12 Most Creative Indoor Staircases

 

Realisation Staircase

This modern staircase was made from a 10mm thick metal sheet. Each of the adjoining steps is connected with a slanting external side beam that forms a bracket attached to the wall. With a concept of a delicate rippling ribbon is definitely one of the most unique and thinnest staircases ever seen. It was created by HSH and it is now in one the contemporary houses in Liben, Prague. Although this original piece might look fragile, each of its brackets is constructed as a firm frame, so it is sturdy enough to carry weights.

Rare signature collection of Indian cricketers

Here is a rare collection of signatures of some of most famous Indian film cricketers...



Kapil Dev's signature


Sunil Gavaskar's signature

Rare signature collection of Indian film personalities

Here is a rare collection of signatures of some of most famous Indian film personalities.......

Dev Anand's Signature(Actor)


Asha Bhosale's Signature (Singer)


Lata Mangeshkar's signature(Singer)

Robot: The next doc?

Bangalore: Just when the burden of future health care seems to be looming large, it is robots that might be the answer to this growing crisis. Robots are becoming part of a broader 'telehealth' program in which a combination of electronics and communication can let doctors examine patients remotely or enable people to stay in touch with patients confined to their homes, reports Forbes.

As part of the U.S. Congress' ongoing health care debate, the House of Representatives has introduced language into its bill to establish an advisory committee on telehealth. The committee is to consider whether such procedures would be covered by Medicare and Medicaid - something that could be a giant step forward for robotics solutions.

"If we can virtually connect doctors to patients who need it most, wirelessly monitor our aging population and keep patients healthier at home, we can dramatically reduce our nation's health care costs," says Tandy Trower, Microsoft's robotics group's Director.

Although, robotic-assisted surgery has been going on for years, increasing number of companies are offering more technologies aimed at helping doctors ply their craft over great distances, particularly in rural areas.

Corporate giants including GE, Intel, LifeSize and Cisco are entering the health care market. In April, GE and Intel announced a quarter of a billion-dollar joint venture to develop home medical monitoring technologies. Recently, Cisco introduced "HealthPresence," a patient care technology that lets doctors and patients interact in much the same way as people engage in a videoconference.

"Companies use videoconference calling all the time; why shouldn't doctors?" says Colin Angle, CEO of iRobot, suggesting that remote diagnostic technologies or 'telerobotics' could let doctors interact with patients even if they are home in bed. A robot equipped with vital sign sensors - such as a stethoscope and a blood pressure monitor - could wirelessly convey that data to a doctor.

Microsoft and Google offer online health care accounts aimed at helping patients take better control of their own health records. There are also private practice doctors who are using all available social networking tools to stay on top of their patients' care.

Parkinson, who is an advocate for online medicine, cautions that there are side effects. "It's hard enough for doctors to encourage people to adopt healthier lifestyles. Doing it remotely gets even harder," he says. Also there is the issue of reimbursing doctors for their time. As a result, Parkinson believes telehealth will be a good way to augment care between in-person visits but doubts if it will ever completely replace in-office visits.

But, Microsoft's Trower believes that the next step in telepresence health care technologies will put a personal care robot in your home. "Imagine a robot in your elderly parents' home," Helen Grenier, Co-founder of iRobot and CEO of DroidWorks writes, "allowing you to virtually visit by means of video, or one that can deliver a drink and important medication at the right time, letting the aged remain independent longer."

13 year old Indian girl addresses UN summit

New York: Yugratna Srivastav, a 13-year-old girl from Lucknow has addressed the United Nations Climate Change Summit in New York. Yugratna's speech was cheered on by world leaders including UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon. "It was a very great experience for me because now actually I feel I'm one in a million who gets an opportunity to speak. I also met several heads of state and I was sitting next to Al Gore," said Yugratna to CNN-IBN.

"World leaders must recognise the energy and potential which lies in children and youth. This age group is just like flowing rivers and they make their own way in the direction in which they march," said Yugratna, a lively, committed and very passionate teenager.

Yugratna became sensitised to environmental protection in Grade 6 in St. Francis School in Shamli, India. It was there that she joined "Tarumitra" (Friends of Trees).

The non-governmental organization works hard to stop the felling of trees and forests, builds roadside gardens and cleans up garbage dumps, among other activities.

In 2008 Yugratna participated in the Tunza youth conference in Norway organised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and became a member of the Junior Board. Tunza is the UNEP magazine for youth.

She is the first Indian child to ever get elected to the Junior Board and was invited again to participate in this year's Tunza conference in Seoul.

When she is not in school, she is talking about climate change and environmental protection around India and abroad.

"For my generation in India, climate change means global warming, scarcity of food and drinking water and an outbreak of accentuated epidemics," she added.

Her increasing environmental activism has brought her to the attention of UNEP and now to the world leading to her addressing the UN Summit in New York.