Arecibo Message

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The search for extraterrestrial life began long time ago but it may be due to some conspiracy that we don't know, the existence of this life has not been proved yet. Nevertheless, human keep sending message in the form of radio waves to see whether an outer space life can detect and decode it or not.

The above picture isn't just a picture, but rather a message that was broadcasted from Arecibo radio telescope towards M13, a globular star cluster located 25 000 light years away. Scientists predict that Earth has to wait for 50 000 years for the reply.

The message was created by Dr Frank Drake, the creator of Drake Equation with the help of few other people including Carl Sagan, an American astronomer. The message consists of seven parts which generally explain about life on Earth.

The parts are:

  1. The numbers 1 through 10. (white)
  2. Atomic number of Hydrogen, Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen and Phosphorus, the elements that make up Deoxyrebonucleic Acid. (purple)
  3. The formula for sugars and bases in nucleotides of DNA. (green)
  4. Number of nucleotides (green) and the basic double helix structure of DNA. (blue)
  5. Graphic figure of human, dimension of the average man and human population on Earth in 1974. (red)
  6. Graphic of the solar system. (yellow)
  7. Graphic of Arecibo radio telescope and the dimension of the transmitting antenna dish. (bottom purple)
The message was encoded in binary in which it must be arranged in 73 rows and 23 columns for the string to make any sense. The binary string is as follows.

00000010101010000000000
00101000001010000000100
10001000100010010110010
10101010101010100100100
00000000000000000000000
00000000000011000000000
00000000001101000000000
00000000001101000000000
00000000010101000000000
00000000011111000000000
00000000000000000000000
11000011100011000011000
10000000000000110010000
11010001100011000011010
11111011111011111011111
00000000000000000000000
00010000000000000000010
00000000000000000000000
00001000000000000000001
11111000000000000011111
00000000000000000000000
11000011000011100011000
10000000100000000010000
11010000110001110011010
11111011111011111011111
00000000000000000000000
00010000001100000000010
00000000001100000000000
00001000001100000000001
11111000001100000011111
00000000001100000000000
00100000000100000000100
00010000001100000001000
00001100001100000010000
00000011000100001100000
00000000001100110000000
00000011000100001100000
00001100001100000010000
00010000001000000001000
00100000001100000000100
01000000001100000000100
01000000000100000001000
00100000001000000010000
00010000000000001100000
00001100000000110000000
00100011101011000000000
00100000001000000000000
00100000111110000000000
00100001011101001011011
00000010011100100111111
10111000011100000110111
00000000010100000111011
00100000010100000111111
00100000010100000110000
00100000110110000000000
00000000000000000000000
00111000001000000000000
00111010100010101010101
00111000000000101010100
00000000000000101000000
00000000111110000000000
00000011111111100000000
00001110000000111000000
00011000000000001100000
00110100000000010110000
01100110000000110011000
01000101000001010001000
01000100100010010001000
00000100010100010000000
00000100001000010000000
00000100000000010000000
00000001001010000000000
01111001111101001111000

The message was sent with the aim of demonstrating the ability of arecibo radio telescope, not with the aim to find intelligent extraterrestrial life. Though, we'll never know what will happen in the next 50 000 years, could we?

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Stock 101

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What is stock? How is it worth? How can you understand stock? The infographic below explains some of these questions and help total newb in understanding stock and its value. 
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I found this infographic in this website. Check the website for more interesting information put it simple and easy way for people to understand. 
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Gymbot - Cool Personal Fitness Trainer

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First, some facts from WHO:

  • Worldwide obesity has more than doubled since 1980.
  • In 2008, 1.5 billion adults, 20 and older, were overweight. Of these over 200 million men and nearly 300 million women were obese.
  • 65% of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight.
  • Nearly 43 million children under the age of five were overweight in 2010.
  • Obesity is preventable
Overweight and obesity will be the world's no 1 problem if it is not treated and prevented. Due to this problem, Gymbot, a concept robot presented at the ICSR 2011 design award is used in order to help humans especially in obese people to have a healthy lifestyle. 


Max Battaglia, the designer of Gymbot, hope that this robot will coach the owner in term of exercise, eating habit and healthy lifestyle. It can use the sensor to analyze not only the owner's activity, but also his/her body composition so that it can give advice on how to get healthier. 


This concept robot is meant to motivate and encourage overweight people to live healthily and well, there's nothing scarier than a big, bulky scary humanoid telling you what to do or else he'll beat the crap out of you. According to the designer, this robot may exist in 2020 where there are great improvement in technology that make the robotics become more affordable. 




Hopefully with this robot around, problems associated with obese can be eliminated and people can spend more time on other problems.

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Eco-Printer for Nature Lover

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Found this on 9gag.com and then i googled around and found out that this pencil printer is designed by a designer named Hoyoung Lee. 




You can find out more in here.
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Origin of Month Names

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January: The name was given after the Roman god of beginnings, Janus.
Janus

February: Either come from Februus, ancient Roman god of purification or februa, the festivals of purification celebrated by Rome during this time.

March: Named after the Roman god of war, Mars.
Mars as God of war and agriculture guardian.

April: Originated from the word "aperire" which means to open. The word is taken because this is the time where buds begin to open after winter.

May: Taken from Maiesta, the Roman goddess of spring

June: The name came from Roman goddess of fertility, Juno.
Juno, also called Regina or the queen.

July: The month in which Julius Caesar was born. The name was given in honor of his assassination in 44BCE.
Julius Caesar

August: The name originated from Augustus Caesar, the first Emperor of Roman empire.
Augustus Caesar

September: Came from the word "septem" meaning seven. The name was given because this is the seventh month (counting from March).

October: Came from the word "octo" meaning eight. The name was given because this is the eighth month (counting from March).

November: Came from the word "novem" meaning nine. The name was given because this is the ninth month (counting from March)

December: Came from the word "decem" meaning ten. The name was given because this is the tenth month (counting from March).
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3D Printing: Human Organs and Chocolate

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A long time ago i posted something about 3D Printer. But the world does not stop at just that. Now, with time, 3D printing is advancing towards medical and food industry. 

The success story of printing body parts:

Organovo, a company pioneering in bioprinting technology has successfully created the first commercial organ printer in the world. The printer, called NovoGen MMX Bioprinter, is now capable of producing arteries which is commonly used by surgeons to do bypass surgery. By using the patient's own cell, the threat of rejection by organ transplant is greatly reduced. The company hopes that the machine will be able to print more complex organ such as heart and liver in the next 10 years. With capabilities to save thousands of lives that need organ transplants, NovoGen can be considered as the latest breakthrough in the world of medicine. 
Roadmap to bioprinting
Watch the video of the printer. 



Chocolate Printing:

Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) is now researching the 3D printer so that it can print custom design chocolate. This printer will allow user to design his/her own chocolate and bring it to reality. The challenge in creating this printer is to melt and temper the chocolate at the right temperature but it is one challenge that can be overcome. With the 3D printing technology becoming more and more commercially available, this research can help in revolutionizing the business of manufacturing process worldwide. 




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