Imagine Cup --> 2008

The World’s premier technology competition for students – Imagine Cup 2008 is going to be held in Paris , France this year .

The Theme for this year's competition is " The Environment " ..

The Imagine Cup is a popular annual competition and is one of Microsoft’s ways of encouraging young people to apply their imagination, passion and creativity to technology innovations that can make a difference in the world.

Now in its sixth year, the Imagine Cup has grown to be a truly global competition focused on finding solutions to real world issues.

This year, Microsoft is calling on young programmers, artists and technologists around the world to "imagine a world where technology enables a sustainable environment."

Students are challenged to bring their ideas to life in a multifaceted competition that comprises 9 categories, each catering to a different technological or artistic affinity. Students’ work will reflect valuable, real world solutions, while giving them the opportunity to compete for cash prizes.

The 9 different categories available for the competition are :

Software Design

Embedded Development

Game Development

Project Hoshimi

IT Challenge

Algorithm

Photography

Short Film

Interface Design


The 2008 World Finals will be held in Paris France from July 3-8, 2008.


All the very best to all the participants ..


Labels : Microsoft , imagine Cup 2008 , Categories of Competitions in imagine Cup

Holographic disks now a rival for Bluray

Gone are the days of DVD and Bluray here comes Holographic disks with storage upto 300GB..




A Holographic disk is about the size of Dvd which can hold data 60 times more than that of Dvd!!

Can u believe it that there are holographic disks which can hold data upto 300GB..

These disks store information through the interface of light through and a technique known as holographic memory..

Holographic disks were first designed by Inpase Technolgy Inc. located in USA ..

Data can be read and written from these disks @ 10 times faster than normal Dvd's..
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The discs, at 13 centimetres across, are a little wider than conventional DVDs, and slightly thicker. Normal DVDs record data by measuring microscopic ridges on the surface of a spinning disc. Two competing successors to the DVD format – Blu-ray and HD-DVD – use the same technique but exploit shorter wavelengths of light to cram more information onto a surface.
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Holographic recording also improves the data transfer rate which is now 27MB/sec. It was 20MB/sec.


Label : Holographic disks