I came to know about Pranav Mistry via the TED forums and I’m so glad I did. This young man is the epitome of inspiration to many youth, worldwide Indians and others for that matter. To me, what’s more attractive than anything else is his humility and passion. He’s the man behind the “Sixth Sense Device” and here are a few TED video which are “must sees”.

Wish him all the best.

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The last time I remember there was an eclipse (don’t remember if it was lunar or solar) I was in college I guess, there was again a huge hype around how to watch it with your naked eye.
Still remember how people made funny sun glasses (or were they given from the Govt? No clue)..and some people even said you can see the reflection on “Gobar water” (Which is a mixture of cow dung in water). Sounds silly, but I hope you’ll excuse my ignorance in this area.

In India, I still hear people associating bad omen with eclipses. Interesting, is it not? I’ve heard my folks say that the countries that the eclipse is on will face severe evil, shortly. Now, could this be linked to Jucelino’s predictions? He says, there’ll be a massive earthquake in Sep, 2008.

Anyhow, the August 1 eclipse will be seen for around 2 minutes, but here in India it will be a partial one. The best view is from China, Russia, Mongolia and Canada.
NatGeo has a detail and clear report on this. Check out.