aussome news

(taken from the internet)
Intel will be releasing a win for visually impaired people, a newdevice called the Intel Reader. It allows visually impaired people totake a snapshot of a newspaper, book, or magazine and have it readback to them. It's estimated that in the US alone there are as many as55 million people who could make use of such a device. It comes athefty price though: the paperback-sized device costs $1,499. Thedevice contains a 5-megapixel camera and is powered by a Linux OCRsystem that converts text into spoken words. The device can hold up to2GB of data, which would equate to around 600 snapshots. In additionto reading text, the device can also play back audio books in a numberof supported formats such as MP3 and WAV. The Intel Reader is expectedto be released next Tuesday. The device won't be speedy: Intel says ittakes about 30 seconds to process each page of text... It took...about 30 minutes to scan in the pages of a 250-page book and then onehour to process them. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/11/10/intel-offers-an-e-reader-with-a-difference/tab/print/

know your eyes

(taken from the internet)
Know your Eyes


1.Eyes are the most complex organs you possess except for your brain.


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2.Eyes are composed of more than two million working parts.


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3.Eyes can process 36,000 bits of information every hour.


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4.Under the right conditions, can discern the light of a candle at a distance of 14 miles.


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5.Eyes contribute towards 85% of your total knowledge.


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6.Eyes utilize 65% of all the pathways to the brain.


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7.Eyes can instantaneously set in motion hundreds of muscles and organs in your body.


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8.In a normal life-span, will bring you almost 24 million images of the world around you.


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9.The external muscles that move the eyes are the strongest muscles in the human body for the job that they have to do. They are 100 times more powerful than they need to be.


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10.The adult eyeball measures about 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter. Of its total surface area only one-sixth is exposed -- the front portion.


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11.The eye is the only part of the human body that can function at 100% ability at any moment, day or night, without rest. Your eyelids need rest, the external muscles of your eyes need rest, the lubrication of your eyes requires replenishment, but your eyes themselves "never" need rest. But please rest them!


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12.Eyes are your most precious sense... cares for them properly!
always thank God! because there are many person who are living with out sight! always be kind with everyone.

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