What is happening here?
Cracked by: udupendra, jowens, Rogi, Aravind, dineshk, Raghuvansh, Anjul and Logik
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Images from Google Earth, thats all :)
Bron-Yr-Aur
What is this?
Cracked by: Debasish, udupendra, shrik, Siddarth Pai, KK, rohanquizzer, krikkrak, jowens, raklodramA, Logik, Ananth, Rogi, Dibyo, Aravind, Mo, dineshk, Sumanth Patlolla, S M MUNEER ALI, Manish Achuth, krudebox, Thejas V R, Raghuvansh and Vardhan Shenoy
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Schienenzeppelin or Rail Zeppelin! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schienenzeppelin
Monday, March 21, 2011
Slow down
Explain why.
Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Rogi, rohanquizzer, shrey, Anjul, Dibyo, KK, Siddarth Pai, shrik, Ananth, jowens, Sumanth Patlolla, SV, dineshk, jins, abinash, shubhang, raklodramA, Logik, Nanda, Mo, Aravind, Shwetha Maiya, Thejas V R and krudebox
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Doppler Shift
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Better than an NO2 shot?
This was first proposed by (1), used around the earth by (2), used in interplanetary travel by (3), and still remains in use by (4). What?
Cracked by: shrik, jowens, Rogi, Dibyo, krudebox, dineshk, Ananth and Raghuvansh
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The Gravitational Slingshot, or Gravity Assist. Developed by Michael Minovitch. Used by Luna 3, Mariner 10, and now most recently by MESSENGER (which just inserted itself into orbit around Mercury!)
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Nice gift
What are these curves known as?
Cracked by: Rogi, jowens, Sumanth Patlolla, Siddarth Pai, Shwetha Maiya, jins, kage, shrik and dineshk
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Rose Curves!
Friday, March 18, 2011
A different Leonardo.
The first picture is the controller and the second is the controlled. What is it?
PS - this is not some steampunk stuff. This is genuine!
Cracked by: Rogi, Raghuvansh, dineshk, Siddarth Pai, jowens and shrik
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Pictures of the Telekino. Invented by Italian engineer Leonardo Torres Quevedo, this was one of the earliest ever demonstrations of a remote controlled device. It was a remote controlled boat :-)
Thursday, March 17, 2011
695
What are these two?
My apologies for the MSPaint-age.
Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Riyaz Usman, Manish Achuth, shrik, Sumanth Patlolla, Rogi, Bharath, jowens, KK, dineshk, jins, vinayaknp, Ananth, Dibyo, Aravind, S M MUNEER ALI, grey_matters, Thejas V R, puneet_k and Shwetha Maiya
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These are the mission patches for the Mars Exploration Rover missions for the Spirit and Opportunity rovers, respectively.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Bed and Breakfast
Famous story of how a sinking startup used these to generate funds and stayed afloat. What are these called? Which company created them?
Cracked by: Niyam, Goyal, shrik, dineshk, grey_matters, jowens, Siddarth Pai, Bharath, KK, Raghuvansh, Riyaz Usman, Manish Achuth, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla, Ananth, vinayaknp, jins, s m muneerali, Dibyo and rohanquizzer
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Airbnb generated thousands of dollars fromt hese creal boxes. They are called “Obama Os” and “Cap’n McCain"s. Just brilliant.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Call the doctor? No.
1, who appears in the Simpsons as 2 is the biological sister of one of the most revered (subjective :P ) person in the tech industry. Who she? Who she a sister of?
Cracked by: Raghuvansh, Rogi, dineshk, jowens, Sumanth Patlolla, Aparna, raklodramA, Siddarth Pai, puneet_k, shrey, Abinash Sharma, Riyaz Usman, Bharath, Manish Achuth, shrik, Satya, Smitha R Maiya, vinayaknp, vkamath, rohanquizzer, Shwetha Maiya, grey_matters, akhi and Ananth
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Mona Simpson, biological sister of Steve Jobs
Monday, March 14, 2011
All alone in the world is a little...
Intarwebs obscuridae. Identify webcomic -
Cracked by: Rogi, jowens, Raghuvansh, Siddarth Pai, Aravind, dineshk and Bharath
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The webcomic is aptly titled Laika and Qubit (Schrodinger’s cat). http://deathbyorphans.com/