Make flying safer

Aren't long flights full of boredom, stuffy cabin, anxiety, turbulence?
Sometimes I wish that I can sleep throughout the flight. Many people try to do that by drinking, medicines, yoga, meditation, music, etc.

Wouldn't it be safer and better if travellers are stacked in unbreakable,  cushioned capsules after administering medical Anaesthesia for the duration of flight. Benefits of flying like this:

1. Safer in terms of crash etc.
2. One arrives fresh and rested.
3. Flights can be non stop and longer.
4. Cost saving in terms of lesser staff required on board, no catering, etc.
5. No flight anxiety.
6. No boredom.

Although, there will be many legal and ethical questions to be resolved but why not? It can be a good business model if implemented correctly.

Volkswagen Jetta 2015 reverse camera not working with Blapunknt Philadelphia 835

I was recently getting Blaupunkt Philadelphia 835 installed on Volkswagen Jetta 2015.

Everything got nicely fitted and working. However, there was a small glitch that whenever reverse gear was engaged when the engine was on; the reverse camera will not show video on the system's screen.

Upon lot of researching found out that when the engine is on, CAN interface and the system takes lot of voltage and on connecting the camera with the reverse light doesn't gives the reverse camera enough voltage.

To circumvent that hooked up the reverse camera power line directly to the fuse box and it started working even when the engine was on.

Try this if you are facing the same issue and let me know in comments if it works for you.

Disclaimer: Please get it done from an authorized workshop as wrong diagnosis and connection can cause all the electronics to go bad and also may void your warranty.

Wouldn't it be nice

Wouldn’t it be nice if cell phone companies actually let us use the product online, to check out the interface and functions. Instead they just give us the screenshots and 360 Degree views.

Are we sitting on Financial Crisis like USA?

Financial crisis rocked the financial markets across the world and the world is still not able to recover from that. In India we saw very little impact of the same.

However, did we learn from the mistakes of the USA and Europe?

It seems we have not yet taken any learning from the crisis.
I say this because; still in India it is very easy to obtain credit with very little documentation. Loans like home loans are still lent out with loads of paperwork.

But, credit card debts and personal loans etc. are lent out on the basis of salary only.
The banks do not even check the total amount of loans on a single person. That makes it very easy for a person to be under a huge debt.

Salary is not a good guarantee in India, especially with lack of labor rules people are fired indiscriminately during recession; with no notice pay on the basis of lack of performance. In such a scenario and lack of any social security benefits, how can one pay back the massive amounts of debt?

Home loans in a way are secured because the house is an asset that can be sold. But this theory failed in US and European markets where the house values dipped during the crisis.

Clock is ticking and if not the banks, we as individuals should take good care when taking loans. It is an individual's responsibility. A commitment to sustainable development.

Met Deptt. Does not have official IDs

This picture was taken in southern andhra. I would like to title this photo as 'Lonely'

Cost of petrol - Reality check

Well, this morning I got my car filled with gas at one of the Shell petrol stations in the city (Bangalore).

I paid INR 69.05 per litre (Super Unleaded).

This is the actual cost of petrol without subsidies. This is INR 9.00 per litre more than the petrol available at state owned petrol pumps.

Random Quote

A diamond is only a piece of charcoal that was lucky to be under pressure!

Well said, positive stress brings out the best in a person. If the stress is too much or negative stress then it can be lethal.