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Connected Cars & Car Dashboard

Recently, one article about car dashboard caught my attention. I read full article. I was amused to know that car dashboard will be one of the major digital platform revenue drivers for car & communication companies and the revenues from connected car services are expected to touch around $152 billion in next 5 years i.e. by 2020.When I read the number of $152 billion, I was really taken aback by surprise! What I discovered was that the primary business of car dashboard will come from connected cars.
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Are Digital Gadgets disrupting your sleep???

Recently, survey had finding that 9 out of ten young adults using gadgets may not get enough sleep as a result of light from using their smartphones and tablets before calling it a night. As you might be aware, phone & tablet screens emit short wavelength blue light, which interferes with the production of melatonin, a hormone needed to control sleep patterns.  Due to this, lots of people are unable to get sound sleep at night.
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Decoded – Insurance Deductible

What is Insurance Deductible?

Basically, a deductible is the amount deducted from insurance claims by insurance company and it represents a risk between insurance company and policy holder. A deductible can be fixed amount or it can be percentage of insurance amount of a policy. Broadly speaking, the higher the deductible amount, the lower will be your insurance premium. The details about deductible amount can be found in declarations page of insurance policies. Read More…

What is Internet of Things (IoT)?

It is a new technological term of the movement called the “Internet of Things”. Simply said, it’s interconnection of tech gadgets & devices to internet with unique identifiers. And such devices have ability to transfer data over a network which includes smart phones, cars, home automation devices, computers, tablets, micro-electromechanical systems, electrical devices to anything which is in binary state. To certain extent, this is already implemented by some of rich & luxury-seeking millionaires. This was bound to happen, considering the increasing speed & decreasing cost of internet.

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Health benefits of Gluten-Free diet

Have you heard of a gluten-free diet? It is slowly becoming the latest trend in the food industry. Basically gluten is a special protein found in grains like wheat, barley and cereals.  Many people can’t digest gluten rich food. Such food causes allergy, making their small intestines inflammatory.  It is known as a Celiac disease. These people go for a gluten-free diet to control their allergies. Today more and more people are getting diagnosed with it. They are adapting to this diet which consists of rice and millet in place of wheat and barley. 
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This day in Science & Technology History

Telescope
The first US patent for a telescope design was issued to Alvan Clark of Cambridge in 1851. Clark was a painter but interested in astronomy like others. As a hobby, he manufactured small lenses and mirrors. Due to his expertise to detect the small residual errors in best lenses, he gained a reputation in Europe & then the American orders started to come in. His company – The Alvin Clark Company became one of the foremost producers of some of the largest lenses for telescopes in the 1800’s. Read More…

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