How To Begin With Python: Day 1
With trillions of tutorials around, probably the best way is to start with the official tutorial here – The Python Tutorial. Not finding any links to installation on this page, I found it useful to search for the installer section with the intention of doing the installation first. For windows installation, the link to the primer is “Using Python on Windows”. Like most documentation, this … Continue reading How To Begin With Python: Day 1
How do we begin solving world’s biggest problems? PART – 1
Come to think of it – we humans seem to be having the best time ever and we are at a peak in terms of demonstrating our intelligence and power. As Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna (authors of the book Age of Discovery) share in an article titled “We’re living in an age full of possibilities. So why do so many of us feel like … Continue reading How do we begin solving world’s biggest problems? PART – 1
Internet of Things – IOT – An Introduction – Part 1
Recently I got a chance to learn wood-cutting, make wooden boxes, cut metal, solder wires and attach electronic components to the box. This fun activity re-kindled my interest in Internet of Things (IOT) which, in simplest terms, refers to Internet-enabled objects. For example, right now, I am sitting on a chair. If all chairs are Internet-enabled – at least the ones I use regularly – … Continue reading Internet of Things – IOT – An Introduction – Part 1
The Beginning of New Beginnings
I think I enjoy writing, but not sure how much. To test myself how much I enjoy writing, I have taken on this challenge to write daily minimum 500 words for at least 30 days. If you Google around, there are lots of helpful resources to achieve this, for example: https://thinkwritten.com/365-creative-writing-prompts/ https://medium.com/personal-growth/6-websites-with-great-writing-prompts-1c35288ef91a https://www.scribendi.com/advice/30_day_writing_challenge.en.html https://www.writingchallengeapp.com https://goinswriter.com/my500words/ https://www.oxford-royale.co.uk/articles/8-creative-writing-challenges.html https://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/try-these-30-minute-writing-challenges Continue reading The Beginning of New Beginnings
The Complete Story – ISRO Sets World Record, Successfully Launching PSLV-37 Rocket With 104 Satellites Into Orbit
PSLV-C37 (also known as Cartosat-2 series satellite) was the 39th mission of the PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) program. PSLV-C37 broke the earlier records of launching 37 satellites by a Russian rocket on June 19, 2014 and of 29 satellites launched by NASA on 19 November 2013. It was successfully launched on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 9:28 Hrs IST from the First Launch Pad … Continue reading The Complete Story – ISRO Sets World Record, Successfully Launching PSLV-37 Rocket With 104 Satellites Into Orbit
Invitation to Participate in FunVidya CBSE 10th Board Study Circle 2017
Dear Students, Parents, Teacher and Educators, With increasing requests from parents and students to begin a fun and meaningful STUDY CIRCLE @ FunVidya, we are setting-up a formal process to take feedback from more parents and students in various areas of Delhi NCR. You are invited to join and help build a community of students, parents and teachers interested in transforming education into a fun … Continue reading Invitation to Participate in FunVidya CBSE 10th Board Study Circle 2017
Practice Session for The Rubik’s Cube Indian Nationals on 25-27 March 2016
Budding Champion Samarth demonstrates his skills, solving Rubik’s Cube 2X2 in 8.04 seconds, in preparation for The Rubik’s Cube Indian Nationals 2016, organised by Technocracy IIT Delhi in association with Capital Cubing to be held on 25-27 March 2016 at IIT Delhi. The competition is open to all competitors of all nationalities. No experience in World Cube Associaiton (WCA) competitions is necessary, but competitors should be familiar … Continue reading Practice Session for The Rubik’s Cube Indian Nationals on 25-27 March 2016
The Domino Effect – A Colorful Demo of a powerful mechanical phenomena that could topple a skyscraper!
A domino effect as demonstrated in the video above is produced when a linked series of events successively create a mechanical impact on the next item in the sequence to produce a chain reaction. Do not underestimate them as some harmless fun! Physicist Van Leeuwen has even presented a calculation to explore if a sequence of dominoes can topple a skyscraper-sized block at http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.0615. Each … Continue reading The Domino Effect – A Colorful Demo of a powerful mechanical phenomena that could topple a skyscraper!
Yellow Viola Tricolor Fun #Photography #Botany
Viola tricolor, varyingly known as heart’s ease, heart’s delight, tickle-my-fancy, Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me, come-and-cuddle-me, three faces in a hood, or love-in-idleness, is a common European wild flower, growing as an annual or short-lived perennial. It is the progenitor of the cultivated pansy, and is therefore sometimes called wild pansy; before the cultivated pansies were developed, “pansy” was an alternative name for the wild form. Long before cultivated … Continue reading Yellow Viola Tricolor Fun #Photography #Botany
Kano – a DIY computer kit can be built like lego blocks and set-up to do programming and play games
Kano, a DIY computer kit allowing you to build and set-up a computer yourself, has been pre-ordered by over 18,000 parents, teachers, and kids from 86 different countries as shared by Mark Frauenfelder here. Priced at $150, Kano bundles beautiful parts of accessories which can be easily built like Lego blocks. It runs on Raspberry Pi, a system-on-a-chip with an ARM 700MHz CPU and 512MB … Continue reading Kano – a DIY computer kit can be built like lego blocks and set-up to do programming and play games
Adventure @ Learning & Creativity! 