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Foods to make you younger PACESETTER
Gursheel Singh Sahni CENTRESPREAD Bling it
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Foods to make you younger AN increasing number of doctors and dieticians are suggesting reverting back to the healthy eating habits to combat growing heart disorders. Medical science has known the disease-preventing abilities of some foods, and the quantity to be consumed has only now been determined. The California Health and Longevity Institute recommends that exercising regularly and eating right are the two key words for living up to a healthy 100 or even 125 years. It recommends eating 10 of the following anti-ageing super foods everyday for a long and healthy life.
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PACESETTER
Gursheel Singh Sahni
RUNNING around in book-stores just to find the one and only “right book” is the normal course of action for any student. Keeping this idea in mind, Gursheel Singh Sahni, Abhishek Bhambhu, Anmol Gagneja and Sahil Ratra, all 20-year-old students of Punjab Eng neering College, set up Bookshaala.com. The thought was simple, to sell second-hand books online. The website works on a profit-sharing basis with the second-hand book market in Sector 15. Second-hand books are procured from there and put up on the website for the students. “Since all those who have set up the website are all students, we still deliver the books on our own,” says Gursheel, the brain behind the website. Armed with appropriate knowledge, thanks to the academics in engineering, the website made its presence felt soon after it was launched in January 2012. “Just like any ordinary student, we too would struggle to find the right course material for the academic sessions. Bookshaala.com is just a way of easing out the search,” he adds. An indepth analysis of the course material is done to judge the right books for the session. Currently, venturing into all fields of arts, management, engineering, law and literature, the website has its own set of troubles. Apart from the fluctuating internet connectivity, parental motivation was just a bit low when the venture started out. “Strangely, none of us have been great in academics,” Gursheel laughs. It was only when the parents saw a positive response that they encouraged Gursheel to carry on investing time in the website. “Apart from minor hiccups, everything else was seamlessly smooth,” he adds. Despite being into business for just a few months, revamping the website has already started. “It’s just about trying to make things easier for the customer base,” he adds. The website replaces a damaged book at no extra cost. And now, there is no dearth of positive feedback and they get invites for various entrepreneurship summits. “It keeps us motivated and proves our approach has been right,” the young lad says. Coming up with major projects like these, does come with jolts. It was during one such instance while trying to assist a friend’s burden that Gursheel came face-to-face with his own sense of responsibility. “Had I gone ahead and done his work, I would have lost my own focus,” he says. Although several companies have started visiting the campus for placements and internships, Gursheel has a one-point agenda. “None of us will ever abandon bookshaala.com and ensure it continues to grow each day,” he says. Hoping to connect all major colleges and institutions, the website is a lot closer to spiralling into a major success story of education, experiments and dedication. |
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CENTRESPREAD THE future has arrived. The device in your hand is no longer just a mobile phone. And not even just a fashion accessory. It is also a camera, a video recorder, a remote control, a television, an FM radio, a gaming console, a bottle opener, a chef, a computer on which you can browse the web and send and receive e-mails, a voice activated assistant, an e-reader, a weatherman, a navigator that will safely take you to your destination, and even a heart and blood pressure monitor. To call it just a mobile phone will be doing it injustice. For long, transforming the mobile phone into a magical gizmo has been the dream of most science fiction writers, sci-fi films and TV series. But not any longer. Over the past few years, engineers and designers working from futuristic design centre have been busy creating what they envision as a device which will not just run your entire house but your entire life as well. Wearable mobile With the advancement in technology, the all-purpose mobiles in near future are predicted to become an indispensable tool on which will hinge your very existence. According to researchers, the age is soon coming upon us when mobile phones will become wearable and be as much a part of us as our clothes today. Mobiles could be worn round the neck like a tie, others strapped round the waist like a belt, some slung from the shoulders, others adorning the arms and legs. But these wearable mobile phones would be far from just adornments. These would make work easier and a user would no longer have the need to carry heavy laptops and notebooks. With everything on our fingertips, would we really need fingertips to operate them? Perhaps not. We would no longer be required to hold them while operating all the apps associated with them. Memos could, then, be dictated while travelling, or simply utilising the time while having a cup of coffee. Computations could be done while relaxing at home with a drink, or even on the golf course. Boost to healthcare But there would be more serious use of such personal mobile phones. These would greatly enhance the quality of medical services with the doctor always being just the press of button away. He may be sitting miles away, but all he has to do is to get the data of a patient via the handset, and then, communicate back his remedy, all through these wonder communication devices. Research is going on to develop a mobile phone that would be specific to the needs of a doctor. Specific, because it would incorporate a body sensor for immediate response, a video camera to transmit pictures of a patient, and also a medical encyclopaedia for quick reference. In a decade from now, mobile phones would be so advanced that they would instantly recognise sounds and handwriting over long distances. These sophisticated devices would also incorporate a host of other features which were far in the domain of science fiction and wild imagination. Wonder gizmos Time was when the handset weighed and looked like a brick. Weighing no more than a few grams each, the wonder gizmos of the future could be made from myriad type of materials — steel, plastic, glass, and even paper — and come in various shapes and colours — perhaps to match the clothing of the wearer. Researchers are also close to developing a handset that would be very handy for those working in large department stores. Strapped to a salesperson’s belt, these would transmit data at the flick of a button on inventory, prices of items, sales figures and reading of bar codes. Science is fast reaching a point of creating mobile phones that would revolutionise the world around us. Whether working in an office or travelling or vacationing, people would no longer need to carry a laptop along. With a touchscreen smartphone, they would have the world in their pocket.
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