Archive for February, 2010

• details about Robocop

  Date: 2010.02.16 | Category: Entertainment | Response: 0

  First appearing in the 1987 movie under the same name, the titular character is a crime fighting cyborg. Originally a sincere and devout police officer, Alex Murphy was slaughtered beyond recognition during a raid on a crime gang. He was shot repeatedly with shotguns and was executed by a gun shot to his head.After his funeral,whatever remains of his brain and his face is removed from his corpse and is used by the corporation, Omni Consumer Products to create a law enforcing,part man,part machine to take care of the violent crimes prevalent in the city of Detroit. The reason why Murphy was selected for the Robocop Program was that he was fiercely sincere to his duty and that he had a top psychological positive profile while compared to many of his fellow police officers.He was able to survive and adapt to his new state of existence due to the above reasons and also due to the fact he rejected suicide being an Irish Catholic. His body is largely mechanical and electronic. His armored body is composed of some sort of Titanium bond Kevlar which makes him resilient to bullets and bombs. He can even survive falls from large heights with such powerful armor.He also has a thermal vision mode and a zooming capacity for accurate aiming and tracking. He has 4 directives which he has to follow. All the directives are pre programmed. The directives make sure that he follows the law as an police officer. However the 4th directive is a classified one and Robocop is unaware of it until the situation corresponding to the directive takes place. The directive makes sure that he does not take action against any OCP executive. This part played an important role in the first movie. His signature weapon is the Auto-9 – a 9mm Handgun stored in a mechanical holster in his leg. Despite being largely machine, Robocop retains memories of his past life as Alex Murphy and even considers himself still human, refering his name to others as Murphy. The cyborg later on appeared in two movie sequels (1990 and 1993 respectively), an animated series, television series and even in comic books ever to ‘Serve the Justice’, to ‘Protect the Innocent’ and to ‘Uphold the Law’.

  

• Details about Microscopes

  Date: 2010.02.16 | Category: Technology | Response: 0

  Microscopes are one of the best forms of viewing things that are tiny and simpler. These are the mechanical devices used for viewing objects and materials so minute in size that they are untraceable by the bare eye. The process demeanor with such an instrument is known as Microscopy that uses the joint technology of optical science and light reflection which is controlled and manipulated through lenses that enable you to study small objects at close range.The fundamental microscope consists of quite a few complex and interrelated parts like a cylinder that provides a essential space of air between the ocular lens located at the apex and the objective lens set at the bottom, balanced close to a stage containing an optical assembly on a revolving arm and a centered hole through which a beam shines from a solid U-shaped stand that is placed under. Enlarging values for the ocular range through X5, X10, to X20 and the values for the objective lens has a broader span of X5, X10, X20, X40, X80, and X100. These values give the spectator with a range of potential distance orientations and degrees of raggedness as are necessary for presentation and examination. There are different types of microscopes exist like Optical Microscope, simple optical microscope, compound optical microscope, stereo microscope, inverted microscope, petrography microscope, pocket microscope, electron microscopes, scanning probe microscope and much more. Each has its time and important usage in different fields.

  

• Tips to reuse obsolete computers

  Date: 2010.02.04 | Category: Technology | Response: 0

  In the earlier article I have mentioned the significance of recycling and I have promised to tell the ways of recycling them. The computer monitors have cathode ray tubes containing four to five pounds of lead that pollute the environment acutely. Besides lead, the computers have many other dangerous elements such as mercury, cadmium, and chromium. The material that present in the computer has reason for high blood pressure, liver and nerve disease, blood with poor iron, and even brain damage to the over dosage of them. This causes immense anxiety considering several million computers become obsolete annually. Computers that are simply dumped in the garbage drums are the biggest threat to the environment. Therefore, we must switch for way to handle these obsolete electronic devices carefully. Here are the some of the ways of recycling methods that are available for the taking. If your computer is in a decent condition, you can put up for sale it to a company or an individual so that it can be used for extra long time or just contribute it to someone who is need of it. The second way could be trading. There are many computer dealers who present trade-in promotions on computers and peripherals which will greatly reduce the obsolete computers. Some of other things are auction which you can sell the computer on eBay or any other auction site. You can continue using the old computer as a server to store and share data and make it running.