Monday, October 6, 2008

Gunung Mulu National Park

Gunung Mulu National Park, on the island of Borneo in the State of Sarawak, is the most studied tropical karst region in the world. The 52,864-ha park contains seventeen vegetation zones, exhibiting a number of 3,500 species of vascular plants. Its palm species are very rich, with 109 species in twenty genera noted. The park is dominated by Gunung Mulu, a 2,377 m-high sandstone pinnacle. At least 295 km of explored caves give a spectacular view and are home to millions of cave swiftlets and bats. The Sarawak Chamber, 600 m by 415 m and 80 m elevated, is the main known cave chamber in the world.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Future of Bluetooth

Broadcast Channel: enables Bluetooth information points. This will drive the adoption of Bluetooth into mobile phones, and enable advertising models based around users pulling information from the information points, and not based around the object push model that is used in a limited way today.
Topology Management: enables the automatic configuration of the piconet topologies especially in scatternet situations that are becoming more common today. This should all be invisible to the users of the technology, while also making the technology just work.
Alternate MAC PHY: enables the use of alternative MAC and PHY's for transporting Bluetooth profile data. The Bluetooth Radio will still be used for device discovery, initial connection and profile configuration, however when lots of data needs to be sent, the high speed alternate MAC PHY's will be used to transport the data. This means that the proven low power connection models of Bluetooth are used when the system is idle, and the low power per bit radios are used when lots of data needs to be sent.
QoS improvements: enable audio and video data to be transmitted at a higher quality, especially when best effort traffic is being transmitted in the same piconet.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Mount Everest

Mount Everest is the well-known uppermost mountain on Earth. Its peak (not counting the snow covering) being about 8,844m (29,015ft) high – and it continues to produce by an estimated two to five millimeters for each year!

The peak ridge marks the edge between China and Nepal.

Friday, September 19, 2008

Niagara Falls

Located on the border between Canada and the USA, the Niagara Falls comprises three divide waterfalls: the Horseshoe Falls (sometimes called the Canadian Falls); the American Falls; and the lesser, contiguous Bridal Veil Falls.

It is not the tallness, but the width and magnificence of the falls that takes your breath away.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Victoria Falls - Zambia/Zimbabwe

One of the world's mightiest falls, Victoria Falls thunders over a 100m-high, 1.5km-long cliff before rushing its enormous flow (120 million gallons of water a minute) into the Batoka Gorge.

Victoria Falls creates some of the world's most awesome white water, a spectacular view indeed

Monday, September 8, 2008

Paricutin Volcano

Paricutin Volcano in Mexico factually came from nowhere and emerged as a new volcano initial from a instant when the ground in a farmer's cornfield opened in February, 1943, and lava started graceful out! The lava flows then sustained with little break waiting February, 1952.

The lava covered two villages with lava, though there were no casualties, and today the top of the church of one of those villages can be seen peeking out of the solidified lava. A lot of people have climbed the volcano, which stands at a height of 2,800 m.

Monday, September 1, 2008

Angel Falls

Angel Falls is situated in the Guayana highlands, single of five topographical regions of Venezuela. It plunges off the rim of a "Tepuy", or table-top mountain, and free falls 2,421 feet to the river below, making it the tallest waterfalls on earth.In whole it is 15 times higher than Niagara Falls with a total of 2,937 feet.

Angel Falls was formally discovered in 1933 by an American aviator, James Crawford Angel. Getting to the falls can be difficult and usually involves taking a small flight from Caracus to Canaima and then a boat trip and trek to reach the falls. On the other hand, you could decide to just do an aerial fly-by of the waterfalls.

The falls are named after Jimmy Angel, a daring bush pilot from Missouri (Used to fly with Lindbergh's Flying Circus), today a contemporary legend. Jimmy Angel first saw the falls in 1933 with McCracken while penetrating for a legendary Gold Ore.