Google Human body browser

Google has many products which most of us aren’t aware of. One among those is Google Body Browser with the tagline “ Human Body As Never Seen Before”.


The Google Lab product let’s you browse the human body on the basis of several anatomical features (I am basically an Engineer,so expecting you to pardon my terminology) like muscles, organs, bones etc.

The navigation is pretty much like Google Maps, but three dimensional. Seeing the human anatomy in three dimension is first-of-its-kind experience, and till now only folks from medicine background would have had it

All that you need is a Web browser that supports WebGL ( Web Graphics Library, a HTML element that provides a 3D graphics application programming interface, implemented in a web browser ) which allows 3D graphics inside of webpages.

So where do you get WebGL enabled browser?

The Easiest way is to go for Chrome Beta with WebGL from here. You also have other browsers like Mozilla and WebKit nightly

Now that you have a browser enabled with WebGL, lets experience our Human Autonomy in 3D with Google Body Browser

Interesting things using google products

1. Ask some one to google

Ever Wanted to answer someone sarcastically to google their query ? Well, here is a simple way to do it.


Go to LMGTFY.com ( stands for Let Me Google That For You) and type your query. Copy the url and give it to the person. lmgtfy.com creates a small web clip and at the end, it redetects to the google search with query you have entered. Have a look at this video to know how it works.

2.Google can shorten your web page links.


This would be helpful when you are sharing a big web link web link or when you doesn’t want the other person to guess the topic the moment he sees the words in link.


Go to goo.gl to shorten your links..

3. Login into multiple Gmail id’s at once


There is a pretty simple way to enable you to login into multiple Gtalk id’s at the same time. (Multiple instincts of Gtalk)


go to properties of your gtalk shortcut, in target text box, add /nomutex at the end; see this video for more details

4. Time Scale on Google earth


Ever wanted to see how a places used to look like about a ten years go? Now you can do it with Google earth. The latest version of google earth has a feature called time scale.


Lets take a look at Aral Sea on time scale of two decades.

5. Find Similar Websites


This would be helpful if you are looking for another couple of sites, which have similar content to the one which you are currently browsing (say I am currently visiting youtube.com and am interested in knowing what are the other video hosting sites) Install this extension in your Google chrome and see this video on how to do it.

6. Schedule a email in your gmail.


Boomerang is an adon for Gmail, which enables you to schedule a mail. This will be useful to send Birthday wishes, to send mails to people who are particular about “when you had sent that mail” (like bosses). See this video about installing and using it.


7. Reverse Image Search


Ever had an image and wanted to find something similar on net? now you can do it with Tineye.com. Here you can upload an image from your hard disk or give image url from web and search for the similar existing images on the internet.


8. Search people


pipl.com is a site where in you can search about people. Site is pretty simple and self explanatory. Its just that most of us doesn’t know about it. You can try finding similar sites or let me google that for you


9. Protect your Chrome Browser with Simple Startup Password


If you want to dig the history of a person, dig the history of his web browser and you will know what kind of person he or she is. All the data in a browser like saved passwords, bookmarks, history are very confidential stuffs and any unauthorized access to these can be fatal. If you are a chrome user you can now safeguard your data by protecting it with a password using Simple Startup Password extension.


You can get it from here ; and this is how it works

Difference Between Agile and Scrum

Agile and Scrum are terms used in project management. The Agile methodology employs incremental and iterative work cadences that are also called sprints. Scrum, on the other hand is the type of agile approach that is used in software development.

Agile

The Agile methodology is used in project management and it helps project makers to build software applications that are unpredictable in nature. Iterative and incremental work cadences called sprints are used in this methodology. It is basically inspired from traditional sequential model or the waterfall model.

The benefit of using the Agile methodology is that the direction of the project can be accessed throughout its development cycle. The development is accessed with the help of iterations or sprints. At the end of each sprint, an increment of work is presented by the team developing the project. The focus is mainly on the repetition of work cycles and the product they yield. This is the reason why the agile methodology is also called as incremental and iterative.

In agile approach, the each step of development such as requirements, analysis, design etc are continually monitored through the lifecycle of the project whereas this not the case with the waterfall model. So by using agile approach, the development teams can steer the project in the right direction.

Scrum

Scrum is a type of agile approach that is used in development of software applications. It is just a framework and not a methodology or a full process. It does not provide detailed instructions to what needs to be done rather most of it is dependent on the team that is developing the software. Because the developing the project knows how the problem can be solved that is why much is left on them.

Cross-functional and self-organizing teams are essential in case of scrum. There is no team leader in this case who will assign tasks to the team members rather the whole team addresses the issues or problems. It is cross-functional in a way that everyone is involved in the project right from the idea to the implementation of the project.

As it is an agile methodology, it also makes use of series of iterations or sprints. Some of the features are developed as a part of the sprint and at the end of each sprint; the features are completed right from coding, testing and their integration into the product. A demonstration of the functionality is provided to the owner at the end of each sprint so that feedback can be taken which can be helpful for the next sprint.

The product is the primary object of a scrum project. At the end of each sprint, the system or product is brought to a shippable state by the team members.