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    #DigitalGlobalization (Technology and Trade Future).

    The Promise of Digital Globalization

    A thoughtful reflection on globalization's next phase in the new digital era (and the forthcoming future), how it has gradually morphed into a new shape, transforming developing nations with important geo-economic and political growths. To sum up, Globalization v1.0 has created new markets in developing countries, "unexpectedly". New trade, services, and job opportunities emerged within, helping the nations evolve from being mere production centers and services providers to competitive innovators attracting foreign investments, and as a compelling market by itself for locally manufactured products - extending businesses to other countries through bilateral collaborations, mutually benefiting from the influences and growth. Digitalization has broken technical barriers and, technology is easily accessible from anywhere. Talent and idea generation is global(ized) with cross-border digital flows, allowing new breakthroughs happen parallelly in developed and developing countries alike. A disruption, if the developed worlds aren't suitably ready. : )

    Insightful (long) read, if interested.
     
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    One short story of my collection.

    In my childhood times, at 8, I used to play on streets with Goligundu(glass marbles) and my dad was against it as I returned home only for food and sleep. One horrific day:anguished:, he threw my precious jar full collection of Goligundu (around 250 to 300) into a well, warning me to concentrate on studies. I could not play anymore on the streets and I decided not to talk to my dad. After a week, while returning from my Chachi's home, dad took me to a small shop, close to the butcher's place in our area and got me 2 top. He taught me how to use and play. I later realized the fondness in him to play with the top. I had around 20 tops for next 4 years and used to carry all of them in a small gunny bag:laughing: to GP's place 400km away to play during every summer vacation.

    Thanks to both for rekindling my good old memories. :clap2::clap2:
     
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    Terracotta beehive and our body work on the same principle of evaporative cooling.
    The best part of Teracotta beehive is it works naturally without any rotating components that need power.
    The only limitation to this technique is the amount of humidity in the air. If the relative humidity of air is high then cooling won't happen and will result in hot humid conditions. Hence could not be seen commonly in the tropical coastal areas.
    Other techniques such as air insulated 2 layered walls, solar chimney used in South India (high roofed buildings with a chimney to let hot air out), wind catchers used in Arab countries (chimney in the direction of wind letting the air flow from roof to room) etc were used in old times.

     
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    A year-long joke: the 'never-ending' Twitter chain

    :lol::lol:

    #ThrowbackThursday

    Remember "webrings"? No. I don't either! :laughing:

    From Wikipedia,

    ...A webring is a collection of websites linked together in a circular structure, and usually organized around a specific theme, often educational or social. They were popular in the 1990s and early 2000s...

    For GenK, Internet Archive has a cached copy. :innocent:

    Structurally 'webrings' are similar to the never-ending tweet chains of today and depending on our interests, it could turn into entertaining explorations.

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    Despite being a sort of a primitive technology, it seemed to have inspired a lot of 'smart minds' to follow up with interesting stuffs on then internet.

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    Surfing in Circles And Loving It (NYT, 1999).

    Ahem. E&PG threads. :beer-toast1:

    "Webring.com exists to this day, a fairly unadulterated part of the internet that works similarly to the way it did back in the day. Whether you want to hop on the anti-Microsoft webring or the Menudo webring, they’re still there."

    I don't know, I felt goosebumps reading about the ancient internet. :sweatsmile:

    Hence the share. :icon_pc: :partyhat:
     
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    Keeping up to the tradition of chain linking and circle dejavu(s)... :grin:

    ...Cunningham coded and, in the spring of 1995, launched the first “wiki,” calling it the “WikiWikiWeb.” (Wiki is Hawaiian for “quick,” which Cunningham chose to indicate the ease with which a user could edit the pages.)

    ...With Kovitz in tow, Sanger rushed back to his apartment and called Wales to share the idea. Over the next few days he wrote a formal proposal for Wales and started a page on Cunningham’s wiki called “WikiPedia.” - The Hive

    :thumbsup:
     
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    I haven't seen the chimneys but architecture concept of 'Mithams' in traditional South Indian houses served the purposes of natural lighting, open usable space, humidity balance and even rain water harvesting too I think.

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    The longish homes consisted of the 'mudhal kattu' (receiving quarters), 'irandaam kattu' (living quarters), 'moondram kattu' (kitchen and backyard) and so on. Most houses had an open to sky space in the centre called the mitham, large platforms lining the outside of the house called the thinnai and a private well in the backyard. The floors were often coated with red oxide and sometimes the roofs had glass tiles to let in light.

    True science and design beauty now lost to modern urbanization, 'longish' corridor spaces being converted to "vertically" stacked apartments and what not ironically. :smirk:
     
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    ah, so this is where I get to meet all your non-sciencey and non-technology musings, eh?

    Good move not to move your posts across.

    Termite and earth housing and mithams reminds me of wind catchers, the natural air-conditioning. I had plans to travel about Syria and Israel and Iraq before the civil war broke out rendering the region perilous now. Still, I am a great fan of Persian inventions that are aesthetic and sustainable.

     
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    This is like a boomerang, three mentions about ME air conditioning techniques already! :grinning: Anyways, here is another. Urban and sustainable architecture from Abu Dhabi.



    Anytime I cross the building, It never fails to awe me. :hearteyecat::blush:
     
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    mound shape also brings to mind, the Ice Stupas of Ladakh. :innocent:

     
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    Wangchuk, the pioneer, reminds me of Wangdu from Three Idiots movie.

    Just using high school science ...I loved that downplay. Breakthrough inventions are not culmination of advanced science but redesign sourced from fundamental science. A vent: academic institutions ought to inculcate inventive spirit in kids to forge something resourceful from their learning than memorize the latent heat of water.

    In a similar adaptive spirit, I came across research on biofuels.

    The Next Generation of Biofuels Could Come From These Five Crops | Innovation | Smithsonian

    Hype or overhaul, time will tell.
     

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