Numerous swaths of Earth surface were taken first then this composite high resolution images was made. The Blue Marble 2012 is named after legendary “Blue Marble” – a photograph taken by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft on Dec, 7, 1972. It took a long period to beat Blue Marble 1972.

You can download The Blue Marble 2012 here. Its worth downloading. Let us know how you find and rate this image by your comments. 

The mind-boggling 1 minute film is based on the concepts of movement and it is funded by STA Travel Australia. The background music is given by Kelsey James’s haunting. Move is a captivating film with no interpersonal interactions. Enjoy it!

WAKAWAKA also provides mobile charging facility. There is a battery holder for mobile charging. The project is specially for Africa as name suggests. WAKAWAKA comes from Shakira’s World Cup song ‘This Time for Africa’. People and students use kerosene lamps for their daily activities. It can injurious and provides insufficient light to read or work.Solar lamp is the first step to improve their lives.

]]> http://scitechie.com/01/solar-lamp-for-developing-world/feed/ 0 http://scitechie.com/12/pre-tsunami-post-tsunami-street-view-in-japan-video/ http://scitechie.com/12/pre-tsunami-post-tsunami-street-view-in-japan-video/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:11:53 +0000 asadali http://scitechie.com/?p=4156 On March 11, 2011 Tsunami came to Japan because of Earthquake. It was the horrible disastrous and calamitous Tsunami in the history of Japan causing thousands of casualties.  Google has revealed Post-Tsunami and Pre-Tsunami street pictures. After this release by Google,  people may understand the devastation in Japan.

A senior product manager of street View, Kei Kawai said, “In the case of the post-tsunami imagery of Japan, we hope this particular digital archiving project will be useful to researchers and scientists who study the effects of natural disasters”.

The Street view pictures are so attractive for those who want to see what really happened after the terrible tsunami. You can see these rare pictures here.

Albert Einstein says, “Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift”.

Nature beauty is depicted in a video created by David Bayliss. The background music enhances the imagination and gives a deeper feeling about the beauty. Watch and praise the beauty.

Picture of earth taken by Internation Space Station

This video is captured at following locations.first Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States then it moved to Aurora Borealis and eastern United States. Then it turns to Australia first at Aurora Australis from Madagascar to southwest of Australia then Aurora Australis south of Australia. It also shows halfway around the world. Islands in the Philippine Sea and Eastern Europe to Southeastern Asia are also been captured. Evening time at Sahara desert is also a master piece.

According to the BBC, Russian officials have expressed their approval to the plan of building the tunnel which would run above 105 km by the Bering Strait. This distance is twice the one with the Channel Tunnel linking France with England. The estimated cost of this work is 10 or 12 billion and take 10 to 15 years to complete, but will result in huge cost saving for USA and rest of the Asian Countries including China who is one of the biggest trade partner to USA.

1. Opt for SIM only contracts.

Most of us are in the habit of getting a new phone each time our current contract expires. Ask yourself, is that necessary? If you can answer no to that question, then SIM only contracts may be the better option. Not only are they less expensive, but they allow you to reuse that cell phone and battery that might otherwise go in the trash.

2. Think green when choosing your phone.

Our core goal as an environmentally conscious citizen should be to keep our carbon footprint as small as is possible, and this applies to buying a phone as well. Here’s a common example: You’re a loyal customer, so when you re-new your contract, the provider offers you a free upgrade to a bigger phone. If you don’t actually need that extra power, however, it’s doing more harm than it is good.

3. Award the green companies.

For businesses, it can be quite expensive to “go green,” and they often lose money doing it. Therefore, it is important for us, the consumers, to reward them by giving them our business. If we don’t do that, then there is little incentive, outside of the altruistic ones, for them to continue the program.

4. Limit power consumption.

We think power conservation in the home because we’re paying the bill. It’s easy not to think about power consumption when it comes to our mobiles, but if we do it, we can extend the life our batteries considerably. If everyone in the world did that, it would make a tremendous difference.

5. Use power-saving apps.

An easy way to conserve power is to reduce screen brightness. It’s typically overly bright by default anyway. Another way is power conservation apps. These apps can automatically shut down other apps and services after they go unused for an extended period, and this forgetfulness is one of the ways users waste a lot of power.

6. Use other green apps.

The app market has a wide range of tools available that make us better at being green. We’re not just referring to being green with our phone but being green in all facets of our lives. We can shop greener and maintain greener homes by utilizing the tools that we can carry around with us in our pockets.

7. Donate old cell phones.

When it does come time to upgrade your mobile, it is vital that you properly recycle the old one. The good news is that most of the service providers have a built-in service to do that. Nevertheless, the better way to recycle your phone is to donate it. Charitable organizations and other entities, such as the military, put these donated phones to good use.

8. Sell your old phone.

However, these are tough times, and many of us are working on limited budgets, forced to do more with less. In that case, selling you phone may be the better option. In fact, there are recycling services available online that will pay you for you to mail in your old phone. It’s not a great amount, but every bit helps.

Kotsiopoulos started shooting from 3.12 am. He put the camera on tripod and oriented east to west and then move gradually in the direction of the sun and took a gape of about 15 minutes.

After sunset, the camera pointing to the west – northwest to capture moments from day to night. When night falls, the direction of the camera movement is from west to east.

Then, Kotsiopoulos take 12 hours to process on his computer to launch this impressive panoramic photos.

It would be about 20 feet wide and 13 feet high. The bus that will drive over cars. Cars have to be under 2 meters high to travel underneath the upper level carrying passengers.