Android phone will soon let you track gunfire direction

Whoever thought the already awesome capabilities of Android smartphones could be extended to include the power to track the direction from which gunfire is heard? If the new system presented by Vanderbilt University researchers proves viable, it will undoubtedly be of great use to cops and other law enforcement officers in the future.

The minds behind this creation comprise of computer engineers from the university’s Institute of Software Integrated Systems. Of course, the technology we’re talking about is not an entirely new affair and the US Department of Defense is reported to have set aside a fair sized budget to build sniper location detectors for military vehicles. The folks over at ISIS seem to envision finding uses for this technology in the relatively mainstream area too.

But don’t mistake the aforesaid smartphone system to merely consist of an app which employs the already embedded sensors and audio receptors to pick up the direction from which a shot is fired. The actual military design requires a set of modules to work together and send the necessary information to each other in order to pinpoint the origin of a gunshot.

The system constructed by the Vanderbilt engineers also needs an Android device, tailor-made software and a sensor module the size of a pack of cards, in order to function. The said node mainly consists of a set of microphones, a micro-processor and a clock. The muzzle blast emitted by a firearm when it goes off and the signature shockwaves made by a bullet when it travels through air are touted to deliver the essential data needed by the module.

The information is then beamed to the connected handset over Bluetooth and several modules working in tandem should be able to sketch out a gunshot’s point of origin via triangulation. The researchers have developed two different ways to get this system running. Six nodes with one mic each can be calibrated to acquire precise location data or just two modules carrying four microphones each may be employed to obtain a rough estimate based on shockwaves.

The Android smartphone or tablet system for tracking gunfire direction is not Vanderbilt researchers’ first stab at this sort of intelligence. The university also boasts of having engineered combat helmets which can locate enemy snipers, in the past.

( Source : mobiletor.com)

What Color Is A Mirror?

What Color Is A Mirror?

So Let us ask an interesting question... What is the color of a MIRROR???

You Might say silver as always Mirrors are illustrated that way.

To make sure they are made out of silver or silvery things like Aluminium .... But mirror in Reality is whatever color you are pointed at.. that is if you look into the mirror it becomes U-colored, isn't it ;)

This is all because they don't absorb color.

 The color of the object is because the objects absorb all the colors of the spectrum except for the color they emit out.. but in the case of mirrors its the opposite.. A perfect mirror reflects all colors equally..

so.. in a way we can say a mirror is WHITE except a mirror dosen't reflect the colors in the same way as a pigment does,,,,

A mirror reflects the light in a single out going direction..SPECULAR REFLECTION

This reflection creates the image of the very thing in front of the mirror ..so as a joke a mirror is a kinda SMART WHITE..

But wait a sec... that is a perfect mirror...we live in a world where there are no perfect mirrors..every mirror absorbs a little bit of light

So Technically a mirror emits a certain color... that is a tiny tiny tiny bit of GREEN............................

You may have noticed this yourself when investigating a mirror tunnel..this happens when two mirrors face each other.. if not try it once

Reflecting the same scene back and forth and back n forth with each new reflection a little bit more visible light is lost ... but GREEN least of all..........................................

Thats why the 'reflection deep down the tunnel is dimmer and a way GREENER

Hence if any of your friends ask you what color is the mirror...

The answer would be a GREEN

Never let a Man....... ;)

Four friends spend weeks planning the perfect camping and riding trip.

Two days before the group is to leave, Rob’s wife puts her foot down and tells him he isn’t going.

Rob’s friends are very upset, but what can they do.

Two days later the three get to the camping site only to find Rob sitting there with tent set up, firewood gathered, and supper cooking on the fire.

“Dam man, how long you been here and how did you talk your wife into letting you go?”

“Well, I’ve been here since yesterday. Last evening I was sitting in my chair and my wife came up behind me, put her hands over my eyes and said ‘guess who’?”

I pulled her hands off and she was wearing a brand new see through nightie. She took my hand and took me to our bedroom. The room had two dozen candles and rose petals all over. She had on the bed, handcuffs and ropes! She told me to tie and cuff her to the bed and I did. And then she said, “now you can do what ever you want.”

So here I am…. 

Moral: NEVER deny a man meeting his friends..!

Temple runner : Life

Isnt life like temple run and subway surfer???

Running all d way to collect coins
to reach no where and spending dose coins just to run more efficiently......!!!

Our role in Universe

 Ever wondered what Universe is?????



I always wonder what is universe and what is our part in it......

The Universe is commonly defined as the totality of existence... This is what definitions say.. I just wonder what is the totality and did the existence of ourselves include in the totality they are speaking of and what big is the role of US in that totality.

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This is a blog where you can find all the Random stuff you always hear of,stuff you never heard of,stuff you might want to hear of and stuff you might get curious of.

So Join the Ride.......................