ROBOTICS WORKSHOPS

Robotics Workshops @ Hyderabad, Bangalore, Vishakhapatnam
Technophilia Solutions presents a Robotics Workshop: ROBOKRITI – An Art of Building Robots, a certified course with an aim of Training Engineering students in the dimensionless field of robotics.

The Course Content of the Workshop:
• Wired Robotics
• Wireless Robotics
• Computer Controlled Robotics
• Speech Controlled Robotics
• PCB Designing & Development

Highlights:
• Certificates for all participants

Duration:
Two days - 9am to 6pm

Venue:
HYDERABAD
04 - 05 October - Banquet Hall, Taj Mahal Hotel, Abid Road, Hyderabad – 1

BANGALORE
11 – 12 October - At Shrusti Hotel, Jai Munirao Circle, Bengaluru-79

VISHAKHAPTNAM
18 – 19 October - The Grand Central Hotel, Jagadamba Jn., Vishakhapatnam

For registrations:
Log on to: www.technophilia.co.in/robokriti.php
Contact: 022-32151556/57, 09223297499.

HIGHEST PAID YOUNG CEO'S

Nabeel Gareeb, MEMC Electronic Materials

Topping the list of highest paid CEOs is 43-year-old Nabeel Gareeb of Pakistani origin, CEO of chipmaker MEMC Electronic Materials since April 2002 with a total compensation package of $79.6 million.

Gareeb joined MEMC as CEO in April 2002. Gareeb's appointment came after Texas Pacific Group purchased the company from its German owners in 2001 and recapitalised the business.

Prior to joining MEMC, Gareeb was the Chief Operating Officer of International Rectifier Corporation, a leading supplier of power semiconductors, where he was responsible for worldwide operations, research and development and marketing.

He joined International Rectifier in 1992 as Vice President of Manufacturing and subsequently held other senior management positions. Gareeb immigrated to US from Pakistan more than 25 years ago. He holds an MSc in engineering management, and a Bachelors in electrical and electronic engineering.

Jen-Hsun Huang, Nvidia

Second on the list is Nvidia Corporation co founder Jen-Hsun Huang. Huang founded graphic chip maker in April 1993 today commands a pay packet of $45.9 million. He has being President, Chief Executive Officer, and a member on Nvidia's Board since its inception.

Under his leadership, Nvidia emerged as a leading name in programmable graphics processing technologies and one of the semiconductor industry's largest fabless companies.

Huang also serves on the Rand Corporation' s Board of Trustees and is a member of the Committee of 100, an organisation that addresses issues concerning the Chinese-American community and US-China relations.

Prior to founding Nvidia, Huang held engineering, marketing and general management positions at LSI Logic, and was a microprocessor designer at Advanced Micro Devices.

Huang holds a BSEE degree from Oregon State University and an MSEE degree from Stanford University.

Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems

Jonathan Schwartz, chief executive officer and president of Sun Microsystems is the third highest-paid young tech CEO with an annual package of $13.5 million. A member of Sun's board of directors, Schwartz became company's CEO in 2006, succeeding the Sun's co-founder and current chairman of the board, Scott McNealy.

Schwartz was promoted to president and chief operating officer in 2004, and managed all operational functions at Sun -- from product development and marketing, to global sales and service.

A leader behind many of Sun's open source and standard setting initiatives, Jonathan's been an outspoken advocate for the network as a utility with more than just value for the computing industry -- but as a tool for driving economic, social and political progress.

Prior to his position as COO, Schwartz served as Sun's executive vice president for software, its Chief Strategy Officer, and held a variety of leadership positions across product and corporate development.

He joined Sun in 1996 after the company acquired Lighthouse Design, where he was CEO and co-founder. Prior to that, Schwartz was with McKinsey & Co. Schwartz received degrees in economics and mathematics from Wesleyan University.

Shantanu Narayen, Adobe Systems

Forty-four-year old electronics engineer from Hyderabad, Shantanu Narayen, became Adobe's CEO last year. His annual compensation is at $12 million.

Narayen joined Adobe in January 1998 as Vice President and General Manager of Adobe's engineering technology group. In January 1999, he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Products and in March 2001 he was promoted to Executive Vice President, Worldwide Product Marketing and Development.

In January 2005, Narayen was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Adobe. Prior to joining Adobe, Narayen co-founded Pictra Inc in 1996.

Together with the ex-CEO Bruce Chizen, Narayen spearheaded the $3.4 billion acquisition of Macromedia Inc in 2005, expanding Adobe's software platform and solutions and strengthening the company's presence in key markets ranging from enterprise and vertical industries to mobile devices and multimedia publishing.

Narayen is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley.

Narayen holds a bachelor's degree in electronics engineering from Osmania University in India, a master's degree in computer science from Bowling Green State University, and a master's degree in business administration from the Haas School of Business.

Dara Khosrowshahi, Expedia

At no. five is CEO of Expedia Dara Khosrowshahi with a total compensation package of is $4.9 million.

Founded as a division of Microsoft in October 1996, Expedia was spun off in 1999. The company was later purchased by USA Networks in 2001.

The 39-year-old Khosrowshahi became CEO of Expedia when it spun off from IAC/InterActiveCorp (IAC) in August 2005. He joined IAC in 1998 as vice president of strategic planning. Prior to this he worked at Allen & Company LLC from 1991 to 1998, where he served as vice president from 1995 to 1998.

Khosrowshahi received a BA in engineering from Brown University in 1991

Francisco D'Souza, Cognizant

At no. six is thiry-nine-year old Francisco D'Souza, president and chief executive officer of Cognizant. D'Souza who has been the company's President and CEO since January 2007 has an annual compensation package of $3.7 million.

Prior to this he was the Chief Operating Officer for Cognizant's global delivery, marketing and sales, business development and client services operations. He has also led the company's North American and European operations.

Earlier, Francisco held key positions at The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation in marketing, strategic planning and new business development in Germany, US and India.

Born in Kenya, he has Bachelors degree from the University of East Asia. He has also done MBA from Carnegie-Mellon University.

NEW AIR TICKETS

You Can tear the part of the ticket,another part is a watch
There are magnetic buttons at the opposite ends of the wrist watch,one positive,and one negative.These magnets serve as a battery,when connected,will reveal the time and another informatio relevant during journey

BLUE TOOTH HEADSETS

Entry-level
Budget: Rs 2,000 – Rs 3,500
Models: Logitech Mobile Express, Sony Ericsson HBH-610, Motorola H500, Plantronics Explorer 320, Nokia HS-36W


In this age of wireless and mobile connectivity, a variety of spiffy and feature-rich Bluetooth headsets are available in the market. When you are planning to buy a Bluetooth headset,remember that you will be wearing it for a considerably long period and so the headset should feel comfortable when placed against your ears. Entry-level headsets are best suited for those who are looking for basic Bluetooth functionality such as making and receiving calls. The Logitech Mobile Express is a basic Bluetooth headset without any frills and fancies and is light on the pocket. However, it is not comfortable to wear. If you want no compromise on performance within a tight budget, try the Motorola H500. It has a sleek, streamlined design and an ergonomic ear hook, which feels comfortable when placed against the ear. But as the headset is a tad bulky, it is advisable not to use it for a long durations. The headset has a range of 15 meters and offers average sound clarity. Therefore, don’t expect it to sound good in a noisy environment.

Mid-range
Budget: Rs 3,500- Rs 6,000
Models: Logitech Mobile Traveller, Jabra BT250v,Motorola H700, Plantronics Discovery 640


Headsets in the mid-range category include features like a good microphone, one-touch functionality like receive, end, and reject calls. Also, these headsets are lightweight and comfortable. The Jabra BT250v is the best headset in this category; it looks like something out of a sci-fi movie-it is sleek and comfortable with plenty of features. It is contoured to fi t nicely behind your ear with a bendable, soft rubber ear bud arm on the top. This headset offers a talk time of 5 hours and a range of 30 meters. Another contender that you could look at in this category is the Motorola H700-a perfect blend of comfort, performance, price and appeal. A lightweight headset, it sports good looks and is very comfortable to wear. It offers a talk time of more than 6 hours. On the front of this headset, you will fi nd a large call button which handles call answer, end and pairing functions as well as powering on and off the headset-this is good as it reduces the overall weight of the headset. However, the range offered by this headset is nothing to rave about-a conservative 12 meters.

High-end
Budget: Rs 6,000 and above
Models: Jabra JX10, Jabra SP500, Plantronics Pulsar 590A


Headsets in this category are headturners that people would like to fl aunt. These are sexy, sleek, lightweight and don’t compromise on the comfort factor. Also, these headsets cater to the entertainment needs of users. The Plantronics Pulsar 590A,for example, provides wireless compatibility for any device with a headphone jack such as laptop, home stereo, MP3 player including the iPod and multimedia device such as the Sony PSP. It is fashioned in the headband type instead of the usual ear bud type. The headband offers add-ons not found in other headsets such as USB charging cable, desktop charging stand, etc. So if you don’t mind spending a little extra, you should check out the Pulsar 590A. The Jabra JX10 is a lightweight headset and features a comfortable ear loop. It offers a talk time of more than 6 hours. The volume buttons and the charger port are placed on the top while the Answer/End button is positioned on the left. You can easily press these buttons while wearing the headset without having to look. The JX10 comes with compromise on performance.

LATEST MP3 PLAYERS

SOLID STATE MP3 PLAYERS

Suggested Models
iPod Nano, iPod Touch, iRiver E10, Creative Nano Plus
Budget
Rs 1800 – Rs 15,000

Solid state memory based players are the hardy dudes of the MP3 player world. They have no moving parts inside them and are best suited to be used as rugged music players with limited capacity. The maximum capacity available in these is roughly around 8 GB, and the higher capacity models amongst these cost a bomb. Solid state players generally use flash memory for storage and come with the usual positives and negatives of flash memory based devices. The file transfer rates of these devices are mostly more than hard-drive based players.
Since these players have no moving parts and only depend on solid state components to store data, they don’t need any shock absorption. Both these properties make these players lighter than their hard-drive based counterparts. Solid state players come in various shapes and sizes and don’t need to adhere to any limitations due to their flexible storage components, thus we get to see some really small mp3 players that can even be used as pieces of jewelry—and considering their higher price per MB ratio, large capacity models can even be considered as gems!
Again due to an absence of any moving parts, solid state players do not have to deal with most physical phenomenon like friction and heat, and thus they can better utilize their battery power for playing music rather than spinning hard-drives. Since data is not read from a physical medium but from a solid state one, these players don’t need to use many error correction mechanisms, also saving power spent on these computational processes

HARD DRIVE BASED MP3 PLAYERS

Suggested Models
A2, Apple iPod Classic, Creative Zen Vision: M
Budget
Rs 16,000 – Rs 24,000

Generally considered the high capacity behemoths of media players, these devices do much more than just play music. You can usually make out a hard-drive based player from a solid state one just by its size and weight. These boys are big and bulky, usually with huge screens and feature lists that can fill up multiple pages. Since product designers get the luxury of space from these devices they tend to cram them full of options and capabilities.
Hard drive based MP3 players come in capacities generally greater than 20 GB and go upto 160 GB, and can even play multiple video formats and feature decent photo management features to rival cameras. Some come with USB OTG (On The Go) functionality so that you can copy files to and from other USB based storage devices like MP3 player, cameras and USB sticks. These devices have enough space to store all the data that is needed, as their price per MB is way lower compared to flash based players.
However since these players use hard-disks as their storage medium, they have to be handled delicately as they can’t take much abuse like their solid state brothers. These can and will lose data and even become non-operational if they are dropped. Also since hard drives have motors, they can quickly suck up battery life while watching movies and the like. Thus hard-drive players have lesser battery life compared to flash based players. Since hard-disk drives don’t usually come smaller than 2.5-inches, these players have to be at least this wide