polymers as artificial muscles

Another technological breakthrough on the way is the development of polymers or plastic which react to the electric stimulations. This marks another leap in science as this are being used to simulate voluntary reactions of muscles. Such developments have showcased some robotic fish, plants and even jet propulsion systems. According to NASA, further research on this field would help astronauts explore the universe using artificial robots which would react to certain stimulations at the course of the navigation.

PayPerPost looks for integrity

With so many blogging monetization opportunities on the internet, I find PayPerPost as having the highest integrity. Integrity resulted from its large amount of prudence in terms of selecting the most appropriate blogs to showcase its advertisers. As a personal experience before I finally got accepted into this first post, I have had a few failed attempts. I was never discouraged however. It was however made as a challenge to improve my blog. When I got my first blog accepted, I was excited that I immediately wanted to write something about this site. I believe PayPerPost has just been really keen enough to sieve through the numerous applications and only consider for quality blogs online.

The opportunity that PayPerPost is giving me, created a good impression that I am in the right direction. And that I am doing the right thing. My sleepless night eventually pays off. How many times did I just realize the sun has had already risen just to make the looks and entries of my blog look perfect.

As a first attempt, the money that I may get from this will be used as a treat to this blog. The earning shall be used to buy this blog some advertisements to increase ranking and entice more viewers. In this way, more opportunities will come along the way.



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Warning to Entrecard Openers

I have been one of the enthusiastic members of entrecard. Much as I wanted to make things easy, I was able to find a program through a blog which promises to automatically open those sites with entrecard. Initially, this appears very good. Once installed and you hit the keys specified. It opens first the site which gave out the program. Indeed several sites are appearing and things went on conveniently. I just notice so many sites appearing with no entrecards but I did not mind them at all. The most important thing was I was just enthusiastically droppping my cards to other blogs. However, I noticed that my windows started to slow down and eventually crashed. I tried to have a regular schedule of virus scan and guess wha? The program is a TROJAN spyware. This program sucks. Never use them! If you have it on your computer right now better delete it and forget about the guy who gave you the program. I recommend you try scanning your computer had you installed this bad program.

50 $ 'save a child' blog challenge

I am giving away 50 US dollars to serious bloggers out there. Any type of English blog from any country is okey.

First prize - 25 US dollars - highest points
Second prise -15 dollars - second highest points
Third prize - 10 dollars - third highest points

Prizes to be paid via Paypal.

1) Make a blog about this contest. The main objective that is to eventually help poor children across the globe.(50 points). Note that you should keep the blog for the duration of the game while the winners should archive this in their blogs.

2) Join the Powermall (50 points) This is a mall where we can help the needy children.

3) Once you become an affiliate of powermall you can start inviting your friends. Each verified recruit is worth 30 points. There is no limit as to the number of recruits you can have. Please do not forget that you can only earn the points once they verify their links and join.

4) Continue to post a comment here and you receive 1 point. This however means an alternate comment for each poster to avoid spamming and please no repetitions of messages.

You will receive a constant update as to the highest points by each blogger here, so please subscribe to the feeds. Do not worry I regulary check this blog. You can send me a question or anything via comment.

The contest will stop as soon as we get confirmed 50 participants so that means this challenge can go quick. Winners will be announce and will be featured in this blog as an added bonus. The first 20 to join will receive extra 10 credits.

My little way of helping

I am seeing the future to be laden with more children suffering all over the world. However, this can be changed in our own little ways. In this way, I am offering a portion of this blog, mentioning some stories of our children who need our help.

Emanuel Lukwago is a sprite 7-year-old who lives in the small village of Bugonzi. He lives with his mother and two sisters. Emanuel’s father died seven years ago from AIDS. His mother and two sisters work as diggers from sunrise to sunset for meager wages. Digging is one of the lowest ranking jobs in Uganda. It is back-breaking work with a hand crafted shovel and is one of the few jobs women can get. Digging is usually for pit latrines, banana plantations, fire pits or graves. Payment for 10 hours of digging is usually 40-60 cents. (This is considered good money in Uganda as a well paid construction worker would get about $4 for same time of work.)

Three years ago, Emanuel was chosen to be part of the GCCI project. Because of this, he is the lucky one of the family who gets to attend school. Emanuel enjoys learning the basics of reading and English.

Emanuel’s day begins by walking the mile to school. After school he returns home to tend to his chicken which is part of the GCCI animal project. The chicken will provide fresh eggs for the family while Emanuel learns the responsibilities of caring for the animal. Since his mother and sisters are gone until after dark, Emanuel is home alone until their return. When they arrive home, a small meal of posho (similar to porridge or mush) will be prepared and shared between them.

Emanuel has been chosen to be part of the SIFA Africa Choir that will be touring the United States from April to September 2008. The choir will be performing to raise money for orphans like themselves whose parents have died from the AIDS pandemic in Uganda.

Although Emanuel is shy is front of others, he loves to sing. And once the music begins, all fear disappears and his contagious smile and energy engulf the room

Glory Children's City International (GCCI) is a group of more than 30 people who joined together in 2005 to make life better for a group of orphans in Masaka, Uganda. All of the officers and board members are volunteers. Administrative supplies, time, and all items needed for the GCCI project are donated by the board and other members. This is a program where 100% of the funding and resources go directly to the children.

Every purchase made on MY POWER MALL helps us feed, clothe and provide schooling for Emanuel.

Talking Webcams

There has been a latest craze among chatters now a days. When chatters run out of words and symbols and emoticons seem to be the only way to express your feelings, a new technology has been in store. Based on personal experience. this product adds more fun and excitement to one's chatting experience. In this way, chatting is never boring. Installation and features are also easy.

The tragedy that was blogcatalog

I started to be a very serious blogger lately that within a month I was religious trying to update my blog and join some potential sites which would increase my network blog on the net. Then I trusted blogcatalog. I submitted two sites : reality-idols and this site and both were approved. In fact, I donated a small amount as a support to the community. I was too enthusiastic, painfully reading blogs sieving all through blog mates profile, as well as commenting on their sites. The tragedy was that I was so overwhelmed by the possibilities of network that I got that I commented on most of my friends in the network. Consequently, I received a comment from the administrator to stop spamming on comments. I kindly responded I would stop. After three days, my account was suspended pending approval. When I logged in, username not found. I tried e-mailing about this issue, but for some reason but I was disregarded. For me this company was just not professional in terms of dealing the issue.

Finally, I did not regret it my being blocked from the site. After all, by end of this year blogcatalog it would start to be beset with other problems. Its popularity to decline as other more dynamic networking blog surface. Its ranking to would suffer. In short it would be drowned by newer and much more respectable blogging networks soon. In the end, this site would just fade away like a bubble. As a matter of fact, history would repeat itself. Blogcatalog would be once again put in a bidding.

Future of personal transportation

Companies, such as General Motors, are now curious as to what would be the future of technology. As a matter of fact, interns and futurists were called on to design how transportation would look and operate in the future. For me the most important thing should be how efficient should these transports be not only in terms of carrying us to our destinations but how they may also potentially our growing problem of declining oil reserves.

The signs of times

The beginning of the 21st century shall be hammered by typhoons from all over the world. It shall mark another series of tragedies that shall strike any country at any given time.

My visiting angel

Being in Japan can sometimes be lonely but today I feel happy and lucky to have a guest in my house, Saki Ramirez Yamaguchi. She is only only three months old but can already smile and seemingly talk to you. She likes to be with her mother always and calls for her all the time. She likes to be cradled in her mother's arm always. I am really amazed that she can already carry her milk bottle whenever she's feeding.

I know someday she will be a smart baby and will bring her mom, Espie, pride and joy. This blog for today is dedicated to this wonderful baby.

Secret of Okinawans' long life revealed

According to some legends, a long time ago one Emperor in China sent around 3,000 men to search for an island called Horai. Not a single man returned. The story has it that these men found a seeming "paradise" where they found the secret to long life.

This story is still famous in Japan, believing that these people could have been the earliest occupants of Okinawa. Among the areas in Japan, the Okinawan's have the longest life expectancy of more than 100 years old. According to the Japanese Ministry, in 2008 there have been almost 400 people Okinawan's who are longer than 100 years old.

According to Okinawa Research Center for Longevity Science, the most common response among the older people whose age ranged between 80 and above is there diet. Among the most commonly mentioned responses included bitter gourd (goya), tofu, and champuru. Better gourds are belived to have anti-oxidants, tofu is good for the immune system, the champuru is a mix or variety of low-fat meal such as fish.

Interesting to note that the old people of Okinawa love pork. The secret to cooking however is to boil the meat before frying them. In this way, the bad oil dissipate. According to some Japanese old men and women I have personally talked to, this is aside from the fact that they always add vegetable and fruits on their meal.

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This entry is a contribution to wrevenue.com 20$ blogging challenge.

Monroe's past, Lohan's Warnings

Lohan's recreation of Monroe's photo six weeks before the latter died would be a premonition for Lohan herself. The photohoot was tagged as inappropirate as this was only done right after she came out of the rehabilitation.

For Lohan to continue to save her future is to go for the ultimate option. That is to change her ways for the btter. If she could not liberate herself fully, it would not be surprising to know that not only Marilyn's photoshoot would be recreated but even her untimely passing. I am always wishing however this would not be the case. Lohan's fate after all lies in her correct judgement to live her life wisely.

Expect the Unexpected

I am not a voter of any presidential candidate in the United States nor I am of any party affiliations. My visions however compel me to say that Hilary Clinton would win the election. Backed by the most appropriate maneuver she would be the first woman president of the United States. Towards the end of the campaign election, Baracks prominence would start to dwindle with changes in the minds among the voters to happen right before they vote. The latters inexperience in the politics and a move by stronger political backing to Clinton would lead the former's advantage which would start to heighten and sustain towards the election day.

H2O Fuelled Vehicles

Yes. Water vehicles. Do you think it would be a crazy idea to convert your cars from being fossil-fueled to burning water fueled vehicles. I came across these sites water4gas and drivewater which boast of increasing vehicle performance, prevents smog, and generate free energy vehicles. The claimants agreed they were not pioneers to this idea. Their concept is based on HHO, or the Brown's Gas or Hydroxy.

So many doubts and negative speculations have been raised to dismantle the concept of hyro-fueled cars, however in 2007 Detroit Autoshow, one of the eye-catching showcase was Ford’s Airstream concept car (photo above). There are no production plans thus far, but Ford says it has a plug-in hybrid hydrogen fuel-cell powerplant ready to power it. Why is this project not pushed through when we are already running out of fossil fuels?

The next-gen downloads

With so many internet tvs,movie, music, files download popping out of the net, I cannot help but be amazed by the mushrooming of this trend online. Following are the specific products, I have stumbled over the net in case you become interested. It is good checking out and see various services they offer and you would simply be amazed by the possibilities you get.

Satellitesoft. Offering 3,000 TV stations from 78 channels all over the world including English, Spanish, German, Arabic, French, Italian,Russian, Dutch and other languages.

Fasttvdownloads.It has a search,download,burn capabilities and boast its 100 million files (tv shows,movies,programs etc). It however stressed that the purchase of a membership does not mean a license to upload or download copyrighted material.

IPhonenova. It is an amazing site where you can download movies,programs,shows,music and e-books directly to your iphone.

mp3rocket.Boast of 12 millions,mp3 songs, movies and a lot more which you can download to your iphones.

Themoviedownloads Boast of 80 million movies online available for burn and download. Movie files can be transferred to ipods as well.

Pspblend.thousands of movie downloads for PSP (Portable Playstation) units.

PC TVs to go full blast by 2010

Each morning we wake up with a new technology somewhere in the world. While you maybe reading this blog a new technology is developed or patented. When I got hooked up in the internet ten years ago, I just loved watching tv. Now, things have changed as I am not missing my favourite shows. I can still watch them directly on my pc. Luckily now I have access to those that are broadcast outside Japan.

My visions tell me that by 2010, all computers would have have a complete digital broadcasting ability and it is just finding the right software to choose.

VTEs: The Future of Blogs

Ever wondered how to increase your sales on your site and to make your readers stay a bit longer so that they can really know your products or services? You have to know this. I am envisioning of the future of Virtual Talking Assistants (VTAs) on the net to be a potential element of success of website owner and bloggers. They are low cost cheap and sometimes free. They would even give you an option to design your own character that totally reflects you or your site needs. I would see no reason why I am seeing these type of things to be the next fashionable and lucrative way to promote a site in the future.

Widgets to kill all ads

With many website developers and owners already trying to eye on the entry of widgets online and their massive capabilities and use, the possibilities are simply phenomenal. I am projecting withing five years from now all sites would be adorned with much more sophisticated and advanced forms of widgets. One of the most dynamic site I have come across the net is the Widgetbucks in which blog owners are able to monetize their sites by putting a widget on the store products on their sites or simply, referral strategies.

Established companies such as Amazon paves the way for a new strategy in their widgets. The company has offered affiliates a landing page where they can customize the looks of their widgets, the colors, and the products impressed on their sites. In this way, widget are placed in their blogs. They also pay through commissions.

It is no possibility that widgets would eliminate the use of flashy and boring ads on the net. For the meantime, as a blogger who has some good vision of what will surely hit the market, it is an opportune time to go with the tide. With widgets appearing the possibilities are just endless.

I will try to update this blog with other opportunities about widgets. If you want to suggest a particular money making widget, please do not hesitate to put it in your comment and share.