A WEARABLE COOLING DEVICE THAT COULD MAKE AIR CONDITIONING OBSOLETE

Today I came across another latest technology invention via my Digital Trends and I decided to share it with everyone. Its all about youngsters making things work.

The MIT students develop Wearable Cooling Device that could probably make air conditioning obsolete.

The device, developed by four engineering students at MIT, Wristify is a prototype wearable device that leverages the physical phenomenon known as the Peltier effect to reduce your body temperature.

The Peltier effect, named for French physicist Jean Charles Athanase Peltier who discovered it in 1834, describes the phenomenon of heating or cooling caused by an electric current flowing across the junction of two different conductors. As the current moves from one conductor to another, the transfer of energy causes one side to heat up and the other to cool down.

Wristify is basically a series of these junctions (called a Peltier cooler) powered by a small battery and attached to a wrist strap. When placed against the skin, the device makes you feel cooler by reducing the temperature of your wrist a few fractions of a degree per second for a couple seconds at a time. Over the course of a few minutes, this process will cause you to perceive a whole-body cooling of a couple degrees celsius. The team developing the device is still tinkering with it to figure out the optimal cooling cycle, but at this point in time they say the most effective method is to cool your wrist by 0.4 degrees Celsius (0.7F) per second for five seconds, and then turn off for 10 seconds.

The chief benefit of this device is that it offers a more personalized approach to temperature control, one that’s vastly more efficient than current heating and cooling methods. It takes millions of watts to raise or lower the temperature of an entire building, but Wristify can run on a small lithium battery. If everybody had one of these things on their wrist instead of relying on air conditioning or heaters all the time, the potential energy savings could be massive.

Of course, it’s still just a prototype, but the idea recently won the $10,000 top prize in MIT’s annual Making And Designing Materials Engineering Competition, and the team plans to put all that cheddar toward further development of the device.

Having yet another invention of a miniaturized device that could function as a normal Air-conditioner, still makes reaffirmasion that life itself is getting much more better.
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INTERNSHIP Opportunity

Jumia as been known to be Nigeria's famous e-commerce stock announces her recruitment for customer service INTERNS for the holiday period.

 
Job Title: Jumia Customer Service Internship Programme 2013
Location: Lagos
 

Job Description
This is a great opportunity for students (especially those on strike) to build their CV s and gain working experience in an E-commerce industry . The interns will gain high class training for the job and phenomenal hands-on job experience. Copied from:

 
Requirements: 
Must be in at least 200 Level in school OR Awaiting NYSC
Proof of student status (e.g. valid student ID)
Good typing skills
Good selling skills
Good spoken and written skills
No work experience Required
Must be intelligent, have good attitude and interpersonal skills also willing to learn.
Age limit: 25 years and below. Copied

 
Remuneration and Condition of services
The internship will last for a minimum of two months. Stipend will be given for job done.
Application Closing Date: 26th November, 2013

 
Method Of Application
Interested applicants should kindly send their CVs to: callcenterinternship@jumia.com.ng
Applicants will be contacted soonest via email or text messages for the interview date.
 

Here is a chance to get hold of an opportunity...don't let it slip by.

Best of Luck!

Signs of being on the Wrong Career Path

Have you ever heard people say, “We learn from our own mistakes?” Of course it’s true that the knowledge we gain from our own mistakes helps us progress in life with absolute confidence. But what would you share about the mistake of choosing the wrong career path? Do you think you will have enough time to learn anything from it? It could be the biggest blunder of your life, if you’re left unemployed for years.

Believe it or not, you can change your job 3 to 4 times a year and it might not affect your financial situation. But after spending five years in a specific profession, if you take a stern decision to move to another industry, your pay package will surely degrade. So, is it better to stay alert right from the beginning so that you don’t head down the wrong career path?

Now, if you are already working but a bit confused whether you are going in the right direction, take a look at the following 5 questions, which will tell you whether you are making the right decisions or not.

You’re Not Enjoying Your Work

Unless you are content with your job, you can never be successful in your career. Remember, preferences are different for different people and therefore it would be stupid to choose a job just because others have had success with it. What you must do is choose a career that perfectly matches your aptitude and skills. Do not be pigeonholed into a specific career just because someone you know is happy in it, or you may end up frustrated.

You’re Not Performing Well

The most important factor that determines one’s career growth is work performance. Unless you produce extraordinary results at work, you will never be able to move up to senior positions. So, if you find that your work performance is gradually degrading and your superiors are not happy with you, just consider it a sign of making a bad career choice.

You’re Not Satisfied With Your Role

Even if you have senior status at work, you might still feel frustrated with your job responsibilities. Remember, job satisfaction is one of the key reasons behind constructing a successful career. So, if you find that you are not satisfied with your job responsibilities, you might not be on the right career path.

You Have Lots Of Stress Or Anxiety

Stress and anxiety are common for almost everyone who works. However, if a stressful work environment goes on to affect one’s health conditions drastically, he/she might want to quit the job. If you feel that stress and anxiety are affecting your mental peace at work, consider that it may be the wrong career option for you.

You’re Considering Quitting To Go Back To School

This is one of the biggest blunders made by working professionals. Many employees quit their jobs because they don’t get ample time to manage both work and further education. Therefore, it’s a bad initiative while choosing the right career path.

In such a case, one smart solution is to take advantage of education technology and enroll in an online course. In doing so, you not only acquire time management skills but also grab an opportunity to make use of your course knowledge at your existing job. Moreover, pursuing an online education proves to be quite affordable and convenient.

Keep these steps in mind and you will surely have no hassles while choosing your ideal career path. 

Good luck!

If you’ve found the right career path for you,please kindly share your story in the comments.

Extracted from Jan Felton's piece

Tips to Becoming a Leader at Work

Becoming a leader in life,home and most especially at work has always being a day-to-day challenge. You want to be a leader but you do not carry the title. So, how do you go about positioning yourself as a leader at work?

There are many ways, but listed below are some that comes to mind. You can use these actions that will inevitably position yourself as a leader at work without being too obvious about your ambitions.

1. Take Responsibility

You want to be a leader at work, learn to take responsibility for anything that has your fingerprint on it. That means, as long as you participate in the project, you have a hand at the failure of the project.

Learn to take responsibility for not just the good things, but even bad ones. Admit to your mistakes - it’s okay to be wrong. You cannot learn if you have not made any mistakes.

 2. Believe In Win-Win

A rising tide lifts all boats – always think win-win. It exists. Just because the world thinks the business world is nasty, and that you need to be manipulative and maneuvering to win, you need not participate in it.

In fact, make it your contribution not to be nasty and bullying in your ways. You want to be a leader at work, believe in your hands as leader to change the world.

The power of positive influence you have on the people around you and the power to inspire people to greater heights is in front of you.

3. Push the Envelope

Try new things. Take some risk. Make yourself uncomfortable. Do the things that may risk making you look foolish – what do you have to lose? Leaders take risks. They are not afraid of doing what they believe.

What do you believe in that you are willing to take some risk? To be a leader at work, you need to take even simple risks like taking on the project no one wants.

4. Do It, Write It

I have often said this. This world is full of people who talk too much and don’t do enough. If you want to be a leader at work, act upon something. Work that plan.

If you have any ideas that are simmering in your mind, write it down. It doesn’t matter if it’s not a plan yet, just write it down.

If you don’t write it down, there is no one to present to and there is no record of the idea. How can it count? If you want to be a leader at work, you have practice writing down everything.

5. See Opportunities Everywhere

There is no need to create opportunities for yourself to lead. The opportunities to lead are everywhere. You need to be mindful of these opportunities.

I have just mentioned one earlier. Are there any opportunities to take on the project no one wants? If you don’t see opportunities everywhere, you are missing the point.

6. Be Open

Be open to criticism, otherwise you are just living off yourself. What does it mean? When you are open to feedback, you are being fed ideas from others that are free. Often times, these ideas come from people smarter than you. They will give you tips on how to improve and how to be better.

That’s what a leader needs - constant feedback. You need feedback to be a leader at work, otherwise you are “feed-own” (I just created that word to mean feeding yourself) and you will go hungry soon. With no new ideas, a leader dries up.

7. Give, Give, Give

That’s how you open up. Pour out all you got from inside you. Give all you have ideas, thoughts, plans. Feel the vulnerability and learn to like it. When you pour all your ideas out you will need new ones. Where do new ideas come from? From critics who want to tear you down, from well-meaning supporters and from people you least expect.

More comes back to you. You have more to input. It enriches you. That’s how you become a leader at work.

These are the seven actions to position yourself as a leader at work. You want to be a leader at work? Do not be afraid of taking risks. You have more to gain than lose when you open up.

While everyone else skip to making themselves fit or occupy the seat, that's the perfect time for you to take the chance to make the needed change to your destiny and career.

Your Change is a possibility!