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    Remembering Steve Jobs

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    Shashikiran
    on October 9th, 2011 at 02:34 PM (OmniBlog)
    Steve Jobs succumbed to pancreatic cancer on October 5, 2011 which is 4 days before I am writing this blog. He has left an indelible mark on the use of gadgets by humans. The way he envisaged the importance of design and form-factor in the production of smartphones and computers is amazing to say the least.

    I am also an Apple fan, owning about 4 apple products as I am writing this, and using one of them to pen this post. All of us in our family really enjoy using these and the image ...
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    Genetically Modified Food - BT Brinjal

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    Shashikiran
    on February 13th, 2010 at 07:28 PM (OmniBlog)
    What is BT Brinjal? It is creating so much controversy in India with even the Environment minister going back and forth over the issue.

    Click image for larger version Name: Aubergine.jpg Views: 6666 Size: 22.9 KB ID: 109Like most people assume, BT here does not stand for Bio-Technology! Bt Brinjal is Bacillus thuringiensis Brinjal.

    Bt Brinjal is a genetically modified brinjal (syn: eggplant, aubergine, begun) created by inserting a gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) into brinjal. This has been developed ...

    Updated February 14th, 2010 at 05:33 AM by Shashikiran

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    PDA and Estimated Average Glucose from HbA1c

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    Shashikiran
    on February 24th, 2009 at 05:56 PM (OmniBlog)
    When I was a medical student, the only PDA that I knew was Patent Ductus Arteriosus. Thank God, I didn’t have it. Now I know another PDA and thank God, I have it.

    Click image for larger version Name: pda.png Views: 780 Size: 38.3 KB ID: 72I am talking about Personal Digital Assistants, also called handheld computers or palmtops.

    It’s a growing trend. More and more clinicians are using this gadget for accessing information at the point of care. While some well-organized hospitals have even daily patient data available ...

    Updated February 28th, 2010 at 08:20 PM by Shashikiran

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    Cellphones and Safety of Children

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    Shashikiran
    on July 25th, 2008 at 09:06 AM (OmniBlog)
    My 9 year old daughter has been gently persuading me to get her a cellphone. Some of her classmates at school already have one.

    While a cellphone may be invaluable during an emergency, the risk that it may expose children to is a very important consideration. Health risk consideration is foremost and then the risk of cyberbullying. While the latter can be avoided by keeping the phone number private and strictly for family use, exposure to high level electromagnetic field due to cellphone ...
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