Alexander Graham Bell

Is happiness elusive to many? It’s a question one often ponders over. In her latest book 3 Tips: The Essentials of Peace, Joy and Success, author-philanthropist Meera Gandhi answers this pertinent question, attempting to give readers tools to cultivate and live a joyful life.“Today’s world is a fast-paced one with unprecedented pressures. The things that calm and centre the human psyche: family, love, touch, kindness, empathy, concern etc are all sacrificed to work and getting ahead in a rat race to make money to…

Although the sensitivity and performance of microphones has improved quite a bit since Alexander Graham Bell first patented them, they still have one big drawback that researchers from Carnegie Mellon University may have finally overcome by using a pair of run-of-the-mill video cameras.Put a microphone in a room with a bunch of musicians,and while you’ll capture every last note and nuance of their individual performances, you’ll be left with a single recording with everything all mixed together. But to make that…