Automated check-in facilities in hotel chains reminds me of the check cashing machine case that I was working on recently. a technology solution that was deployed too early with out proper beta-testing. Like the case of check- cashing machines, these automated check-ins are also facing a huge problem. “The problem is that the automated check-in kiosks are unreliable. It is estimated that more than one in 10 hotel kiosk transactions fail, either because they are incapable of making contact with the hotel’s reservation system, or, if they are able to make a link, because they generate a key to the wrong room "

Its 100 years since Einstein has published 5 papers which shook the Physics world. They were: 1. Einstein’s first paper, submitted in March, concerned quantum physics, the peculiar realm of the ultra-tiny in which certainties are replaced by fuzzy clouds of probability.Light was a particle as well as a wave 2. Einstein’s second paper comprised prediction that the size of molecules could be gauged by the effects of dissolving sugar in a liquid.

A Ring Tone of a Moped Outsells a Hit Song: The story of the song is a tale of Internet collaboration over time and across international borders among people who have never met. About five years after Mr. Malmedahl sent an e-mail message containing his moped MP3 recording to friends, it reached another Swede, Erik Wernquist. Mr. Wernquist used the noise as a sound track to a cartoon that featured a blue frog with a goofy grin, motorcycle helmet and leather jacket.

Yesterday while I was reviewing a few concepts in statistics, I felt a need for a software which could help me draw a concept map for the entire subject. I felt this way becoz I realized that the entire branch of statistics can be distilled down to a few concepts , the knowledge of which should be more than enough to play with the statistical packages. Somewhere, someone seems to have heard this demand .

Same Company, Same Product, Different Story thr new packaging – Hopefully leading to different customers Makers of popular snacks like Oreos and Pringles have found a new way to appeal to consumers who are trying to lose weight: selling small-portion snacks by their calorie count.