Future of cow-dung

Uses of cow dung as the era changes earlier it was to paint the house and make the flooring then we used the cow dung as raw fuel for cooking food(chulha) from there the idea generated that why not to use it as the fuel for biogas and ppl started doing that and now ppl we are again going to use it as the floorings and ply material which might get advanced to furniture and other similar goods.

Now that sounds even more interesting although the basic idea is nothing new to an Indian .as We have been doing some thing similar since years.

In India traditionally we still utilize that as manure and fuel material and covering the floors to most of the local cow dung is used out by us but even after doing so ppl in US are not able to utilize the huge cow dung produced. A dairy farm can spend $200 per cow per year to handle its manure. So if we utilize it then surely it will be some WIN -WIN situation for all the farmers and businessman.

But the issue in front of the US ppl was what to do of the huge cow dung produced and they are not being able to utilize. Traditionally, farmers put manure to use by spreading it in their field as a natural fertilizer. But as dairy farms and other livestock operations have gotten larger and more specialized, they can find themselves with too little land for the manure they produce.the anaerobic digesters for manure treatment will use heat to deodorize and sterilize manure, while capturing and using the methane gas it produces will be used to generate electricity. The systems also separate phosphorus-laden liquid fertilizer from semisolid plant residue.

So far, fiberboard made with digester solids seems to match or beat the quality of wood-based products and before we start buying the products they need to test the strength and endurance of the manure-based fiberboard and examine the economic practicality of using digested fiber to make building products. As with the wood-based original, the manure-based product is made by combining fibers with a chemical resin, then subjecting the mixture to heat and pressure.

Uses will surely be interesting. u might start guessing them before the Agricultural scientists will do more on it.

I want to fly like a FLY

When ever I see a bird flying high in the sky I feel like flying that’s how airplanes were made
But generally people don’t get inspired by bees and mosquito’s .have u heard any kid saying mom I want to fly like a fly
The days are not far when people will be rhyming
“I want to fly like fly to be the spy”
now it is turn for scientists to get inspired from fly this time the cause of inspiration is bee as bee wings are rigid at the front and flexible at the back. The structure is the most efficient for generating maximum vortices, or spinning masses of air. The vortices generate lift and keep the insects in the air.
So what our new Fly like Fly will do
And that’s what they are trying in UK and USA so the possible use for the new air craft are:-
§ miniature aircraft that could be used for
§ reconnaissance in areas such as traffic monitoring
§ border surveillance
§ fire and rescue operations
§ even spying as spy planes
§ capturing detailed footage of battlegrounds
§ avoiding the risk involved in deploying human scouts on reconnaissance missions.

So next on we will not be able to ignore even a tiny fly/bee in the room. who knows it might be the spy :D to see your bank account.

Till the next news its
Kriti Trivedi

Sunshade for all

People say that creativity is not all about finding out different solutions every time its some thing about applying the simple solution to the different issue too.
How many times we have used the sun shades or sun protection devices in our life’s may be countless times in form of sunscreen, umbrella, hats.. So this simpler idea was utilized by the scientist” Roger Angles” to use the Sunshades to protect the earth from the harmful uv rays. On hearing this it sounds some thing like of Munna Bhai’s CIRCUIT "ho jayenga bhai" .To give sunshade to the entire earth. The easier it sounds the tougher it is.
Initially Roger planned something like a light-blocking cirrus cloud; the flock of spacecraft would diffuse about two percent of the sun's energy away from the Earth.
So instead of one shade, he devised a plan to launch trillions of disc-like craft, each 2 feet in diameter. Made from a lightweight film, each vehicle would weigh as little as a butterfly.
And this special craft will be launched by using electromagnetic energy instead of fuel, using a mile-high vertical track to fling about a million compactly packed spacecraft into orbit at once. It would take about ten years and a few trillion dollars to get every component into orbit. Hff now it looks some thing tough to do, but this is not the end once there, each flyer would join the cloud. Special crafts with radio beacons that work like Global Positioning satellites would be scattered throughout the cloud, sending position and velocity information to each craft to help it maintain its position facing the sun. Further Tiny, mirror-like sails would harness the pressure created by sunlight to control each craft's position.
the expected lifetime of each craft is around 50 years. Although the sunshade could potentially cool global temperatures and what amount of changes it will bring to the weather systems and water cycle is also an not much predictable issue till now.
But but to for the issue we need to get approval from all the nations existing on the earth. which in itself is a tougher task .
And if the plan gets approved and succeeded then we will be having a tiny black spot on the sun. which might be the beauty spot for the sun to save us from the harmful uv rays.
Isn’t it much easier to reduce our emissions, cut our energy use cover small distances by cycle or walk , become more efficient, reduce waste of energy reduce pollution and develop much more renewable energy.

Information courtesy: Discovery Channel