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THE TABELLIO
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August 2013 Issue No. 2 IETE -ISF

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THEME: YOUNG ACHIEVERS

IN A GIST
CHARGE YOUR PHONE IN UNDER 30 SECONDS

In what could be called as a breakthrough in the eld of communication, EESHA KHARE, who is only 18 year old, created a device which could charge your mobile phone in under 30 seconds. Read more to nd all about her revolutionary invention. Continued on page 3. RoboTryst 2013
15 YEAR OLD BOY INVENTS TEST FOR PANCREATIC CANCER

At 15, JACK ANDRAKA beat out billion dollar pharmaceutical companies with his diagnostic cancer test. Keep reading to know how and why he created a system to detect pancreatic cancer. Continued on page 4.
WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES: NFC AND RFID

Industrial Visit to Brakes India Ltd.

Riviera 2013 event- Jigmix

OPEN SOURCE VS. CLOSED SOURCE

Increase your tech quotient and read about how mobile payment is made and shop lifting is prevented with the help of these two amazing wireless technologies. Continued on page 5.

Open source systems vs. closed source systems have been subjected to numerous debates. We compare the pros and cons. Continued on page 6.

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FROM THE PRESIDENTS DESK...

Greetings and a warm welcome to the second issue of The Tabellio! Our team is delighted to present to you another issue of The Tabellio wherein we aim to provide you with knowledge about the latest technology, information on the latest conferences, competitions and much more. Since childhood we have heard terms such as Jack of all trades and master of none and have been told to focus only on one thing and pursue it with full dedication and determination. However, many of us actually take the literal meaning of this phrase and end up focusing only on one particular aspect ignoring the rest without realizing the possible inuence one topic may have over another . Thomas Henry Huxley, also known as Darwins bulldog who is famously known for coining the term agnostic said,Try to learn something of everything and everything of something. This gives a deeper insight on how one should actually proceed on the path of knowledge. Having basic knowledge about as many topics as possible will only have a positive inuence on your dedicated path to progress. It is important to focus on your goal whole heartedly but negligence towards other aspects may prove costly in the long run. To summarize, with perseverance, hard work and dedication one can strive to become The jack of all trades as well as the Master of his trade. IETE-ISF brings to you the second edition of the news letter and this time it is designed based on the theme Young Achievers. It is always fascinating to see any new invention coming up, but what can be even more astonishing is the fact that many of these inventions are by teenagers! While these people are not child prodigies as such, they are quite unique and different from others as they strived hard for making their dream come true at such a young age. We cover two such stories in this issue- 18 year old Eesha Khares invention of a charger that charges a cell phone in less than 30 seconds and 15 year old Jack Andrakas diagnostic stick for pancreatic cancer. We also have an article on the current wireless technologies- RFID and NFC, which are not only used widely nowadays but are extremely easy to understand too. Apart from that, we also cover the very famous debate of Open Source vs. Closed Source. While the rst issue was based on Fun with technology, we have tried to experiment with this issue and we bring to you heartwarming stories of young achievers of today, their inventions and what lead them into doing so. I am sanguine that this edition will be benecial to the readers and would like to thank my team for putting in diligent efforts to compile this newsletter. Also, we appreciate your support and are more than happy to have your views and opinions about us. You can contact us on the email id mentioned below: ietevit2012@gmail.com With best regards, Varun Chawla Student Head. IETE ISF, VIT Branch We would love to hear back from you....

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Eesha stood 3rd at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, conducted in Phoenix.

CHARGE YOUR PHONE IN UNDER 30 SECONDS

Every time your phones battery dies down, do you also wish that there were some kind of magic device which could charge it again in a few seconds making your life a lot easier? Well, brace yourselves for the groundbreaking invention which can potentially change the face of communication in the world and charge your cell phone in 20 to 30 seconds. EESHA KHARE, an 18-year-old student at Lynbrook High School in California has invented a super-fast charging device which she has dubbed as a super capacitor. This Californian resident won the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award with $50,000 prize money at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, conducted in Phoenix, Ariz. After receiving the award, Khare said she wants to "just keep making a lot of scientic advancements." Eesha explained to Intel that this super capacitor acts as an energy storage device that holds great amount energy in a small amount of space. Not only is the device convenient because it's speedy, this device is also portable because of its small size. Eesha says it can t inside cell phones and other electronic devices, which can mean that people will not need to rely on electric outlets as often.The nano-tech gizmo which Eesha has created can supposedly withstand up to 100,000 charge cycles, a 100-fold increase over the current technology.

That was --with hydrogemated TiO2 (HTiO2) core and polyaniline shell. This core is electrostatic in nature and --conductivity combined with the high pseudo capacitance of polyaniline results in signicantly higher overall capacitance After continuous re evaluation of the structural capacities, Eesha Khare made a home run and successfully lighted an LED within seconds. Imagine this: if her technology replaces our conventional charger, our gadgets will spend lesser time ."My cellphone battery always dies," she said when asked about what inspired her to work on the energy-storage technology. After winning the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award, Eesha plans to put her $50,000 into her educational forte at Harvard and further scientic advancements.There will be no more wires plugged into the sockets and there will be no more complaints about how slow our devices take to juice up. And yes, that day is not very far away because tech giant Google has already started head hunting this teenager who has taken the tech-world by a storm.So folks, we are at the brink of another outstanding and signicant phase in the world we live. We are now entering a world, courtesy Eesha Khare, a teenager; where it will take less than a minute to charge our cell phones completely and you will have to nd excuses other than a dead battery for being late.

Battery offers 30 times more power and charges 1000 times faster.

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15 year old boy invents test for Pancreatic Cancer

DIAGNOSIS A MATTER OF JUST 5 MINUTES.
At 15, most of us worry about our homework, a match of football or a party we are supposed to attend. Well this was not what Jack Andraka had in his mind when he started his research in 2011.Pancreatic cancer is a lethal cancer, with ve year survival rate of 6% only. In most cases, the diagnosis is very late for treatment. Around 40,000 people die of this disease every year. By the time you bring this to a physician, its too late, said Anirban Maitra, a Johns Hopkins universitys pathologist and pancreatic cancer researcher who is also Andrakas mentor. As the cancer takes hold of the body, the body sends out a distress signal an overabundance of a protein called Mesothelin. Jack invented a dipstick which can detect the protein in blood or urine. This test is 90% accurate. Thus this makes the diagnosis a matter of 5 minutes.Jack who hails from Maryland, USA was born in 1997. One of his close family friends died of pancreatic cancer in 2011.What led him into the journey of this discovery accounts for an interesting story. When one ne day Jack was sitting in his biology class, listening to a lecture of antibodies which bind to a particular protein in body, the idea struck him. He had been using carbon nanotubes for screening some compounds from water along with his father, who is a civil engineer. In the class he thought of combining both these ideas. What if he could lace a nanotube network with mesothelin-specic antibodies, and then introduce a drop of a pancreatic cancer patients blood? The antibodies would bind to the mesothelin and enlarge. These beefed-up molecules would spread the nanotubes farther apart, changing the electrical properties of the network: The more mesothelin was to be present, the more antibodies would bind and grow big, and the weaker the electrical signal would become. This could be used to test for pancreatic cancer at an earlier stage, thus saving thousands of lives.Jack wrote an experimental protocol and e-mailed it to about 200 researchers. Only Maitra responded and decided to invite him in his lab. What he expected was that he would see Jack around once a week but instead, young Jack worked religiously for seven months, every day after school and often on Saturdays until after midnight.He had not even nished his freshman Biology, so had lots to learn.It was actually this way he ended up making the strips quite cheap and effective.His dedication and hard work nally paid off when at 15, Jack Andraka won the 2012 Gordon E. Moore Award, the grand prize of the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair along with prize money of $75000. Andraka also won other prizes in smaller individual categories for a total of $100,500 in prize money. Another addition to his achievements is a fourth place award in Chemistry at the 2013 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair with a project focusing on a novel Raman spectrometer with real world applications. Although his invention requires some improvisation, achieving this feat at such an early age might be enough of work for a lifetime for a teenager but this is not stopping Jack at all! Maitra rightly calls him Edison of our times.

Jack is already working on a patent for his revolutionary life saving test.

Jack speaks after receiving Smithsonian Magazine rst annual American Ingenuity Award for youth achievement on November 28,2012 in Washington, DC.

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Telecom Italy, Vodafone, Wind, 3 Italy Poste Mobile have signed a joint agreement for the development of NFC Technology in Italy.

RFID Key tags are easy to use wherever required. It uses Radio Frequency Identication Technique.

WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
The term NFC is gaining popularity increasingly nowadays as it becomes a part of more smartphones, laptops and other devices. RFID, on the other hand is a technology which is already commonly used around the world. What is the difference between the two? What are the uses of these technologies? Lets nd out. NFC (Near Field Communication) and RFID (Radio Frequency Identication) are often used interchangeably, but NFC is a newer version of RFID. Both make use of the radio signals for various sorts of tracking and tagging purposes. RFID is a technology where there is only one-way communication and the signals ow from tags to the reading equipment. Its tags contain an antennae and a memory chip that is responsible for the storage of data. An impressive use of this technology is for the prevention of shoplifting in retail stores where the tags embedded in items prevent people from carrying them outside without rst paying for it. RFID has a range of many feet. NFC technology on the other hand can be set up for one as well as two-way

communications and it limits the operating range to about 4 inches (10 cms). This actually makes NFC great for secure transfer of data such as mobile payment and logging in at a location. One of the reasons it is being included in the various modern smartphones like the HTC, Samsung and Google Nexus phones is that it can be used for transferring data like photos, music and other les. Another important usage, as previously mentioned is mobile payment. NFC is supposed to make mobile phones replace money (cash and credit cards) to pay for things and redeem coupons. One of the examples is Google Wallet, partnering with MasterCard PayPass. Some cities like San Francisco are using it for payments of parking meter and BMW has even come up with NFC-enabled car keys. RFID is already being commonly used throughout the world and NFC is a technology of the future, with great potential to help us make our lives easier. It is great to be aware of the amazing technology around us, especially if it directly relevant to how we live our lives.

"An impressive use of this technology is for the prevention of shoplifting in retail stores where the tags embedded in items prevent people from carrying them outside without rst paying for it."

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OPEN SOURCE VS. CLOSED SOURCE

The biggest question while choosing software can easily be brought down to: free or not free. While the two have a long and winding relationship dating back to over twenty years, each set has its own advantages and disadvantages. A good place to start is to dene what they exactly are and how they differ. What are Open and Closed Source systems? A tting example for this comparison can be made between Android and iOS, the top 2 operating systems in the mobile market currently. Googles Android is considered an OPEN SOURCE mobile OS, which means that they release the source code for the mobile OS. (Source code is the code in English before it is compiled into 1s and 0s). Open source software is any piece of software where a normal end user is granted a full view into the source code and has the option to modify this code for his or her own purpose. On the other hand, Apples iOS does the opposite and is considered a CLOSED SOURCE system that doesnt allow developers to change anything that deals with the operating system itself, and instead gives developers an API which is set of tools that lets them develop programs for the iPhone, but restricts what they have access to. What are Open and Closed Sources? Unfortunately the decision is not clear cut and comes down to what you, the end user needs. One can only compare the benets and the downsides of both the systems and draw a conclusion based on the requirements.An Open model gives the developers a feeling of ownership as the user can develop for the platform. It also allows full control and lets the user customize the look, feel and even features of the software giving it much more possibilities which is essentially absent in a Closed system. Open source is also much more transparent than closed, this means that anyone can look over the code, by having thousands of people reading through your code, bugs and vulnerabilities are located much quicker and submitted for xing, it also lets you know if the bug has been xed as you can check the code after each release. As a product ages the original developer might move on and stop developing leaving the product to age with no new xes or features, but if it is an Open source then usually the community takes over and continues working on it allowing the usable life of the product to be extended well beyond what the original developer intended.The Closed model on the other hand is much simpler and less complicated then the Open one. There is less confusion for the customer where you don't have to choose among dozens of options for every component. You only have to explore two or three large vendors in each m a r k e t , w h i c h s av e s a l o t o f Open Source vs. Closed Source time. Many people arent sure what the advantages of the different versions of Android. By not allowing people to alter core features it makes it easier to pick the product you want, there is only one version of iOS that people need to learn about. With Open source, you have to comply with the license terms specied by the components you're using. It can take some time to understand the terms of an Apache Software License versus a General Public License (GPL), for example. But with Closed source, you don't have to worry about any of this! Your vendor's license agreement takes away all of your rights to the software and makes it nearly impossible to consider any usage not explicitly approved by your corporate attorneys, so you don't even have to think about it. Using a Closed source can prove to be extremely benecial at the time of breakdown. Once you determine that the problem lies in your vendor's code, you're all done! All you have to do is le a ticket and wait.

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UPCOMING MUNs AND CONTESTS...

UPCOMING MUNs

1.Shri Ram Model United Nations Conference When: 23-25 August, 2013 Where: New Delhi Contact: Vaibhav Garg (Secretary General) Phone: +918860390193 Email: srccmun@gmail.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/ vitmun Email: vitmun2013@gmail.com We b s i t e : h t t p : / / www.instructables.com/ contest/arduino2013/ Deadline: 1st September, 2013 4. UWC Conference India When:11-13 October, 2013 Where: Pune 2. CBIT MUN-2013 When: 05-08 September, 2013 Where: Hyderabad Phone: +919493813960 Facebook: www.facebook.com/ cbit2011 Email: cbitmun2013@gmail.com Website: www.cbitmun.com Email: uwcci@muwci.net Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ UWCConferenceIndia Website: www.uwcci.com

2. Wipro: Applife Contest

2013 About: A contest by Wipro for Engineering students to showcase their talents in developing mobile applications for consumers and enterprises. We b s i t e : w w w. w i p r o campusarena.com Deadline: 20th December, 2013.

UPCOMING CONTESTS:

1. Arduino Contest
About: The object of the Contest is to create an Instructables project using an ARduino-compatible product that meets the given criteria and are submitted in accordance with the format, content and other requirements.

3.VIT Model United Nations When: 20-22 September, 2013 Where: Vellore Contact: +91-9566820095

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UPCOMING FESTS /CONFERENCES AND VIT NEWS...

UPCOMING FESTS& CONFERENCES 1. AARUSH 13 Type: Technical Fest Date: 18th September, 2013 College: SRM University, Chennai Department: CSE, ECE, IT, E E E , I n s t r u m e n t at i o n , Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, Energy, Arts, Industrial, BioTechnology, MBA, MCA. VIT NEWS 1.VIT STUDENTS DESIGN OXYGEN MASKS WITH MIKES Fo u r u n d e r g r a d u a t e students, Rajat, Akshat, Krishna and Karthik from VIT University, Vellore have developed a model oxygen mask with mike attached equipment to be used for communication of a patient undergoing oxygen therapy. The students came up with this invention under the s u b j e c t I n n ovat i o n fo r Devlopement, mentored by Dr. Ted Moallem and Dr. Data Santorino. This group of four students called as the CapnoDiaCoroxy, presented this oxygen mask at the Innovators Conclave for Medical Technologies also known as Hack-a-thon, held at VIT. This mask also has applications in adventure The Tabellio, VIT University. ietevit2012@gmail.com Topics uploaded on: www.facebook.com/ gravitas13 Submit proposals to: paperpresentation.gravitas13 @gmail.com sports like trekking on hills and mountains where the oxygen at the altitude level is l o w. T h i s m a s k w i l l improve the level of medical services when exploited at a commercial level. The group won the rst prize at the hack-a-thon and was awarded with a cash prize of 25,000 Rs. from the Chancellor of VIT U n i v e r s i t y, D r. G . Viswanathan and ofcials from CAMTech and MIT, Boston, USA. 2.VIT STUDENTS VOICE-ENABLED WHEELCHAIR GETS THEM FIRST PRIZE. Two third year B. Tech (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) students of VIT University, Jagan Mohan and K. Dinesh Kumar have bagged the rst prize in the CoreElDigilent Design Contest (CDDC) for designing an innovative Smart Wheelchair for use by physically disabled persons.The Smart Wheelchair can be operated and controlled by t h e d i s a b l e d p e r s o n s through voice command. One can give simple instructions such as forward, backward, left and right to control the movement of the wheelchair.

2. GRAVITAS 2013 Type: Technical Fest Date: 27th-29th September, 2013 College: VIT University, Vellore. Departments:CSE, ECE, IT, E E E , I n s t r u m e n t at i o n , Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, Energy, Arts, Industrial, BioTechnology, MBA, MCA. Paper Presentation: Call for Abstracts. Last Date of submission: 20th August, 2013.

WHAT WE ARE UPTO...

At IETE-ISF, we aim to come up with creative and innovative events and workshops to encourage outside-the-classroom learning. In VIT itself, IETE-ISF has been one of the most active student chapters, thereby conducting events, workshops and industrial visits that have been not only a knowledgeable experience for the students, but also a fun lled one. In Riviera 2013, VITs cultural fest, we conducted 2 major events Legends of the Hidden Temple, based on a hugely popular television show with the same name and Jig mix, an online jigsaw puzzle game on Facebook. Along with that we had Craft Bizarre, a pre Riviera workshop on paper quilling and paper lamp making. Robotryst 2013, a national level workshop cum championship was organized in January 2013 in association with Robosapiens Technologies, a start-up by IIT Bombay alumni. We also conducted an Industrial visit to Brakes India Ltd, Chennai, a leading manufacturer of Automotive and Non-Automotive Braking Systems and Ferrous Castings. An informative on-campus visit was organised to the CO2 research centre where the students got on opportunity to have a look at the various ongoing projects at the centre. Electrologic, a technical event which tested the debugging skills of the participants was conducted in April, 2013. An innovative workshop on Photoshop and Photography was also conducted in April. The students were taught the various techniques of photography and also the basic tools of Photoshop.

IETE-ISF hopes to keep the subscribers in sync with the technological advancements via weekly messages is IETE TECHGYAN. The best part about this service is that it is free of cost and the subscribers do not have to search anywhere for these tech-tips, they simply receive one tech-tip a week on their mobile phones.

When you're young, everything feels like the end of the world. But it's not. It's just the beginning.

Visit to CO2 centre

Electrologic

IETE TechGyan.

RoboTryst 2013

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