Author: akshay
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VLC Video Lan
VideoLan is the best and lightest media player that I have seen in my life until today. It has almost all the codecs in the world and plays any video Download video lan (indirect)
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Border Gavaskar Trophy India vs Australia
Indians have did it. They have completely shattered the otherwise fragile Australian monopoly on the game of cricket. By winning the Border – Gavaskar trophy 2-0 Indians have proved that their seniors, juniors or the mix of them are not the least afraid of Australian beamers with ball or words. Ishant Sharma was named as the…
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The Change We Need
And Barack Husein Obama has lived up to all the expectations. He disappointed neither his followers nor the people of the United States of America and the whole world. He won.Here is the inspiring and heart throbbing victory acceptance speech that he gave out in front of 120 000 supporters in the election night. Remarks…
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US elections 2008
Obama is all set for a win. When I was writing this, he was leading 200 to 90 where only 270 is needed to win. So the first black prez of America. See more at BBC
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Some of the best Orkut communities
When I think about Orkut I think about communities. I think about all the sorts of amazing topics going on in their forums. So I decided to make a post on the best communities out there. Surely all of them are those in which I’ve already joined. And I have tried only to include well…
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Science through jokes
You will laugh to your hearts at the first paragraph. Then you will learn what the concept really is. This is how science is presented here
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Chandrayaan-I Know Everything about it
The best one who can tell you about Chandrayaan is ISRO. So, I’m not extending this paragraph to the end of this page. Here’s the link ISRO Brochure
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Payloads of Chandrayaan-I
There are 11 payloads of which 5 are Indian, 3 of ESA, 2 of United States and 1 is from Bulgaria. The 5 Indian ones are Terrain Mapping Camera (TMC): For complete mapping of moon topography. Hyperspectral Imager (HySI): a CCD camera designed to obtain the spectroscopic data for mapping of minerals on the surface…
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The goals of Chandrayaan-I
Primarily, Chandrayaan-I is dedicated1. To know more about the moon2. To improve Indian technology3. To provide chances in planetary research for young Indian Scientists These will be met through high resolution remote sensing of the moon in the visible, near infrared, microwave and X-ray regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. With this, preparation of a 3-dimensional…
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Chandrayaan-I in work
It’s all clear. And as planned, Chandrayaan was carried into its orbit around the earth by PSLV-C11, today (22 October, 2008) morning at 6.22 AM. It will now change into a more elliptical orbit and finally shift to the orbit around moon. More