Internet addiction damages brain 'just like drugs'(Read it if you are addicted to internet)

How much time do you spend in internet? One hour a day, two hours a day or whole day! Internet addiction may be a disease and it may cause severe damage Internet addiction disorder may be associated with abnormal white matter structure in the brain and may be as fatal as craving for drugs, researchers say.

Previous studies of Internet addiction disorder (IAD), which is characterized by an individual's inability to control his or her Internet use, have mostly focused on psychological questionnaires.

Internet addiction

The current study, on the other hand, uses an MRI technique to investigate specific features of the brain in 18 adolescents suffering from IAD.

The researchers, led by Hao Lei of the ChineseAcademy of Sciences in Wuhan, found that IAD is characterized by impairment of white matter fibres connecting brain regions involved in emotional generation and processing, executive attention, decision making, and cognitive control.

They also suggested that IAD may share psychological and neural mechanisms with other types of impulse control disorders and substance addiction.

The study has been published in the online journal PLoS ONE. To check whether you are interned addict or not please click the link below!!! Click  here to test the internet addiction test !!!

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Baby born with organs outside body undergoes rare surgery

A baby born with his organs outside his body has undergone an exceptional surgery to put them back inside his abdominal cavity.

Hayes Davis' first ultrasound results seemed to take longer than the others during the routine 12-week visit. As moms came in and out of the waiting room, elated by the first grainy images of their growing babies, Daviswas anxious as she waited for the results.

The doctors finally told her that the baby's organs were developing on the outside of his body.

Hayes Davis before his remarkable surgery on Friday

The condition, known as an omphalocele, is a birth defect in which the fetus' intestines and other abdominal organs stick out from the belly button.

"Once we heard the word, 'omphalocele,' it was our world," ABC news quoted Davis as saying.

A thin membrane that keeps the organs intact usually covers the omphalocele. While the condition can range in size and severity, the intestines, and sometimes the liver and spleen, protrude outside the baby's body.

About one in 10,000 births result in some form of an omphalocele, and about 25 to 40 percent of infants with an omphalocele have other birth defects, as well. Heart defects are common in children with omphaloceles. It is unclear why omphaloceles form in some babies.

While it is normal for organs to develop outside of the abdomen of the foetus up until the 10th week in utero, an omphalocele might develop if they do not return to the abdomen after that initial period.

After a pregnancy with seemingly endless appointments and ultrasounds, Davis gave birth to Hayes on 25th March, 2011, via Cesarean section at Children's MemorialHermann Hospitalin Houston, Tx.

Kelly Davis

"I was so excited to meet him, but the anxiety was almost overwhelming," she said.

"I didn't know if he would breathe on his own or eat on his own or whether the omphalocele would stay intact," Davissaid.

The nurses secured the omphalocele after delivery and immediately took Hayes to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. During the weeks that followed, Davis and her husband learned how to take care and treat the omphalocele.

Hayes was luckier than many babies born with the condition. He did not have a heart defect or other birth defects in relation to the omphalocele.

Kuojen Tsao, professor of pediatric surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, said that it was bigger than most omphaloceles and there is usually not enough tissue to surgically put the organs back in the body and sew the skin up.

"We can do an operation known as component separation," Tsao said.

"It's not necessarily a new technique, but it is new to these problems in babies," Tsao said.

Traditionally, the condition requires several operations to tighten up the abdomen and bring the edges of the skin fully together, but Tsao believed the component separation was possible for Hayes because the doctors had waited several months for him to grow and develop more skin and tissue to work with in covering the organs.

"Surgery always has risk involved.

"We wanted to try and get back to doing just one surgery to fix the condition. Every time you go in again, there's risk of injuring the bowel and liver, there's blood loss, and then that baby is going under with anesthesia. We figured if we could do it once to fix the problem, we decrease the amount of risk," Tsao added.

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Nokia's first Windows Phone launches in US!!

The Nokia Lumia 710, powered by T-Mobile, launches ton 11th of January  in the US Market. 

The phone has huge expectations as it not only tries to bring Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system to the masses, but also hopes to bring the Nokia name back to dominance in the US.

The Lumia 710 is what you might consider an entry-level smartphone, and it is the perfect example of Microsoft's new Windows Phone strategy - appeal to the consumer who is too tepid to buy a $200-$300 phone.

In fact, the 710 is available for just $100 for new contract customers, and also comes with a $50 mail-in rebate making the final effective price a very appealing $50.

 According to TG daily It is not, however, a cheap phone. There's a 1.4 GHz processor, 5-megapixel camera, 512 MB of RAM, and 8 GB of internal storage. Sure it isn't the Droid Razr or  iPhone 4S, but that's enough power to be a serious smartphone.

Nokia is known worldwide for its mastery of ergonomics and manufacturing design, but it is also bringing serious enhancements to the software side of Windows Phone. Nokia Drive is an offline GPS navigation system and the ESPN Hub brings exclusive content only to Nokia phone users. In addition, Nokia has its own app storefront which looks to be curated in a much more appealing way than Windows Phone's previous app presence.

The Lumia 710 will launch January 11 in the US and will be perhaps the most important Windows Phone launch to date. It is also a make-or-break endeavor for Nokia, which has been wiped off the face of the US since Android and the iPhone stepped into the market.

It's unlikely to shake up the market too wildly, but at $50 it's sure to be a hot seller. We'll see what happens.

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30-storey hotel built in just fifteen days

The Ark Hotel was built on Dongting lake, in the Hunan Province in just 15 days by Broad Group, a Chinese construction company which specialises in sustainable architecture. The 30-story hotel built in 15 days is sturdy enough to stand up to a magnitude-9.0 earthquake. The hotel is also reportedly energy-efficient and more solid all the way around than one might surmise. But the most interesting fact of all remains: It is a 30-story building that was built in 15 days.

                                       

The Ark Hotel

The builders took just 46 hours to finish the main structural components and another 90 hours to finish the building enclosure. All of the structure is soundproofed and with 6-inch thick glass curtain wall insulation and four-paned windows with built-in shades. There is also a heat recovery system and three-stage filtration air conditioning process that purifies indoor air to be 20 times purer than the air outside. 

The building even has air quality monitoring in every room which, given the pollution problem in China, seems to be an important selling point there.

Features of hotel and building

• Level 9 earthquake resistance, scale model will be tested by national authorized institution.
• BROAD unique technologies “diagonal bracing, light weight, factory-made” ensure the
highest earthquake resistance level with minimum materials.
• Trapezoidal construction structure corresponds the law of mechanics, which can withstand earthquake and storm.
• Sky gardens locate on floor 71, 121, 156, 176 and 191(12,000m2 in total), also function as the helipads, which are able to evacuate tens of thousand people during fire emergency, provide extra fire protection than conventional skyscrapers.
• 150mm exterior insulated walls, triple-paned windows, exterior solar shading, interior window insulation and heat recovery fresh air, 80% more energy efficient than conventional buildings.
• Adopting “distributed energy system”, turbines provide power independently, exhaust from turbines is the source for cooling, heating and sanitary hot water. 50% more energy efficient than the power grid.
• Indoor HVAC is controlled by occupancy sensor, fan speed will be automatically adjusted to the lowest load when people left.
• Elevator generates electricity when ascending unload and descending full load, also choose the floor outside the elevator, and other electricity saving methods can save 75% more electricity than conventional elevator.
• LED lamp, 90% more energy efficient than incandescent lamp and 50% more energy efficient than fluorescent lamp.
• Separated drainage system, rain water is used for plant irrigation, bathing water will be directly drained after settled, bathroom sewage and kitchen waste go to biogas tank, biogas is used as fuel for air conditioning, and solid wastes become organic fertilizers.
• Annual energy conservation 60,000 ton oil equivalent
• Saving 600,000 ton construction materials
• Saving 1.4 sq. kilometers land (volume ratio 50)
• On-site construction waste is less than 1% of the total weight
• Zero raise dust on-site
• Zero water consumption on-site
• Recycle processes of living garbage from the building
• All steel structure, reuse after abandoned

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Spareone's designed a mobile phone with a battery life of 15 years!

How long your mobile's Battery wll work for  May be maximum of three days or a week. But Spareone's has designed the Mobile phone with battery Life of 15 Years. 

SpareOne's mobile phone comes with a battery life of 15 years, whether you charge it or not and is designed for emergencies.

It runs on one AA battery, and claims to keep its charge for up to 15 years, something unthinkable for feature-laden phones with batteries that last only a few days.

The SpareOne can be programmed for instant access to phone numbers of key contacts, including emergency services in any location.

As the phone's developer, XPAL Power, says: "It's essentially designed to make and receive the most important calls, no matter what."

 mobile phone with a battery life of 15 years!

The SpareOne's is also able to automatically transmit its location via its mobile ID, plus has a built-in torch -- and unlike so many of today's gadgets, it even comes with the AA battery included.

The new phone, unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, is designed as a 'backup' phone you can keep in the glove compartment for emergencies.

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