The Village Guy

Proper management of water is important in every country and especially in populated countries like India. It is high time that we need to measure our water usage in our homes. Putting a SMART TAP at the water tank would be a necessity in the near future.  Imagine a digital and eco-friendly village. IOT ( internet of things ) is part of their daily life. And their smart tap is used to measure the water usage in the home. And it is connected to the IOT, continuously sends some data related to water flow and quality of water etc.. The smart tap also measures the water level based on the pressure at the tap. And gives you reminders about the water filling. The village officer can analyze the water usage of each house in that village and he can give some incentives/rewards to the less average water usage. In the other post , we have discussed the Aadhaar based dustbins, giving incentives to the villagers for cleanliness. The incentive-based schemes are not the first time to...

'Samsung Z' released today. Why so much buzz around it? Samsung usually release many mobiles every month. But the speciality of this phone is, it loaded with Tizan mobile OS, not android. Tizen is an open source operating system for mobiles, tablets, TVs and GPS devices etc. Tizen works based on Linux kernel. This open-source project backed by Intel and Samsung. The operating system is Open source. But the SDK is proprietary and free to download (freeware). It's pretty bold move from Samsung to release a new mobile with tizen os to compete against the well settled and strong market holders like android and iOS. The app store of android and ios filled with millions of apps. So what makes Tizen to settle in the mobile market. Tizen gives great support for html5 apps. It provides consistency in all the platforms right from TV to the bulbs in your home. It may be a strategic move from Samsung to emerge Tizan which will play crucial role in the coming days. Homes will be connect...