Friday, September 24, 2010

10 things to know before purchasing a Health Insurance Policy ?

Please do look in to the following when you purchase a health insurance policy :

1)   Your need (Hospital Cash,Critical Illness,HC+CL+Death Benifit)
2)   Age limit & Maturity Age
3)   Amount of premium need to pay(monthly/quaterly/yearly)
4)   The amount of premium increase in later years(5).i.e,Premium Guarantee
5)   Any exclusions
6    Pay Limitations.i.e, pay percentages for claims
7)   Coverage inclusion for preexisting diseases
8)   Does the policy continue after one claim ?
9)   Network of hospitals you cover in the region you reside
10) Claims Process in Network & Non-Network hospitals

Friday, September 17, 2010

Do you wish to watch mysore palace virtually ?

Please go through the below link:
http://www.mysorepalace.tv/360_Eng/index.html

Nandan Nilekani's dream - how the national ID card will work

Nandan Nilekani's dream - how the national ID card will work   .........

Operator : "Thank you for calling Pizza Hut . May I have your..."

Customer: "Heloo, can I order.."

Operator : "Can I have your multi purpose ID card number first, Sir?"

Customer: "It's he..., hold..........on......889861356102049998-45-54610"

Operator : "OK... You're... Mr Singh and you're calling from 17 Jal Vayu.....Your home number is 2x26xxxx, your office 250xxxxx and your mobile is 09xxxxxxxx. Which number are you calling from now Sir?"

Customer: "Home! How did you get all my phone numbers?

Operator : "We are connected to the system Sir"

Customer: "May I order your Seafood Pizza..."

Operator : "That's not a good idea Sir"

Customer: "How come?"

Operator : "According to your medical records, you have high blood pressure and even higher cholesterol level Sir"

Customer: "What?... What do you recommend then?"

Operator : "Try our Low Fat Pizza. You'll like it"

Customer: "How do you know for sure?"

Operator : "You borrowed a book entitled "Popular Dishes" from the National Library last week Sir"

Customer: "OK I give up... Give me three family size ones then, how much will that cost?"

Operator : "That should be enough for your family of 05, Sir. The total is Rs 500.00"

Customer: "Can I pay by! Credit card?"

Operator : "I'm afraid you have to pay us cash, Sir. Your credit card is over the limit and you owe your bank Rs 23,000.75 since October last year.  That's not including the late payment charges on your housing loan, Sir.."

Customer: "I guess I have to run to the neighbourhood ATM and withdraw some cash before your guy arrives"

Operator : "You can't Sir. Based on the records, you've reached your daily limit on machine withdrawal today"

Customer: "Never mind just send the pizzas, I'll have the cash ready. How long is it gonna take anyway?"

Operator : "About 45 minutes Sir, but if you can't wait you can always come and collect it on your Nano Car..."

Customer: " What!"

Operator : "According to the details in system ,you own a Nano car,...registration number GZ-05-AB-1107.."

Customer: " ?"

Operator : "Is there anything else Sir?"

Customer: "Nothing... By the way... Aren't you giving me that 3 free bottles of cola as advertised?"

Operator : "We normally would Sir, but based on your records you're also diabetic....... "

Customer: #$$^%&$@$% ^

Operator : "Better watch your language Sir.. Remember on 15th July 2010 you were convicted of using abusive language on a policeman...?"



Customer: [Faints] 


Source: TCS Friends

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Does Robots FLY & SWIM ?

Certainly Yes.The advancements in robotics made it possible.

Festo the world's wellknown supplier of automation technology made it happen.The Festo scientists made a closer look in in biology in parallel to robotics and succeed in implementing it.

 In their recent innovations they had created Festo's AquaPenguin and AirPenguin robots.

AquaPenguin:
 As we know penguins use very less energy to swin to larger miles and scientists studied this at a closer look and designed a Aqua Penguin with a combination of bio-inspired technologies.This robot can swin in water as a penguin
Video: http://www.festo.com/ext/en/12083_12102.htm#id_12102

AirPenguin:
This robo is designed  in such a way  that it can fly like a bird in the air using its power supplied wings
Video: http://www.festo.com/ext/en/12085_12109.htm#id_12109

Source:  www.festo.com