Saturday, September 6, 2008

Treehouse

Where there is a will, there is a way. Innumerable times humans have shown that to be true. Yet, it still inspires to see one more example. Meet Mr. K. P. Singh of Udaipur and watch this video (link) to see how can one coexist, literally, with trees. What I found most interesting was his innovation on water conservation. Contrary to general notion, fountain will throw too much water on you unless you open it just little.

Breaking the Bias – Lessons from Bayesian Statistical Perspective

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