Nokia files patents for Electronic tattoos

I often set my cell phone to vibrate,but my arm?  Well,that's a new one.

Nokia has filed a U.S. patent application for a  magnetic, vibrating tattoo that wirelessly connects to a mobile device and alert users to phone calls, texts and battery status.Nokia wants to make it physically impossible to ignore an incoming call by patenting an electronic tattoo that would vibrate, on your body, whenever someone calls.

How does this work??

Nokia’s patent application describes a system that could work in two ways. Under one concept, a detachable electronic material would be applied to a person's skin, much like a temporary tattoo.
The removable piece of electronic equipment could then be paired with a person's smartphone,
as it would be capable of vibrating when it detects its magnetic field.The second concept would use a ferromagnetic ink to permanently imprint this material into your skin. You could get whatever image you’d want, just like a regular tattoo, and after it’s applied it would be magnetised so it, too, could recognise
a magnetic field from your phone.

My take:
I think this is an interesting concept from this Finnish company.It would be easier to monitor
the phone in situations where phones are frowned upon:movie hall,gym and work.The only
worrying factor is the health hazards due to the tattoo imprint on the skin.Otherwise,its another
innovation by Nokia to help you stay connected.

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How did the word 'QUIZ' originate?

You may be passionate about quizzing and may participate in quizzes regularly. But do you know about the origin of the word 'quiz'. If you do not know then read on.....

A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams) attempt to answer questions correctly.

 The word first appeared in 1784 and means a very odd or eccentric person. This sense survives today in the word 'quizzical'.

It was also used in the term quizzing glass, a common accoutrement of British Regency dandies. It later acquired a meaning of to make fun of, or to mock. How it acquired its current meaning of a test is unknown, but that sense did not appear until 1867 and then it was in the United States.

The OED2 cites from 1847 where the word appears: "She com back and quiesed us", which could be a clue to its origin. Quiz is possibly a corrupt form of the Latin Qui es, meaning "Who are you?" 

According to American Heritage it may be from the English dialect verb quiset, meaning to question. 

There is a well-known myth about the word 'quiz'. It says that in 1791 a Dublin theater owner named James Daly made a bet that he could introduce a nonsense word into the language within twenty-four hours and the public would define its meaning. He then went out and hired a group of street urchins (according to another version he gave his staff cards with the word quiz written on them) and told them to write the word , which was a nonsense word, on walls around the city of Dublin. The word soon caught the fancy of tne people of Dublin. Within a day, the word was common currency and had acquired a meaning (since no one knew what it meant, everyone thought it was some sort of test) and Daly had some extra cash in his pocket. However, there is no evidence supporting the story, and the term was already in use before the alleged bet in 1791.

Quiz was also used as a name for a curious toy, something like a yo-yo which was popular around 1790.

Hence it is highly debatable how the word quiz originated and so is its meaning of 'to question or interrogate' which it acquired later. Quiz as we know today emerged in the mid-19th century.

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Fastest La Liga century of goals by Ronaldo!!!!!!

 The Ronaldo-Messi rivalry just gets more intense.
 Only three days after Messi becoming Barcelona's all time leading scorer, CR7 answers him back with a record of his own. Cristiano Ronaldo became the fastest player to reach 100 goals in the Spanish league by breaking the record of Real Madrid legend  Ferenc Puskas who did so in 105 matches in 1960s. Ronaldo scored his 100th against Real Sociedad, which was his only 92nd La Liga appearance.

Ronaldo's career statistics:

Club	Season	League		Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sporting CP	2002–03	25	3	3	2	–		3	0	0	0	31	5
	Total	25	3	3	2	–		3	0	0	0	31	5
Manchester United	2003–04	29	4	5	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	40	6
	2004–05	33	5	7	4	2	0	8	0	0	0	50	9
	2005–06	33	9	2	0	4	2	8	1	–		47	12
	2006–07	34	17	7	3	1	0	11	3	–		53	23
	2007–08	34	31	3	3	0	0	11	8	1	0	49	42
	2008–09	33	18	2	1	4	2	12	4	2	1	53	26
	Total	196	84	26	13	12	4	55	16	3	1	292	118
Real Madrid	2009–10	29	26	0	0	–		6	7	–		35	33
	2010–11	34	40	8	7	–		12	6	–		54	53
	2011–12	29	35	5	3	–		6	6	2	1	42	45
	Total	92	101	13	10	–		24	19	2	1	131	131
Career total		313	188	42	25	12	4	82	35	5	2	454	254

                                   

                                Ronaldo's 100th La Liga Goal

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