Tom Friedman in his article about dream team of scientist( winners of Intel Science talent awards) writes that most of them are children of Immigrants.Good news, our children may have some advantage because of this. Bad news that their children will not have this advantage.These children can help their children by helping them spend the time it takes to master the craft of becoming experts in any field. New research shows that it takes about 10000 hours of study to be an expert in any field.Four hours a day will give one about 1200 hours a year.So it would take eight years of practice to be good at any subject.
It has also been found that Very young (0 to 15)are specially attuned to be able to learn languages,music,Musical instrument,dance.Actually it is much difficult for older people without basic understanding of theses subjects to learn them later on in life. Capacity to learn improves till late twenties .
If America keeps its doors open for new immigrants we can be sure the innovation will come from America.
That is even good for rest of us without immigrant parent as these young people will keep the competition open and exciting for all of us.
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Monday, March 22, 2010
Thursday, December 17, 2009
mit.edu. suggest some x prizes.
X prizes are the prizes given for an outstanding leap in sciences or technology.2004
xprize was for a private manned rocket flight into space.That flight is helping to make possibility of commercial space travel by Virgin space tourism thinkable.It will be venture to send tourists at 200,000 dollars a person into space.
Now x-lab@MIt is suggesting several of them.Deshpande center for technology innovation at mit is one of the prime developers of the technology advances.
1.The first prize is proposed for cross continental all electric powered flight with two stops in 24 hours.
2. prize for a small refrigerator size power storage unit to be installed in homes. This should eliminate the need of half of the power plants in America to take care of peak period power consumption in the process saving on resources.
3.Power storage capacity of 20 mega watt storage for six hours will make it possible for utilities to store power when surplus power is available like solar or hydro or wind from renewable resources.
4.A 5000 watt storage for ten hours will bring power to Billion people who do not have it now.
I WELCOME ANY SUGGESTIONS TO ADD ON TO THIS SUGGESTION BY MIT STUDENTS.
xprize was for a private manned rocket flight into space.That flight is helping to make possibility of commercial space travel by Virgin space tourism thinkable.It will be venture to send tourists at 200,000 dollars a person into space.
Now x-lab@MIt is suggesting several of them.Deshpande center for technology innovation at mit is one of the prime developers of the technology advances.
1.The first prize is proposed for cross continental all electric powered flight with two stops in 24 hours.
2. prize for a small refrigerator size power storage unit to be installed in homes. This should eliminate the need of half of the power plants in America to take care of peak period power consumption in the process saving on resources.
3.Power storage capacity of 20 mega watt storage for six hours will make it possible for utilities to store power when surplus power is available like solar or hydro or wind from renewable resources.
4.A 5000 watt storage for ten hours will bring power to Billion people who do not have it now.
I WELCOME ANY SUGGESTIONS TO ADD ON TO THIS SUGGESTION BY MIT STUDENTS.
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