engine website (pronounced as Cool) developed by a team of ex-Googlers and others from Altavista and IBM. Cuil, termed as the 'Google Killer' was launched in July, 2008 and claims to be world’s largest search engine, indexing three times as many pages as Google and ten times that of MS.
Excite: Now an Internet portal, was once one of the most recognized brands on the Internet. One of the famous 90's dotcoms.
Go.com Go.com: The Walt Disney Group's search engine is now also an entire portal. Family-friendly
HotBot was one of the early Internet search engines (since 1996) launched by Wired Magazine. Now, just a front end for Ask.com and MSN.
AllTheWeb AllTheWeb: Search tool owned by Yahoo and using its database, but presenting results differently.
Galaxy: More of a directory than a search engine. Launched in 1994, Galaxy was the first searchable Internet directory. Part of the Einet division at the MCC Research Consortium at the University of Texas, Austin
AOL Search search.aol: Now powered by Google. It is now official.
Live Search Live Search (formerly Windows Live Search and MSN Search) Microsoft's web search engine, designed to compete with Google and Yahoo!. Included as part of the Internet Explorer web browser.
Lycos: Initial focus was broadband entertainment content, still a top 5 Internet portal and the 13th largest online property according to Media Metrix.
GigaBlast was developed by an ex-programmer from Infoseek. Gigablast supports nested boolean search logic using parenthesis and infix notation. A unique search engine, it indexes over 10 billion web pages.
Alexa Internet: A subsidiary of Amazon known more for providing website traffic information. Search was provided by Google, then Live Search, now in-house applicaitons run their own search.
Nokia C5 Review
Model:
C5
Links:
Nokia C5 Official Page
This is a global GSM phone. It can be used with AT&T and T-Mobile USA, but without 3G.
Introduction and Design:
Nokia C5 Review
Nokia C5 Review
It was about month and a half ago when Nokia first announced its new name-giving policy – all models will come with a designation number from 1 to 9, with 1s reserved for handsets with the most basic functionality and 9s in the names of the most technologically advanced models. The new C series made its debut at the same time. All its members will be aimed at the wide audience and the C5, a Symbian S60 3rd Edition based cell phone, was the first to see the light of day. We have finally managed to get our hands on the handset, so let’s take a closer look and see how it fares against the competition and if has what it takes to win over customers.
Things appear quite nice at first glance, bcecause the cell phone comes boxed with all necessary accessories – stereo headset, microUSB cable, 2GB microSD expansion card, wall charger and user guide.
Moreover, the Nokia C5 is a beauty to behold. In the best tradition of the Finnish manufacturer, the design of the handset is simple, dainty and just radiates an aura of reliability, not last thanks to the great number of metal parts. Despite them, the device is not hefty and its weight is properly balanced.
Nokia C5 Review Nokia C5 Review Nokia C5 Review
The design of the Nokia C5 is simple, dainty and just radiates an aura of reliability
The display of the Nokia C5 features QVGA resolution that has become standard for handsets in this price category. All told, the image quality is mediocre and the C5 is useless in direct sunlight, even with the brightness to its maximum setting, not to mention the screen is almost unusable when used at an angle.
The screen is, however, the only disappointing aspect relating to the outer look of the device. All buttons are exceptionally well-made, large enough, have proper travel and provide pronounced feedback when pressed. Typing away on the keyboard of the Nokia C5 is as easy as ABC and frankly, the only thing that could have made us happier would have been the presence of QWERTY keyboard. The microSD slot, well hidden under a small plastic flap, takes up to 16GB expansion cards.
The 3.5mm headphone jack, charger and microUSB ports are on the top side of the device. The battery cover is made from metal and is extremely easy to remove, thanks to the small peg at the bottom.
C5
Links:
Nokia C5 Official Page
This is a global GSM phone. It can be used with AT&T and T-Mobile USA, but without 3G.
Introduction and Design:
Nokia C5 Review
Nokia C5 Review
It was about month and a half ago when Nokia first announced its new name-giving policy – all models will come with a designation number from 1 to 9, with 1s reserved for handsets with the most basic functionality and 9s in the names of the most technologically advanced models. The new C series made its debut at the same time. All its members will be aimed at the wide audience and the C5, a Symbian S60 3rd Edition based cell phone, was the first to see the light of day. We have finally managed to get our hands on the handset, so let’s take a closer look and see how it fares against the competition and if has what it takes to win over customers.
Things appear quite nice at first glance, bcecause the cell phone comes boxed with all necessary accessories – stereo headset, microUSB cable, 2GB microSD expansion card, wall charger and user guide.
Moreover, the Nokia C5 is a beauty to behold. In the best tradition of the Finnish manufacturer, the design of the handset is simple, dainty and just radiates an aura of reliability, not last thanks to the great number of metal parts. Despite them, the device is not hefty and its weight is properly balanced.
Nokia C5 Review Nokia C5 Review Nokia C5 Review
The design of the Nokia C5 is simple, dainty and just radiates an aura of reliability
The display of the Nokia C5 features QVGA resolution that has become standard for handsets in this price category. All told, the image quality is mediocre and the C5 is useless in direct sunlight, even with the brightness to its maximum setting, not to mention the screen is almost unusable when used at an angle.
The screen is, however, the only disappointing aspect relating to the outer look of the device. All buttons are exceptionally well-made, large enough, have proper travel and provide pronounced feedback when pressed. Typing away on the keyboard of the Nokia C5 is as easy as ABC and frankly, the only thing that could have made us happier would have been the presence of QWERTY keyboard. The microSD slot, well hidden under a small plastic flap, takes up to 16GB expansion cards.
The 3.5mm headphone jack, charger and microUSB ports are on the top side of the device. The battery cover is made from metal and is extremely easy to remove, thanks to the small peg at the bottom.
7/20/2010
7/18/2010
top ten engineering colleges in kerala
1.College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvanathapuram Outstanding
2.Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam Kottayam Outstanding
3.Model Engineering College, Thrikkakara Ernakulam Excellent
4.T. K. M. College of Engineering, Kilikollur, Kollam Kollam Excellent
5.Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur Thrissur Excellent
6.M. A. College of Engineering, Kothamangalam Ernakulam Excellent
7.College of Engineering, Chengannoor Alappuzha Good
8.S.C.T. College of Engineering, Thiruvanathapuram Thiruvanathapuram Very fair
9.Govt. College of Engineering, Parassinikadavu, Kannur Kannur Very fair
10.Govt. Engineering College, West Hill, Kozhikode Kozhikode Very fair
11.L. B. S. Institute of Technology for Women, Poojapura, Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvanathapuram Very fair
12.College of Engineering, Cherthala Alappuzha Fair
13.Govt. Engineering College, Barton Hill Thiruvanathapuram Fair
14.College of Engineering, Kallooppara Pathanamthitta Fair
15.Govt. Engineering College, Palakkad Palakkad Fair
16.College of Engineering, Thalassery Kannur Satisfactory
2.Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Kottayam Kottayam Outstanding
3.Model Engineering College, Thrikkakara Ernakulam Excellent
4.T. K. M. College of Engineering, Kilikollur, Kollam Kollam Excellent
5.Govt. Engineering College, Thrissur Thrissur Excellent
6.M. A. College of Engineering, Kothamangalam Ernakulam Excellent
7.College of Engineering, Chengannoor Alappuzha Good
8.S.C.T. College of Engineering, Thiruvanathapuram Thiruvanathapuram Very fair
9.Govt. College of Engineering, Parassinikadavu, Kannur Kannur Very fair
10.Govt. Engineering College, West Hill, Kozhikode Kozhikode Very fair
11.L. B. S. Institute of Technology for Women, Poojapura, Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvanathapuram Very fair
12.College of Engineering, Cherthala Alappuzha Fair
13.Govt. Engineering College, Barton Hill Thiruvanathapuram Fair
14.College of Engineering, Kallooppara Pathanamthitta Fair
15.Govt. Engineering College, Palakkad Palakkad Fair
16.College of Engineering, Thalassery Kannur Satisfactory
Top 25 Medical Colleges in India - College Ranking (Medicine/MBBS)
1. AIIMS, Delhi
2. Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
3. Christian Medical College, Vellore
4. JIPMER, Puducherry
5. Kasturba Medical College, Manipal
6. Lady Hardinge Medical College, Delhi
7. Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi
8. Grant Medical College, Mumbai
9. St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore
10. Madras Medical College, Chennai
11. Stanley Medical College, Chennai
12. King George Medical University, Lucknow
13. B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad
14. Christian Medical college, Ludhana
15. Institute of Medical Sciences, BHU, Varanasi
16. Seth G.S. Medical College, Mumbai
17. Bangalore Medical College, Bangalore
18. University College of Medical sciences, Delhi
19. Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai
20. Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical college, Mumbai
21. M.S. Ramaiah Medical college, Bangalore
22. Medical College & Hospital Kolkata
23. Topiwala National Medical College, Mumbai
24. Government Medical College, Chandigarh
25. Jawaharial Nehru Medical College, AMU, Aligarh
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