Archive for February, 2009

Human to Mermaid

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature that could breathe under water as well as on land and looks as if a half  human .Science makes man to become a mermaid or mermen which could breathe on  land as well as water.Alan Izhar-Bodner, an Israeli inventor, invented a special apparatus by which the divers are able to breathe under water without those massive oxygen tanks.The apparatus makes use of the dissolved oxygen in water to breathe ,as if a fish do. Behind the working The working principle of the apparatus is ‘Henry’s Law’.It states that the gas dissolved in a liquid is directly proportional to the pressure applied ie  more the pressure applied larger the  amount of gas that can be dissolved.This phenomenon could be observed while opening a soda can.When we read more

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Electronic Nose

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Human nose is one of the most amazing human organ which is able to detect more than 10,000 chemicals in air or simply able to detect many ‘smells’.For years scientists were on research to find an artificial nose better known as ‘electronic nose ‘to replace a natural one which could find a lot of applications in food industries,explosive industries and other industries where human intake of a chemical become harmful. Lawrence Livermore scientists were the leading ones in the field of miniature electronic tools to detect various magnetic,acoustic,seismic,electrical,nuclear signal etc.Now in favour of Departments of Defense and Homeland Security planners they are in research of miniaturized electronic nose that could be used to detect nuclear,toxic and explosive read more

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