Reading the mind of the person is possible!!!Scientists move closer to mind reading

According to TG Daily, Researchers at the University of Western Ontario say they can tell what action a person is planning, moments before they actually do it.

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"This is a considerable step forward in our understanding of how the human brain plans actions," says PhD student Jason Gallivan.

Subjects had their brain activity scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) while they performed one of three hand movements: grasping the top of an object, grasping the bottom of the object, or simply reaching out and touching the object.

And the team found that by examining the signals from several different brain regions, they could predict, better than chance, which of the actions the volunteer was planning.

"Neuroimaging allows us to look at how action planning unfolds within human brain areas without having to insert electrodes directly into the human brain. This is obviously far less intrusive," explains  professor Jody Culham.

Gallivan says the new findings could also have important clinical implications. "Being able to predict a human's desired movements using brain signals takes us one step closer to using those signals to control prosthetic limbs in movement-impaired patient populations, like those who suffer from spinal cord injuries or locked-in syndrome," he says.

The results are just the latest development in efforts to use fMRI to read peoples' minds. Last summer, UCLA neuroscientists used the same technique to predict whether people would use sunscreen or not.

FMRI has also been used to distinguish between different thoughts, with UCL scientists saying they were able to distinguish which of three short films a volunteer was thinking about.

Makes most of our current privacy concerns look pretty trivial, doesn't it?

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Power your laptop by typing!!! watch it it will work!!!

 According to TG Daily, You could soon be able to charge your phone or laptop simply by sending a message, thanks to some nifty work from Australia's RMIT University.

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For the first time, they've been able to characterize the ability of piezoelectric thin films to turn mechanical pressure into electricity, opening the way for self-powered electronics. Simply tapping on the screen, for example to send a text, could produce enough energy to power a device.

Lead co-author Dr Madhu Bhaskaran says the research brings the potential of piezoelectrics - materials that convert pressure into electrical energy - to thin film technology (TFT) microchips.

"Our study focused on thin film coatings because we believe they hold the only practical possibility of integrating piezoelectrics into existing electronic technology," she says.

"The power of piezoelectrics could be integrated into running shoes to charge mobile phones, enable laptops to be powered through typing or even used to convert blood pressure into a power source for pacemakers - essentially creating an everlasting battery."

The study assessed the energy generation capabilities of piezoelectric thin films at the nanoscale, for the first time precisely measuring the level of power that could be generated.

While the team found that the process currently only generates about a tenth of the power neccessary for a commercial battery, this could be improved in future.

"With the drive for alternative energy solutions, we need to find more efficient ways to power microchips, which are the building blocks of everyday technology like the smarter phone or faster computer," Dr Bhaskaran said.

"The next key challenge will be amplifying the electrical energy generated by the piezoelectric materials to enable them to be integrated into low-cost, compact structures."

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SLC result of 2067 have been published!!!Get your result here!!!

The Office of the Controller of Examinations (OCE), Sanothimi, Bhaktapur published the results of the School Leaving Certificate (SLC) exams of the year 2067 (2010/11), Monday. 55.5 percent of the total examinees under the regular category have made it through the exams while 17.3 percent students have passed the exam from the exempted category.

Out of the total 4,56,022 examinees, 220,766 have passed S.L.C under the regular category, which is 8.81 percent less compared to last year’s SLC results. Among them, 20,111 examinees passed with distinction, 82,619 secured first division, 1,07095 secured second and 8,241 students passed in third division.

Similarly, 9,733 students passed under the exempted category of the exams considered the “iron gate” for entering the higher education in Nepal due to low pass percentage every year.

The exams were conducted in March month this year.

You can see the result on clicking here or result can also be seen in  www.soce.gov.np;www.moe.gov.np; www.doe.gov.np

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Modern Periodic table gains two new elements!!!

Two new elements have been officially added to the periodic table - twelve years after they were first discovered.

With the atomic numbers 114 and 116, they have the temporary titles of ununquadium and ununhexium. Now they've been offically recognized, their discoverers have the opportunity to give them permanent names.

They're likely to be named flerovium, after the Soviet nuclear physicist Georgy Flyorov, and moscovium, after the Russian capital.

Both elements were created at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, near Moscow, in collaboration with the Lawrence Livermore national laboratory in California. In the past, the two organizations have had some disagreement about naming new, jointly-discovered elements, but it seems this time the Californians are being a little more laid-back.

The new elements aren't exactly kicking about the place; both are heavy elements created in a particle accelerator by smashing together ther nuclei of other elements. Thus, 114 was created by combining calcium with plutonium, and 116 by combining calcium and curium.

They're both highly radioactive, decaying in well under a second - making studying their properties rather difficult.

The last element to be added to the periodic table was copernicium, approved in 2009.

And, as it happens, three more may soon be joining the party. Scientists also believe they've found the elements representing positions elements 113, 115, and 118 in the periodic table.

But governing bodies the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) say these don't yet reach the criteria neccessary for acceptance.

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