Burj Dubai-tallest building of the world opens on 04 Jan 10

Another wonder from Dubai, Burj Dubai (Renamed to Burj Khalifa), the tallest skysraper of world is officially opens on 04 Jan 10.  This is the tallest human made structure ever built. The height of this building is 818 m. Construction was started on 21 September 2004. “Burj”, is the Arabic word for tower. Records •  [...]

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The new dimensions of 3D technology

The three dimension imaging is capable of recording three dimensional visual information or creating an illusion of depth in an image. Most of the 3D imaging methods using the stereoscopy method ie presenting a slightly different view of a same image to two eyes. There are two methods to generate 3D images. 1.  Using colour [...]

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Glitter sized solar cells. 1oo times more efficient than conventional solar cells

Solar cell is a device that converts the energy of sunlight directly into electricity by the photovoltaic effect. The main drawback of conventional solar cells are the poor energy conversion efficiency. A solar cell’s energy conversion efficiency (?, “eta”), is the percentage of power converted (from absorbed light to electrical energy) and collected, when a [...]

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