American scientist invents plastic light bulb

A US scientist has invented a new kind of light bulb that uses plastic polymers and nano materials to generate light that is more energyefficient than current fluorescent lights and is easier on the eye. Details of the new invention were published Monday on the website of Wake orest University in !orth "arolina# where the inventor# physics professor David "aroll# is based. $he new plastic lighting uses the same amount of electricity as %&D bulbs and half as much as fluorescent bulbs. $he device is made of three layers of white-emitting polymer blended with a small amount of nanomaterials that glow when stimulated with electrical current to create bright# perfectly white light similar to the sunlight human eyes prefer. 't can be made in any colour or shape ( from flat sheets to replace office lighting to standard bulbs in household lamps. )*eople often complain that fluorescent lights bother their eyes# and the hum from the fluorescent tubes irritates anyone sitting at a desk underneath them#+ said Dr. "arroll. Dr."aroll is the director of the "entre for !anotechnology and Molecular Materials. )$he new lights we have created can cure both of those problems and more.+

IIT-M computer system gets fastest tag

A view of super computer installed at IIT in Chennai on Friday. Photo: S.S.Kumar

$he super cluster ( a set of tightly-connected computers that work together ( at ''$-Madras has been declared the fastest among all educational institutions in the country.

$,*-..# a global pro/ect that details the most powerful known computer systems in the world# has ranked the new '0M 1irgo Super "luster at ''$-Madras as the 223th in the top -... $he other 'ndian entries ahead of the one at ''$ Madras are the machines at an 'S4, facility in Mumbai and the "S'4 %ab in 0angalore. $he cluster worth 4s. 5 crore# which will be put to use from Monday# will enormously increase the speed of computing and accuracy of results of research e6periments. $his new system will be available to users# both professors and research scholars# across departments. Users can access it from wherever they are. ive years ago# the institute was the first ''$ to set up a cluster with a computing power of 2. teraflops# but 1irgo has a computing power of 57 teraflops. )'t took almost ten months for us to plan this#+ said *.0. Sunil 8umar# professor 9physics:# in-charge# high performance computing. $he cluster will be of great help to various ambitious pro/ects at ''$-Madras. 'f a normal desktop "*U re;uires power of <.. units# this cluster works on =2. 8ilo units per hour a