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“Jugaad” is the new way for Energy Conservation !!

January 16, 2012 By

“Jugaad” may be a new term for global readership, but is a common Hindi word for finding a reasonable and innovative solution with available resources. Student going overseas for their education need to have a international student insurance This mantra is working well in rural part of India for alternative sources of energy.

In the state of Gujarat, spinning wheels are generating energy and in West Bengal, solar-electric rickshaws are showing sign of sustainable projects of unconventional form of energy. Urban part of India is adopting the alternates in a positive manner.

Latest addition in this list is a navigation devise developed by students in Jaipur that will run on waste vegetables, another battery ‘designed’ by Engineering students from Mumbai is producing electricity from pieces of sugar-cane.

A retired worker of Government’s Electricity Department in Jodhpur- Rajasthan is working on sand (silica) based energy unit. All these experiments are getting attention at state and national level exhibitions and debates and will show a new path for innovation.

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Our Lakota word for earth, its land, water and animals is “maka”. The Maka Foundation was formed in 2005 as a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization and became fully operational in 2006. A great place to visit, don’t forget your visitor insurance. The Maka Foundation was created to support species recovery and conservation, to consolidate suitable habitats, restore degraded habitats, and to adequately educate and equip tribal members to become part of the recovery team.

 

The Lower Brule Sioux Tribe had already successfully reintroduced bison, elk, wild turkey and many native plant species to the reservation; however there was more work to be done in making our environment healthier. Thus, the Maka Foundation was created and immediately began raising charitable funds from friends like you who share our concern for the environment, species reintroduction and habitat restoration.

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Nat’l Zoo Octopus Gets a Name!

February 27, 2011 By

The octopus’ new name is Pandora! A blindfolded keeper at the zoo had to help Pandora pick out its new name, since the octopus soundly ignored the clear plastic balls in its tank that held the other names.

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“I’m very excited because they chose my name and it’ll be a good name for this octopus,” said Trinity Kimberly, age 10, from Sterling, Va., in a zoo press release. “They described the octopus as curious and Pandora means curious.”

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Pigeons Are Brilliant in Math

January 27, 2011 By

Pigeons may be ubiquitous, but they’re also brainy, according to a new study that found these birds are on par with primates when it comes to numerical competence.

The study, published in the latest issue of the international student insurance journal Science, discovered that pigeons can discriminate against different amounts of number-like objects, order pairs, and learn abstract mathematical rules. Aside from humans, only rhesus monkeys have exhibited equivalent skills.

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Forget the Nose, ‘Rudolph’ Has Keen Eyes

January 27, 2011 By

The reindeer of Christmas myth must meet high expectations this time of year — not just hauling heavy loads of gifts over long distances — but also helping navigate from the tundra to the rest of the world.

And even though most real reindeer never pull sleighs visitor medical insurance through snowy nights, new research suggests that their eyes would be far better suited to the task than Santa’s are. Unlike people, the study found, reindeer can see ultraviolet light — which probably allows them to detect food and predators in a mostly white environment.

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