Down memory lane- A trip to Delhi

January 2008-To Delhi Monochrome


Balloon Vendor-Near India Gate




Indian Habitat Center

Bicycles in the rain this year

Happy Diwali

Parabola


Flower,light and the rain


Flower and the rain

Stock market madness

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The makeup detector

I usually didn't take much/any notice of makeup that people wear until once i went to meet an acquaintance near their hostel. This person was waiting outside the hostel gate. I arrived on time and began carefully looking around for the acquaintance, only in vain. Eventually, this person walks to me and says 'hi'. It was only then i realized that the person had worn no make up at all. It then made me realize, how a 'make up' can result in a 'make over'. Nevertheless, from that day on, i was keen on trying to detect how much make up a person really wears.
Initially i noticed that many folks wearing make up had a different skin tone at the back of their neck with respect to their face. The funny thing is that the mirror will only reflect the face and not the back part of the neck and its easy to forget the contrast. The same applies for hands and feet. All you need is to compare it with the face. This makes it easy to detect the variations and is probably a good way of getting a real idea of the actual tone of the skin.

Naturally folks get smarter and touch up the neck,hand and (maybe even?) feet and makes it nearly impossible to compare. However, all is not lost. We have optics to the rescue :-) It has been found that when light falls on a translucent object (like the skin), it actually goes into the skin and reflects back making the skin appear smoother while make up actually causes light to reflect directly making the skin loose its translucence.

A good approximation of the face with and without makeup is visible in this article on page 54, Fig 32. Other than the skin tone, the difference in the shadows under the nose is clearly visible.

Infact, I came to know about this during a talk on computation cameras at a symposium. I guess i am able to put to good use some of the info :-)

Chasing a Dream

"There is no telling how many miles you have to run when you are chasing a dream!"

Penguin

What does the penguin do when the Arctic ice is gone? It chills out listening to music at our lab.

Icecream

They make jolly good ice cream.

Yelagiri Hills

Its a small quiet hill station near Vellore.

Hot Chocoloate

I love hot chocolate.

A trip to Delhi

Qutb Minar


Alai Minar

Another study pic

Writing Gibberish :-)

Life in blue and orange

Hope Floats

Before Sunset


Pics from a trip to Pondichery.

Which husband

This is what happened when an orthodox tamil bhramin lady met a european lady at an airport terminal. The tamil lady is a first time flier who is to meet her son abroad.

The TN_lady is not very well versed in English but is still interested to converse. She meets a European lady and picks up the following conversation:

EU_lady:hi
TN_lady: (smiles)

further exchanges a few pleasantries with what ever English the TN_lady could manage.

EU_lady: how many children?
TN_lady: Three, going to meet son.

EU_lady: ok.(after a pause)
EU_lady: Which husband?

TN_lady: Points out to her husband sipping coffee on a chair near by.

EU_lady: No, no which husband? First,second, third...?
TN_lady: No, in India only one husband!(totally stunned and taken aback.)

EU_lady: What! How can you live your entire life with just one person!(totally stunned).

End of conversation :)


Who wants to try answer the EU_lady's question for real :)

My luck

The internet has been so jumpy and slow for a month. I hope things will improve. Do I believe in luck? I better do, for this post to appear on the blog :) and yes there is the fever that needs to go away with luck and medication :)

Technology to Give the Totally Blind a Touch Of Sight

This is an intriguing research project with an extremely useful application for giving 'sight' to the totally blind by swapping tiny cameras that transforms images to electrical signals felt on the tongue. From what it appears, the person's sphere of influence is no longer restricted by the length of the stick carried. The kind of projects that will serve humanity and the ones that really need attention. Pass the word on folks. More on it by clicking.Here.Feel free to cross post.

Love free

Love me without fear
Trust me without questioning
Need me without demanding
Want me without restrictions
Accept me without change
Desire me without inhibitions
For a love so free....
Will never fly away.
~ by Dick Sutphen ~

Signs

The signs that take us home :-)

Cotton Sweet

Cotton Sweets


They belong to a vendor who got onto a suburban chennai train.

Chennai Suburban Train

Food for the soul :)

Tomato Soup

This one was a little spicy though.

Pringles