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Modular cellphones

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On September 10, 2013 D ave H akkens released video title d "Phonebloks" and it took wo rld by storm. The video ha s introduce us to new concept of modu lar c ellphones. The v ideo went viral and got couple hundred thousand views in a week. As of September 2016 it has nearly 22 million views.  According to Wikipedia , a modular smartphone is a smartphone made using different components that can be independently upgraded or replaced in a modular desig n . T his will help to reduce e-waste and also increa se user comfort. It will give user a ability t o custom built his phone as per his requirement . Most o f us m ight have assembled their own PC at some point o f their life. Modular smartphone will provide such flexibility to user. Phon e bloks consist of a base and blocks(modules). User can attach different modules to the base as per the requirement . This allows user to customize his phone in many way in very less time.   Phonebloks concept If
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Anti Drone Systems

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Unmanned Arial Vehicle or Drones are, as name suggests, unmanned airplane. They can be operated using remote control from operator or they can be programmed to fly automatically, by on-board computers.  Development of UAVs or Drone was started in early 1900s. They were used as target practice. Later, drones were used by military for reconnaissance. Drones were used mainly for military purpose until few years back. Introduction of economical and  less complex drones opens new field of operation such as agriculture, photography, crowd management. Many commercial companies, such as Amazon, DHL, have started using them. In last few years, sales of Drones has increased exponentially. This is mainly because companies started producing cheap, easy to operate drones.  There are many benefits of drones but it also has some downsides. There are many accidents where flying drones has caused trouble. Drones are used to invade somebody's privacy, its blades can cause injuries. There
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About Tesla Motors

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With the launch of Model 3 and General Motors vice president of global propulsion systems, Mr. Dan Nicholson, taking digs at them, I got more interested in Tesla Motors and decided to check about it.Here i s what I found in my one hour of internet search. Tesla Motor's Logo Tesla Motors is Palo Alto, California based elect ric car company wh ich was founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in J uly 200 3 . I n 2004, Elon Mu sk invested heavily in Tesla Motors and joined board of directors as a chairman. Model followed by company is to first built state of art sports car and then moving to main stream car market. In 2008, Tes la launched its first c ar Tesla Roadster followed by Tesla Model S in 2012 then Model X in 2015 and latest Model 3 will be launched in 2017.   1. Tesla Roadst er:     During 2004 and 2007 , Tesla built some test models. In 2006, Roadster was introduced to the public. It s powertrain was built around AC induction motor which
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Intro

Hey there.!! Trying to test my writing skills. I do not have any idea what should be content of this blog so I will post anything I find interesting( or easy to post ). As people say you gotta start somewhere. Hope will keep updating this blog. Fingers crossed.
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