Who da man? What did he invent?
Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, s m muneer ali, Manish Achuth, Rogi and Dibyo
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Alan Adler, inventor of Aeropress the bestest coffee maker on the planet.
Friday, October 10, 2014
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20 years ago, this man proposed something simply wonderful. It is used extensively today. Who is he?
Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Manish Achuth, Rogi and Jayaprakash B R
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HÃ¥kon Wium Lie, CTO of Opera who originally proposed CSS in 1994!
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
First T-Shirts, Now this?
This is what happens when you let scientists do whatever they want. What is this?
It is real, btw.
Cracked by: Jayaprakash B R, s m muneer ali, Rogi, Sumanth Patlolla and Manish Achuth
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Glow in the dark cats. http://www.bu.edu/synapse/2012/02/29/glow-in-the-dark-cats/
Monday, September 22, 2014
125 Years
First logo of a company that turned 125 recently. Identify
Cracked by: jayanth, Dibyo, Rogi, Jayaprakash B R, s m muneer ali, Sumanth Patlolla and swatah
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Nintendo’s original logo was just “Nintendo” in kanji.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
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Math-Magician. Who is this?
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Yiting Zhang, celebrity mathematician who proved the twin prime conjecture a year back.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Exclude him, please
This man is one of the pioneers of Quantum Physics. But, you are better off conducting your experiments and demonstrations while he is not around. Why? Who is he?
Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, s m muneer ali, Rogi and Manish Achuth
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Wolfgang Pauli. Apparently, scientific equipment broke down mysteriously in his presence, known as the “Pauli Effect” is somehow as popular as his legit “Pauli Exclusion Principle”.
Monday, September 15, 2014
Man of the hour
Fill in the blanks. Temple of ____________
Cracked by: Dibyo, Sumanth Patlolla, raklodramA, [email protected], VirenBhujbal, Rogi and Manish Achuth
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Notch, the creator of Minecraft
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Asterisks
Great question from %gqh% Manish Achuth.
He created something in 1963, in order to ensure some compartmentalization so that people didn’t have to live in a communal setting. Despite many faults, there is still no widely used substitute.
Title is a BIG hint
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Fernando Corbató. He came up with the password.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Bringing Trolls into the Light
aw yiss! I am back.
%gqh% Rogi asks, What company recently made news with this? (He sent this question in May, so recently = May 2014)
And oh, belated birthday wishes to Boiledbeans! We are now 7 years old! So old that we no longer remember our birthdays.
Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, s m muneer ali, Rogi, Dibyo and Manish Achuth
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Amazon’s “Taking pictures against a white background” patent.
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Area under the curve
Identify and connect
Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, s m muneer ali, Rogi and Manish Achuth
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Jack Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit. Rob Noyce is considered to have invented the integrated circuit about the same time as Jack Kilby.