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MONEY IN 1's AND 0's….

“It’s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.” – Robert Kiyosaki


Do you remember that advertisement of idea by Abhishek Bhachan in which he talked about saving trees  by digitalizing everything,from newspaper to novels, from greeting cards to currency every thing could just squeezed into a small cell phone only and that’s how we could save not just trees but entire human existence tadan….
But wait do you really feel safe doing online transactions?scared of your account getting hacked ?ever used electronic wallets like paytm or something?did ever tried online banking or stuff?its totally fine to be cautious I totally understand.
So here I have a solution for you … ya you heard it right there is a solution “cryptocurrency”.
Now obviously you wanna know what is it ?
A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that uses cryptography for security. A cryptocurrency is difficult to counterfeit because of this security feature. A defining feature of a cryptocurrency, and arguably its most endearing allure, is its organic nature; it is not issued by any central authority, rendering it theoretically immune to government interference or manipulation.

The anonymous nature of cryptocurrency transactions makes them well-suited for a host of nefarious activities, such as money laundering and tax evasion.
The first cryptocurrency to capture the public imagination was Bitcoin, which was launched in 2009 by an individual or group known under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto.
And we have a whole damm list of currencies like we have rupees ,dollar,euro,etc for the physical world and similarly we have Bitcoin,Litecoin,Namecoin, SwiftCoin , Bytecoin, Peercoin and many more for the digital world say cryptyocurrency….

Sounds like a bit alien isn’t it ? big terms for normal people quite complicated han ??
Look simply its just another form of money like paper note or metal coins there is another simple currency we call as cryptocurrency,so as in all the past time in place of something we offer some other thing of the equivalent amount .
I am talking about the time when there were no physical currencies for common man so similarly when we aren’t limited to the physical world or we can say when aren’t really bounded within boundaries when just notes and coins aren’t sufficient enough to meet public desires we have come across virtual currency (cryptocurrency )with just some basic programming language like c++ some people turns your balance into digital code and you can buy it, send it, receive it without any permission or involvement of third party ,which not only lessens the envolvement of people but also reduces unnecessary taxes and risk of theft …

But look on to the other side of this coin since this is a code and your whole money has turned into it now stop for a while and think?
What if someone could decode that encryption ? not just he would be able to steal your money but he could make everyone beg upon knees ,and since this isn’t centralized or owned by any organization so to whom would be blaming for your loss? Who would help you?when there would be no traces to follow ?
See technology ,upgradation is great but I think we are still not ready for it …
If you ask me about the future of cryptocurrency …well I don’t know but I can predict ours …and that would be worst if we keep on relying on codes blindly..
Watch it …
Be doubly sure before investing your money into anything…
Just be careful always …
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An intelligent threat!!


Ever talked to Alexa? Who is she? What!! You don’t know? well she is someone who could manage your schedule your data could be accompany you as a friend she isn’t a lady but an amazing creation of Dr.Ashwin Ram .she could wake you up ,play songs for you could talk to you and many more ..sounds nice ?yeah it is but how is it possible ?well that’s what we call science ,science which is growing with drastically high speed so that machines could now learn by themselves without any human help and that’s what we call machine learning .
A machine is now ready to understand human language and could communicate to other machines without any ports or cables .sounds great!!But not really this process of learning leads to the development of machine’s own intelligence path which is known as artificial intelligence. So then what’s the issue?
Well if you have ever seen the movie “Robot “performed by sir Rajnikant this was the best example that explains all about the upcoming threats to the human existence if ever artificial intelligence would took upon the world.
A machine when starts learning itself it might get intelligent even more than the most intelligent man in the world .Now just think for a while would you follow the instructions of a less capable person than you ? No obviously not .Same goes with this artificial brain ,it would start developing its own codes and protocols will start upgrading itself as faster as it could probably humans would lose all of their control upon these machines.
The simplest reason behind this is the biological construction of human body full of limitations its brain has a limitation to absorb things it has a limited lifespan, while machines are simply limitless considerably immortal with expandable memory .scary??
Now let’s start thinking right from the beginning what is a machine??
In simple words anything that could ease our work .now when machines would get smarter they would be replacing humans at the work place.by this the employment rate would greatly affect .slowly slowly machines would start replacing emotional values among humans by their influence, no work, unemployment, easy life either that would makes man inefficient or else the poverty would reach to its highest pace or may be both.
Gradually what we would see is just machines all around .what!!Does it sound scary now?? But wait what if they came up with a thought of destroying man? The entire human race would reach to its end …
So just wait, stop, sit and think for a while, what are we up to upgrading technology or destroying lives??

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The coming future…

Most, cut that, all of us know the south superstar Rajinikanth, then all of us
would have definitely seen his movie “Robot”. Can anyone remember its
starting and ending, apparently everyone. It was made for betterment of
human and was dismantled in the end because of boundations we can find
in embedding such high level of artificial intelligence in our time period.
But what if it is year…2050, will then too world will face difficulty in adopting
it as an option for everything?
The answer is definitely a no. Our is already filled with different types of
technology which has made our life much more easier, remote controls for
almost every appliances, televisions, desktops, smartphones etc. Can we
even imagine our world devoid of them, of course not, actually not even for
a second. These things have made our foundation of life easy.
Recent studies and long time interest in artificial intelligence has resulted in
many miracles to happen in many fields namely medical, technological etc.
But does it have scope for totally acquiring our lives in near future.
The answer can be both yes or no. artificial intelligence ia a science which
has been providing the thing which humans crave for, and that is comfort.
Saying that A.I. will take over the world is a bit too much, it’s not a sci-fi
movie but real life. A.I. can be explained more properly by addressing it as
a powerful business tool which makes thing”comfortable” for both
customers and businessmen.
Some of the experts, including Stephen Hawkings, think that invention of
smart machines will have a big impact on our future and also our present.
We humans were able to create a society on the basis of interaction with
fellows and taking the information from not only external but internal world
too, which is quite difficult for any machine.
But in recent period of time, robotics and other kind of A.I. have made an
tremendous growth. Back to when robots had basic problem solving
programmes which were not able to learn from past experience and
incidents to present when they can understand any image content and
interpret or transcribe it. This is a development in itself.
Now come to next level, this where the entry of millenial- Android robotic
happens. The most precious, epitome of artificial intelligence, especially
humanoids, with special and on point features, one cannot distinguish
between a real human and a humanoid. They are made for assistance in
day to day tasks and interactions to all the age groups whether a child or
an elderly.
The level of integrity in these humanoids is commendable.
But again the problem which interrupts the whole process is the emotions
and decision making capabilities based on on both exterior and interior
conditions, for example these AI is programmed with some destructible
commands then it will lose its whole purpose of serving the generation.
Or in second scenario, it is programmed to do something beneficial but it
develops some destructible methods to achieve it. It is a high possibility
that AI can be competent enough to complete goal but also it can
misaligned with our vision of development.
The interaction between human race and machines can be productive and
positive for world, but the level of ambiguity in this sentence is very high
even the scientist and researchers and debating on this topic if AI and its
increased involvement in our lives in needed or not or it is safe or not.
Several societies and experts support the idea of development and several
are against the notion…
Like every subject tend to have, this topic too have both sides of opinion on
the fact that AI will take over world and most importantly humans, but is too
early to make such statements now. If humans and AI and humans are  successful in fusing and interfacing our minds it will be one of the greatest
evolutions of the time, but as said this issue is a bit far now.
This is something inevitable, today, tomorrow or after 50-100 years, it is
bound to happen, may be right or wrong, may be not in the way we wanted.
All we can do is wait and watch ( also keep ourselves alive) to find out
what’s in the pockets of future.
Feel free to join the conversation.
Thanks for reading 🙂

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Technology

Smart homes- Future at our doorsteps

 

 
When sometimes we are not home, several little doubts start to crowd our mind. Did I turn the
coffee maker or fan off? Did I activate the security system etc.
The solution to all these worries is SMART HOMES… Yes guys smart homes, where with a glance on your Smartphones you can put an end to all these worries. Smart home is a concept where any of your electrical appliance can be connected to your mobile phone and can be controlled from it no matter how far away we are from home, at your mere command, Isn’t that fascinating in itself. It can be in form of Voice command, remote control, tablet or smartphone
application.Many popularly used applications are for lighting, homes security, home theatre and thermostat regulations.
Once this concept of smart homes or such technologies was saved for tech savvy and rich status holder but nowadays smart homes or we can say home automation is becoming mere regular and a common feature among household appliances. We can say that these products are finally maturing into a full blown consumer trend. Sales of home automation was valued at
USD 39.93 lion 2016 and is expected to reach USD 79.57 billion by 2022 [Source: marketsandmarkets] We can say that its idea came from success of smart phones and gadgets. X10, Insteon, Zig Bec and Z-Wave are some of organisations which provide only fundamental technology such as protocols for smart home communication. They have created alliance with electronics manufacturers who actually build the end user device, for starters, we can think of the routine and most basic tasks of our routine life we do and automate them, then we could begin with lighting control kit and add on security devices later. If you are looking such professionals, check if they have CEA-compTIA certification which is a result between Consumers electronic Association(CEA) and computing technology industry association(CompTIA) which is a non profit trade association issuing professional certificates for
Information technology industry. It represents proficiency in maintaining and
installing-troubleshooting of any networking equipments for home.
The cost of smart homes depend upon how smart a home is. For example one builder may estimate that his client may spend between $10,000 to $250,000 for sophisticated systems.
Some example of smart home product and their functions are cameras that will track home’s exterior despite being pitch black outside, LEd lights, color and brightness can be controlled by smartphone, caution sensors sending alert on motion around house which would tell difference
between pets and burglars, smartphone integration may let you turn off appliances from your mobile, auto alert in case anything goes wrong like fire , gas leakage etc.
This hierarchy started from way back 1975, when a scot company designed X10. It allowed electronic and compatible products to communicate to each other via existing electrical wires at home.
It was dedsigned to perform all commands in less than a second but had its own limitations. “Noisy lines” was one of them .
To tackle such problem new systems use radio waves for the process which uses bluetooth, wi-fi and phone signals to operate. Two of the most popular and prominent wireless networks in
home automation are Zib Bce and Zwave, both of these are mesh networks, which means the message has more than one means to reach the destination.
This is the future which is currently in the process of spreading out and effecting the mindset of consumers. This system provide exactly what a busy person living in the hustle bustle of his fast moving life wants, comfort, reassurance, speed, ease of work and many more such perks which can be listed here.
Increasing flat culture in cities is also one of the main reason in the increased use of such smart devices which would not only provide us with some ease but also a standard of living.
That’s all for today, if you have any more of such amazing information on technology of home automation, please do drop in comment box.
Thanks for reading 🙂