Social Icons

Saturday, 15 June 2013

10 foods that kill belly fat.


1. Avocados. Contains hunger crushing fibre (11-17g per avocado) and monounsaturated fats which helps in reducing belly fat.
2. Peanut butter. Not just peanut butter but any seeds and nuts. They keep you full and satisfied for long periods and are full of healthy fats and minerals.
3. Healthy oils. Extra virgin olive oil and coconut oil actually help burn fat.
4. Veggies. They help to fight against environmental estrogens that can add belly fat.
5. Omelets. They are nutrient dense and are loaded with belly burning protein.
6. Dark chocolate. Is loaded with antioxidants (nearly 8 times that of strawberry) and have stimulants that have effect on fat burning.
7. Oatmeal/porridge. It is packed with fibre and whole grain goodness.
8. Green tea. Contains potent antioxidants and has been linked to increased fat burning.
9. Beans. Have 6 or more grams of fibre per 1/2 cup. Fibres can clean your system of pounds of toxic waste.
10. Berries. Are loaded with fibres and packed with vitamins that can fight cravings.

A farmer that grows Buddha shaped pears.


 The farmer hails from the village of Hexia, in Hebia, northern China, and has spend six years perfecting his method. By using a plastic mold, Hao Xianzhang grows pears in the shape of Buddha. The baby pears grow inside a clear Buddha-shaped mold, and are plucked from the tree in the shape of a tiny seated Buddha. From the top of the figure's head extends the pear's stem which the farmer has opted to leave attached, perhaps as an indicator that this is in fact still a fruit.So far he's made about 10,000 of the fruits, and locals are eagerly forking out about $8 for the deity-shaped treats. The inventor has plans to export his idea to Europe.

Friday, 14 June 2013

Clothes that will purify the air.



The brainchild of artist/designer professor Helen Storey and chemist Tony Ryan is pioneering a new project to discover how we can harness the surface of our clothing to purify the air we breathe. By combining the world of fashion and chemistry Henry and Tony have found a way to create style with real substance. This type pf clothing which purifies the air we breathe through our clothes is known as catalytic clothing.  catalytic clothing work as an air purifying machine in which nanoparticles are washed away. By adding photocatalyst   to fabrics like denim, then turning these fabrics into wearable garments such as jeans, catalytic clothing gives you the capacity to neutralise the pollution as you go about your daily life. Wherever you go, your clothing goes. And wherever your catalytic clothing goes it cleans the air.

Sonic neckties created out of old cassette tape.



A new range of sonic fabric neckties has been designed, which are made of old cassette tape and could be played and could be played using a converter tape player. Artist and sound designer Alyce Santoro has released the neckties in collaboration  with fashion designer Julio Cesar. The Textile is 50% cassette tape and 50% polyester thread, it has consistency of denim, but is able to play audio. Half beige and half gray, the 'sonic superhero dress' was the first garment Santoro made in 2003. The sound the tie make is, according to Santoro, "like scratching five record backwards at once." It used 100 individual cassette tapes recorded wit a range of sounds - mix tapes, ocean surf, Lauri Anderson, Beethoven, The Beatles and her high school punk band.  

"Happy birthday to you" is free from copyright.


"Happy birthday to you," the ditty sung around the world, belongs to the public, says the lawsuit and hence is free from copyright. The proposed plan action asks a federal court to declare the song to be in the public domain and that Warner/Chappel Music Inc, the music publishing arm of Warner Music Group, return millions of dollars of unlawful licensing fees it has collected for reproduction. The plaintiff is  Good Morning To You Production Corp, a New York company that says it is making a documentary about the song. Facing a penalty of $150,000 if it used "Happy Birthday" without permission, the company said it paid a $1500 licensing fee in march.Happy Birthday To You is believed to have been netting the company $2 million annually in a fees.The song was first published in 1893 as "Good Morning to All," and was written by sisters Patty and Mildred Hill. The public began singing the words yo "Happy Birthday To You" soon after. 

A pair of shorts that charges your phone when you walk.


Scientists have invented a pair of shorts which store energy to charge wearer's phone battery while they are on their move. An average person wearing the power shorts and going for a stroll can generate enough energy to charge a battery for four hours. The power shorts are made using a fabric which changes walking to electrical power. Gaps in the clothes are squashed together during normal movement and energy created is then converted into juice for your mobile. In addition to the shorts the scientists have also come up with a sleeping bag to charge your smartphones when you are asleep. The mechanism to charge in this is similar to the power shorts but instead of movement turns body heat into battery for a mobile. And after a person sleeps for eight hours he stores enough energy to power their mobiles for the rest of the day.

Thursday, 13 June 2013

A Japanese man completed his 40000 km walk around the world.


Masahito Yoshida, 32, recently returned back to Shanghai after travelling for four and a half years around the world. He walked around 40000 kilometers around the world. He had with him a two wheeler vehicle in which he had all the important things he needed during his travel session. He had all the things in his two wheeler vehicle that he needed on daily basis. He started his journey around the world in 2009 from the city of Tottori, Japan. He had always wanted to see the isolated towns of the globe but he didnt wanted to see it form a plane or train.So he decided to walk instead. His first destination was Cape Roca, on the Portugese post where he arrived in 2010 after covering 16000 kilometers through Central Asia and Europe.He the took a plane to America, where he walked 6000 kilometers from Atlantic city, New York to Vancouver, Canada.  From Canada, he flew to Melbourne, Southern Australia, and made his way north, to Darwin, then Singapore and back to Shanghai, China. During his memorable journey, Masahito worn off seven pairs of walking shoes.

A guy who claps 13 times in a second.


Bryan Bednarek has set the record of clapping 802 times in 60 seconds i.e. 13 times in one second, devastating the previous record of 721 claps in 60 seconds, i.e. 12 claps in one second with clinical efficiency. He is the world's fastest clapper. His youtube video recently went viral when he clapped 802 times in one second. Before Bryan the person who had set the record and has the title of worlds fastest clapper is Kent French. He set the record in 2003. Kent French combined his unique style with amazing agility and endurance to set the worlds record for the most claps in one minutes that is 721 claps. There is no words yet that weather Guinness book of world records has verified the video and deemed the French record broken or not.

A shirt with microfiber to clean up things like iPhone and Ray Ban.


It is usually seen that people use their shirts to clean up their eye wears or camera of the phone of the lens of the camera. Generally we buy a new eye wear or camera we get a microfiber to clean it. But people are actually not interested in cleaning their eye wears or camera with the microfiber, they just use their shirts to clean to them up. So, VoyVoy oxford, a New York based company has launched a shirt which has a microprocessor in it. It helps to clean up the lens and it does nit damage the same as well. The price of the shirt is 5600 Rs.  The person who made the shirt got the idea of making a shirt with a microfiber in it when he was returning from Florida. When he was in Florida he wanted to clean up the sea salt on his spectacle. So, to clean it, he used the lower part of his shirt. He then realized to why not fix a microfiber in the shirt so that things like iPhone and Ray Ban can be cleaned up. The first lot of the shirt is being sold out. 

Wednesday, 12 June 2013

Singapore has highest ratio of millionaires in the world.


Singapore is a country which has the highest ratio of millionaires in the world. It is a country which has highly developed market based economy. Singapore is one of the original Four Asian Tigers. Th other three being Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan. The Singaporean economy is one of the freest, most innovative, most competitive and most business friendly. The index of economic freedom ranks Singapore as the second freest economy in the world, behind Hong Kong. Singapore is consistently ranked as one of the least corrupt countries in the world along with New Zealand and  Scandinavian countries. It has highest trade-to-GDP ratio in the world at 407.9 percent. One in every household has atleast one million US dollars in disposable wealth. Only about 4% Americans are that rich, compared to 17% in Singapore.

In Japan, both old and new drivers have to sport a caution badge on their cars.


Japan is a place where one could find a number of signs on the cars.  There are number of car stickers that signify different things. Like there is a shamrock symbol which is designed for handicapped people. If any handicapped person is owning a car he will be having that symbol on his car. The stickers are for the safety, of both the driver and of those on the road. One such symbol is ear drop which is half yellow and half green. This mark means that the driver is above 75 years of age. Every individual above 75 years of age must have this mark on his vehicle. This is notify on the road that the individual driving the car is old. Same is the case with young drivers. when the people get there license, then for the first year of getting there license, they have to display a symbol which is half dark green and half light green.This warns those around them that they are not very skilled.

Ethiopian girl abducted by seven men saved by three lions.


A group of men saved a 12 year old girl from seven men who repeatedly beaten the girl and were forcing her to marry one of them.The girl was missing from a week.A group of three lions saw the girl in trouble and saved the girl from the abductors and guarded the girl until the police found the girl. The lions guarded the girl for about half a day. When the police found the girl with the lions, they at first didn't made a move, they didn't know how to approach,but then lions slowly stepped away from the girl leaving it to the hands of police as if leaving a present for them and then they went back to the forest. If the lions had not come to her rescue, the situation could have become much worse, one of the officials said.