Thusjanthan Kubendranathan B.Sc

When there's something you really want, fight for it, don't give up no matter how hopeless it seems. When you've lost that hope, ask yourself if in ten years from now, you're going to wish you gave it just one more shot. For the best things in life, don't come free.

Thought I'd live blog about the 2nd debate of Obama and john that is going on right now. I tried to get most of the important thoughts out.

Question 1 regarding the economy was obviously regarding the middle class and the economy.

- Barack gave some fixed
- Treasurer secretary chosen that understand that its not enough to just help the people at the top. We gota help the middle class. Many of the people, wages have flattened. Tax cut policy, provide 95% working two jobs etc.

Dr. Steve Curley who is leading the tests with this new method to treat cancer claims that the treatment has proven 100% successful at killing cancerous cells. This new therapy involves no radiation/chemotherapy but rather injecting nanoparticles into the body. These nanoparticles then attach to cancerous cells then "cooks" tumors inside the body with harmless radio waves. According to Dr. Curley these nanoparticles have yet to harm any normal cells.

Being a Hindu I thought I should blog about this. A baby born with two faces in India is thought to be a reincarnation of a Hindu goddess. This is interesting as most babies that come out as conjoint twins are physically unstable to carry out their normal body functions. This also does depend on where they are conjoint, but being joint at the head could be a very serious problem. Anyhow, the doctor delivering the baby told the mother that this baby was normal so it is interesting. Could this be a reincarnation?

Article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in...

In 2003 the genome project sequenced the first human genome. Now in 2007 this service is available to the general public where each person has the ability to sequence their own DNA and find out what disease lurks from within. So far two companies have come out with this service:

https://www.23andme.com/ - This site is Google driven and costs $999 and a swab from your mouth to get you your results.

http://www.decodeme.com/ - A little cheaper with $985 based off of a a bio-pharmaceutical company.

Article: http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=72177

I saw this on reuters tech week and was pretty amazed at how well this robot played the violin. The human like form with precise fingering was really awesome to watch. At the end the show, the way that the robot waved and took a bow also amazed me. This really does tell me that we are moving into the new world where robots will be roaming among us and the movie irobot will not be just a movie but would rather be a reality.

Furthering my post on biotechnology, I recently read an article claiming that the gene of interest that is the primary cause of Alzheimer's has been discovered. The amyloid-beta protein (A-beta)is thought to stick together to form toxic deposits in the brain. This does explain the loss of memory as a result of this behavior. I do recall seeing a discovery channel show where they mentioned that the size of the gray matter of a person's brain is directly proportional to the memory power of the individual.

The name Sabeer Bhatia isn't known to many, however most have used his product one time or another, Hotmail. The inventor of hotmail who sold it off to Microsoft for a good $400 million has now created another bargaining ground. Live Documents, what this does is basically offer free what the Office product line offers for $500 a piece. Sabeer Bhatia and a team of 32 engineers off of the IT sector of India have cracked Microsoft's Office line open and provided an online interface. Essentially its an email box where you store your documents and can edit/save/retrieve etc.

During my undergrad years, I've always wondered: This has already been done, that has already been done... What is next? Is there any more advances in the technology industry? As always something new seems to be cropping up and catching the eye of the public. After all it is the public that drives the industry. Even now I am wondering what is new? What can be done to become the next millionaire?