DOMIS: A Decision support system for designing micro irrigation systems!

The Precision Farming Development Centre (PFDC) at Water Technology Centre, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India, has took initiative to develop a web based decision support system for designing micro irrigation systems. A Decision Support System namely, DOMIS (Design of Micro Irrigation Systems) has been developed to help the user to design appropriate micro irrigation systems for efficient water utilization under different agro-climatic conditions in India. DSS-DOMIS is capable of designing drip Irrigation, Sprinkler Irrigation and Micro Sprinkler irrigation systems layout. As a part of the decision support mechanism, the DSS provides expert opinion and necessary data on crops, soil, water and climate as default options with a provision of change if the user so desires.

Salient Feature :- The web based system (http://domis.iari.res.in ), uses scientifically accepted software algorithms with richness of information and expert opinions, flexibility and simplicity of use which makes the DSS DOMIS a superior tool for designing micro irrigation systems with a view to enhance water productivity in agriculture. Besides providing the support in designing the appropriate micro irrigation systems DOMIS also provides general information about Schemes of Government of India, agencies promoting micro irrigation, implementing agencies in different States of India, approved system suppliers in different States and general information about different districts in the country. The developed DSS has been tested and appreciated by 22 Precision Farming Development Centres, State Micro Irrigation Mission Directors and several micro irrigation industries. The decision support system will be useful for farmers, researchers and policy makers.

Website : http://domis.iari.res.in

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Take lab tested technologies to farmers: ICAR official

HYDERABAD: The agricultural scientists should broaden their work so that the laboratory tested technologies will be available with the farmers, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Education) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research N. S.Rathore.

Delivering an address in connection with the Eighth National Extension Education Congress-2017 at the ICAR National Academy of Agricultural Research Management here on Saturday, he asked the scientists to broaden their work through extension activities. If all extension groups transfer the technologies to the farmers, then the farmers would have a double income, the senior officer said.

Read more: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/Take-lab-tested-technologies-to-farmers-says-ICAR-official/article17110621.ece

Indigenous microscope uses peacock feather technology

India on Tuesday launched an ingeniously manufactured microscope that generates 3D images of objects. The Broad Spectrum Confocal Microscope has several applications in medicine and materials sciences. It uses an infra red beam which passes through a patented photonic crystal fibre made by the Central Glass and Ceramics Research Institute (CGCRI), Kolkata.

“The optic fibre produces multiple wavelengths from the laser due to its surface which has very small holes. This is similar to the way a peacock’s feather scatters light. This is projected on to the target object which allows us to see a three dimensional structure of the object,” CGCRI Director Kamal Dasgupta said.

The microscope was developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) along with Vinvish Technologies, Thiruvananthapuram, under the New Millennium Indian Technology Initiative, an effort launched by the CSIR over a decade ago to develop technologies through collaborative efforts by research laboratories and technology companies in India.

Read More:-  http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/indigenous-microscope-uses-peacock-feather-technology/article6479928.ece

How to disable WhatsApp blue ticks for read messages.

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Recently, WhatsApp quietly introduced a new feature that lets users know that their messages have been read, with the double grey ticks appearing in front of the messages turning blue.

And now, just as quietly, the mobile messaging service is letting users of its Android app disable the feature with the rollout of WhatsApp version 2.11.444. This version is available for users on WhatsApp’s website for now, and will eventually be rolled out to all users.

Here’s how you can disable the blue coloured read receipts’ with the message timestamp on WhatsApp’s Android app:

1. Make sure that your smartphone is running on Android 2.1 or a newer version.

2. Go to settings menu and enable ‘Download from Unknown Sources’ in the Security tab

3. Go to the WhatsApp website and download the APK (application) file available under http://www.whatsapp.com/Android/

4. Once the APK file is downloaded to your device, tap the ‘Install’ option.

5. Now that WhatsApp has been updated, select Settings > Account > Privacy. Under the Privacy tab, uncheck the Read Receipts option.

Google announces Android Lollipop, Nexus 6 smartphone, Nexus 9 tablet .

WASHINGTON: Google on Wednesday ramped up its mobile arsenal, upgrading its Nexus line with a new tablet and smartphone, and unveiling its revamped Android software, to be dubbed “Lollipop.”

The US tech giant also announced the launch of a streaming media player for music, movies and videos, which can also allow users to play games via the Android TV device.

“Lollipop” or Android 5.0, the upgraded operating system for mobile, “is designed to be flexible, to work on all your devices and to be customized for you the way you see fit,” said Google vice-president Sundar Pichai, who heads the Android operations.

Read more:- http://lifehacker.com/updating-all-the-new-stuff-in-androids-l-release-prev-1595928268

Read more:- http://googleblog.blogspot.in/2014/10/android-be-together-not-same.html

Google finds new web threat as bad as Heartbleed, Shellshock.

Three Google researchers have uncovered a security bug in widely used web encryption technology that they say could allow hackers to take over accounts for email, banking and other services in what they have dubbed a ‘Poodle’ attack.

The discovery of ‘Poodle,’ which stands for Padding Oracle On Downloaded Legacy Encryption, prompted makers of web browsers and server software to advise users on Tuesday to disable use of the source of the security bug: an 18-year old encryption standard known as SSL 3.0.

Read more:- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Google-finds-new-web-threat-as-bad-as-Heartbleed-Shellshock/articleshow/44821183.cms

Xiaomi, Not Apple, Is Changing the Smartphone Industry.

Determining which customer to target first is one of the most critical decisions in the entrepreneurial process.  Customers that are relatively less risky and more predictable can make it easier for new to firms gain a market foothold. One such set of customers is the nascent middle class in emerging economies.

Why? First, as their financial situation improves they are anxious to buy new things. Not quite able to afford the top brands, they’re nevertheless willing to pay a little more for something they perceive might be close. Second, because they can’t yet afford the high-margin top brands, they’re not all that attractive to incumbents worried about generating enough cash to cover their high fixed and variable costs. So they exist in a sweet spot from an entrepreneur’s point of view: rich and numerous enough to fuel a start-up’s growth and also poor enough not to spur incumbents to respond.

 

Details:- http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/10/xiaomi-not-apple-is-changing-the-smartphone-industry/

Six things you must do after buying a new iPhone 6.

So, you’ve finally decided to get rid of that peasant phone you owned and planned to treat yourself to a swanky new iPhone 6. Pat yourself on the back because you will soon be ahead of the technology curve; well at least for the next 3-4 months. If this is your first iPhone there are tons of new things to discover. Here are the first six things you must do with that brand new iPhone 6 of yours:

1. Install iTunes on your PC or Mac.
2. Transfer all you data from your old phone
3. Make your iPhone secure
4. Make your iPhone Theft proof
5. Try out a few games
6. Throw away your point and click camera

Read more:- http://www.hindustantimes.com/technology/gadgets-updates/buying-a-new-iphone-6-things-you-must-do-before-anything/article1-1274748.aspx

Artificial arms get closer to the real thing.

Smarter nerve stimulation and muscle monitoring vastly improve prosthetic movements.

Powered prosthetic hands and arms have advanced little in the last 50 years. Their appearance and structure have improved, but advances in underlying function and control have been harder to come by.
In a pair of studies published in Science Translational Medicine1, 2, researchers now report major advances in two areas: guiding prosthetic limbs with realistic tactile feedback, and delivering reliable motor commands.
“They are both addressing big limitations that current prostheses have,” says Kevin Otto, a biomedical engineer at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Read more :- http://www.nature.com/news/artificial-arms-get-closer-to-the-real-thing-1.16111

A software that detects emotions based on your typing style .

DHAKA: Researchers have developed a new computer programme that can recognize people’s emotions based on how they type.

Scientists from the Islamic University of Technology in Bangladesh asked a small group of people to type a block of sample text, and then analysed the keystrokes and characteristics to see if they could identify any of seven different emotional states: joy, fear, anger, sadness, disgust, shame or guilt.

The emotions that the programme recognised with the greatest degree of accuracy were joy (87% of the time) and anger (81% of the time), ‘LiveScience’ reported.

More details :- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/computing/A-software-that-detects-emotions-based-on-your-typing-style/articleshow/44803189.cms