Big things happened this time!
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.
Really!
I switched over to Nokia 1100(that old.... phone, just phone) from Samsung Star. Android in small phones sucks! There are no developers taking care of smaller models and as time passes, the OS crashes these phones every now and then and there will be a time when people realize the need for a basic thing called "phone".
1100 is great! Since the time I started using it, avoided momentary data connection (also balance cuts), no battery crashes(it needs to be charged only once in four days) and it slips easy into my pocket unlike those big 'galaxies' that break when you sit with them in your back pocket.
The best part is it is robust. Survives fall from great heights.
Kritin and myself took part in a biology quiz 'Mind Vs Wild' this technical fest at SRM University. Though we have non-biology past, we could make it to finals. Now I explain what happened: Eight teams; each of two, made it to final round. Through all the quiz, we had score multiplier cards(2x, 3x & 4x) along with negative marking answering wrong. With these cards you can shoot your score up or bring it down. Since its eight questions and 3 cards for each team, the cards had to be used somewhere. We all had great time till last question. Astonishingly, four teams scored 56 and other four teams scored 10. It was a tie. Another question(this time any card choice) to go and we decided to use 2x. We didn't want to take risk but we answered it correct. The last two teams took 4x and their answers were also right(Noooooooooooo!). Since it was another tie, one of them won and carried away 6000 INR. The next team carried 3000 INR. We carried nothing(Uh! we must have taken 4x and made it forward). We both learnt a lesson: take risks.
Another highlight during the week was 'The Eye'. It is a prop human eye(ignore the size) Kritin and myself made for Arvind(the committee head) of the ongoing fest, Aaruuushh(Yeah it sounds kinda awkward but lets face it - AAARUUSHHHHHHH.........., the non-technical management fest of SRM University [Hehe, just kidding...]). Here is footage of Kritin and me with The Eye:
The next day we had 'Kanan Gill' show in our campus. Had good laugh over things we often listen to!
Then came project time. Time to test our skills, creativity and passion towards electronics(seriously) under two subjects: microprocessors and communication systems. You can take a look at communication systems project report here. It is a simulation project which simulates....well, take a look as I said.
In the microprocessor one, we use a microcontroller(to those MBA guys: both don't differ much in terms of productivity). Kritin made a robot. The video above explains it all. "The robot is intended to make noise, wake man, make him chase and switch it off. Thus ensuring he is ready for the day's work with nice warm-up" said Kritin. The irony: on day of submission, he had to wake up early to prepare the robot. The next day he woke up at 8 only to realize that he switched off his phone when it rang at 6. He needn't bunk a class if he'd prepared that thing a day earlier:(
I made this:
I call it Electronic Tape. As you see the board itself is not the project. It has microcontroller at top, three counters driving 7 segment displays below with red reset button to set the measured distance in meters back to zero. How do we measure? You can see a glass blob with blue and red wires coming outta lower right of the board. Its called photodiode. There is a glowing LED positioned opposite to photodiode across a slotted wheel which is rotated on ground with a long holding support. The controller counts number of times photodiode is blocked and for every meter certain number corresponds, it sends signal to decimal counters to increment the displayed value by one.
Shit happens. Even to me. Few call me Bhagwan(God) for what I do. I deny. Because God has no form i.e. no physical body, hence no hands and legs. So he is jobless. I am busy(writing this post). So I am not God:)
Hence shit happens.
I went into low the day before project demo and ate junk outside that night. Came back to room and checked the battery. It was discharged! This charged me to change the battery and got me work till 5:30am to make the board shown above. What a night!
I heard my calling earlier this month. It is just one word. It is GATE, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. It is my GATEway to my future. From now I have 15 months to prepare well. 15 months to prove that even a loser can have an awesome career. 15 months to prove myself. Let me prove it.
I was having financial problems(you call it miserliness) lately. Couldn't even afford to buy a new bucket(handle broken) and pillow(don't know why).
I made changes to the site-
>Wider content
>No G+ profile
>No 'freedom' picture
All these do not matter much. I was just trying to reduce the blog's loading time.
About Kritin: You must have noticed a name which I mentioned thrice(third at this sentence' beginning). Kritin is an electronics hobbyist, my friend and roommate. "I want to do research, teach and win Noble prize" he says. He is ready to sell the above robot. Ask for a quote by commenting below if you are finding it difficult to wake up early.
Now its time for some random pics:
When intellectual individuals are given time to do just one thing - waste!
Eleven displayed on seven segment display. Error!
Best battery in the world.
The Boogeyman
courtesy: Kritin
Foreground: Green LED(on)
Background: Blue LED(off)
RBG mix on my palm
Thanks for reading!
Goutham
.
.
Really!
I switched over to Nokia 1100(that old.... phone, just phone) from Samsung Star. Android in small phones sucks! There are no developers taking care of smaller models and as time passes, the OS crashes these phones every now and then and there will be a time when people realize the need for a basic thing called "phone".
1100 is great! Since the time I started using it, avoided momentary data connection (also balance cuts), no battery crashes(it needs to be charged only once in four days) and it slips easy into my pocket unlike those big 'galaxies' that break when you sit with them in your back pocket.
The best part is it is robust. Survives fall from great heights.
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| Nokia 1100, The 'phone' |
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| This android shows itself charging in spite no external connection. Courtesy: Kritin |
Kritin and myself took part in a biology quiz 'Mind Vs Wild' this technical fest at SRM University. Though we have non-biology past, we could make it to finals. Now I explain what happened: Eight teams; each of two, made it to final round. Through all the quiz, we had score multiplier cards(2x, 3x & 4x) along with negative marking answering wrong. With these cards you can shoot your score up or bring it down. Since its eight questions and 3 cards for each team, the cards had to be used somewhere. We all had great time till last question. Astonishingly, four teams scored 56 and other four teams scored 10. It was a tie. Another question(this time any card choice) to go and we decided to use 2x. We didn't want to take risk but we answered it correct. The last two teams took 4x and their answers were also right(Noooooooooooo!). Since it was another tie, one of them won and carried away 6000 INR. The next team carried 3000 INR. We carried nothing(Uh! we must have taken 4x and made it forward). We both learnt a lesson: take risks.
Another highlight during the week was 'The Eye'. It is a prop human eye(ignore the size) Kritin and myself made for Arvind(the committee head) of the ongoing fest, Aaruuushh(Yeah it sounds kinda awkward but lets face it - AAARUUSHHHHHHH.........., the non-technical management fest of SRM University [Hehe, just kidding...]). Here is footage of Kritin and me with The Eye:
The next day we had 'Kanan Gill' show in our campus. Had good laugh over things we often listen to!
Then came project time. Time to test our skills, creativity and passion towards electronics(seriously) under two subjects: microprocessors and communication systems. You can take a look at communication systems project report here. It is a simulation project which simulates....well, take a look as I said.
In the microprocessor one, we use a microcontroller(to those MBA guys: both don't differ much in terms of productivity). Kritin made a robot. The video above explains it all. "The robot is intended to make noise, wake man, make him chase and switch it off. Thus ensuring he is ready for the day's work with nice warm-up" said Kritin. The irony: on day of submission, he had to wake up early to prepare the robot. The next day he woke up at 8 only to realize that he switched off his phone when it rang at 6. He needn't bunk a class if he'd prepared that thing a day earlier:(
I made this:
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| E-tape as described above |
Shit happens. Even to me. Few call me Bhagwan(God) for what I do. I deny. Because God has no form i.e. no physical body, hence no hands and legs. So he is jobless. I am busy(writing this post). So I am not God:)
Hence shit happens.
I went into low the day before project demo and ate junk outside that night. Came back to room and checked the battery. It was discharged! This charged me to change the battery and got me work till 5:30am to make the board shown above. What a night!
I heard my calling earlier this month. It is just one word. It is GATE, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering. It is my GATEway to my future. From now I have 15 months to prepare well. 15 months to prove that even a loser can have an awesome career. 15 months to prove myself. Let me prove it.
I was having financial problems(you call it miserliness) lately. Couldn't even afford to buy a new bucket(handle broken) and pillow(don't know why).
I made changes to the site-
>Wider content
>No G+ profile
>No 'freedom' picture
All these do not matter much. I was just trying to reduce the blog's loading time.
About Kritin: You must have noticed a name which I mentioned thrice(third at this sentence' beginning). Kritin is an electronics hobbyist, my friend and roommate. "I want to do research, teach and win Noble prize" he says. He is ready to sell the above robot. Ask for a quote by commenting below if you are finding it difficult to wake up early.
Now its time for some random pics:
The Boogeyman
courtesy: Kritin
Background: Blue LED(off)
Thanks for reading!
Goutham
