This blog discusses the experiences of a consulting professional currently working at EmPower Research, a firm that provides decision support services to clients through offices in NYC, San Francisco and Bangalore, India.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Very encouraging news. Genetic editing can help cure hemophilia. Awesome. http://tinyurl.com/4xaxsbc
GABA, an amino acid, has been successfully used to reverse Type I Diabetes in mice. Human beings are next. Cool! http://tinyurl.com/6y9x773
Monday, June 27, 2011
My LinkedIn network looks like this. http://ping.fm/Z4GqE Thanks all for your help in this wonderful journey called life :-)
Australia takes on Big Tobacco via a policy of unbranded ciggy packaging. Way to go, Oz - hope it saves lives. http://tinyurl.com/672a5w3
Monday, June 20, 2011
Bangladesh leads rural solar power adoption with 1M households. Quite commendable, India can we learn from this? http://tinyurl.com/6zlnz26
Announcing a pot which heats your food and charges your cellphone. Serious stuff, thanks to a Japanese firm. http://tinyurl.com/3u6n8ox
Our oceans are under threat, says a new study. Human impact stated to be the 6th mass extinction event on Earth. http://tinyurl.com/3s98o3j
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Quite a hilarious take at how impractical and ludicrous the US licensing system is, for some professions. A riot. http://tinyurl.com/657trso
My opinion on the changing media landscape and how my firm empowers clients in their decisions in this scenario. http://tinyurl.com/6dxntj4
DYK how Siberia is going to power China's growth in the future? By turning water to cash through dams! Read on. http://tinyurl.com/5w2tdve
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Pasta is world's most fav food (meat, rice & pizza) - cheap, easy, long-lasting and can be made anywhere. http://tinyurl.com/Pastaisno1
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Scientists make a drug to prime dormant cells for heart repair on its own! ETA for humans - 10 yrs. Awesome news. http://tinyurl.com/3ocve9h
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Looks like I am NOT a vegetarian I thought I was, going by this article and an earlier one. What can I say? :-( http://tinyurl.com/65zwm7k
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Wow - DYK there are 185 products that use pig parts. Wow. Is that good or bad? That's for you to decide. :-) http://tinyurl.com/28ztwbq
Very provocative PoV by the 37Signals CEO on how to improve productivity and creativity at office. Would U agree? http://tinyurl.com/338qwvs
Friday, June 3, 2011
A new genre of Qs emerge as quiz masters try to "Google-proof" questions to beat smartphones aka cheating aids! http://tinyurl.com/425mwfu
Balancing ubiquitous computing and cyber-attacks is quite a challenging problem statement for a CTO. Very true. http://tinyurl.com/6cum2w6
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Confirmed again that blogging is effective in making the police department work on your complaint. Nice read. http://tinyurl.com/3vskga2
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
UNICEF paid $757M in 2010 for 2.5B doses of vaccines to 58% of world's children in 99 nations. Sharing prices. http://tinyurl.com/3cyrkzt
DYK beer is NOT classified as an alcoholic drink in Russia? No wonder it is the world's 4th largest market. http://tinyurl.com/425w98z
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