It’s a practice of artificially inducing or increasing precipitation through clouds by adding external agents.
The foreign particles which are drenched over these clouds can be Dry Ice(solid carbon dioxide), Silver Iodide, Salt powder etc. This process is known as Cloud Seeding. This stimulation is done by aeroplanes or rockets. And then finally "rain on".
A blockchain is a growing list of records, called blocks, which are linked using cryptography. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block a timestamp, and transaction data (generally represented as a Merkle tree).
By design, a blockchain is resistant to modification of the data. It is “an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way
A smart city is a framework, predominantly composed of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), to develop, deploy and promote sustainable development practices to address growing urbanization challenges. A big part of this ICT framework is essentially an intelligent network of connected objects and machines that transmit data using wireless technology and the cloud. Cloud-based IoT applications receive, analyze and manage data in real time to help municipalities, enterprises and citizens make better decisions in the moment that improve quality of life.
Citizens engage with smart city ecosystems in a variety of ways using smartphones and mobile devices, as well as connected cars and homes. Pairing devices and data with a city’s physical infrastructure and services can cut costs and improve sustainability. Communities can improve energy distribution, streamline trash collection, decrease traffic congestion and even improve air quality with help from the IoT.
Even though with the name the technology might seem something from a sci-fi movie and doubtful to get real in the near future, the truth is that Genetic Fortune Telling is already at the doorstep of disrupting the public healthcare sector.
With years of research and studying the human genome, scientists have found commonalty between people who are suffering from similar kind of health issues. They have finally concluded that most common diseases are a result of a bunch of genes acting together. Not only this, many behaviours and traits, like IQ are also covered in this conclusion.
Using data from a large amount of ongoing genetic studies, scientists are creating a score card for individuals called “Polygenic Risk Scores“. With the help of these scores they can determine the chances of an individual getting diseases like cancer. They can also predict other delicacies like IQ and will a new born be a smart or an average person.
The real benefit of this study is that it will help in creating the medicines that could directly attack at the root cause of the problem. Also, pharma companies can test the drugs better by testing the medicines on a person with higher probability of getting a disease. Not only this but your genetic report card will also help determine which medicine is more suitable for you.
But the fact of the matter is that, these reports are far from acceptable accuracy right now. It requires a lot of research and genome study to accurately predict the traits of a new born.
The day is not far when a new born will get its DNA report card at birth. These reports will offer predictions about
Chances of suffering a heart attack
Acquiring Cancer
Getting addicted to smoking or tobacco
Taking drugs
Ethical Issues
No technological advancements come without its disadvantages. Genetic Fortune Telling promises to be the quantum leap in public health prediction but it has its own ethical concerns. This includes chances of genetic discrimination as well. With babies getting their genetic score card at birth, there are chances that this might lead to genetic discrimination where one child is treated better than other.
The success of the technology lies in the way we plan to use it.
How are we planning to use this information?
Will it change how we educate children?
Can it help them define their outlook towards life?
Will it change how we judge their potential?
There are many questions that are yet to be answered but this is what makes a new technology exiting and alarming as well
A quantum computer harnesses some of the almost-mystical phenomena of quantum mechanics to deliver huge leaps forward in processing power. Quantum machines promise to outstrip even the most capable of today’s—and tomorrow’s—supercomputers.
They won’t wipe out conventional computers, though. Using a classical machine will still be the easiest and most economical solution for tackling most problems. But quantum computers promise to power exciting advances in various fields, from materials science to pharmaceuticals research. Companies are already experimenting with them to develop things like lighter and more powerful batteries for electric cars, and to help create novel drugs.
The secret to a quantum computer’s power lies in its ability to generate and manipulate quantum bits, or qubits
