A tribute from space for David Bowie
Here he is, sitting in a tin can, far above the world and saying goodbye to David Bowie.
Messages of condolence for the late rock star flowed in on Monday from around the world and from space, where British astronaut Tim Peake tweeted from the International Space Station.
“Saddened to hear David Bowie has lost his battle with cancer — his music was an inspiration to many,” Peake wrote on Monday.
The outer-space tribute seemed fitting. Unique and otherworldly, Bowie often seemed like a creature from another planet, the “Starman” of one of his 1970s hits.
The cosmos fascinated him from his first big hit, “Space Oddity.” Released in 1969, the year of the first moon landing, it told the story of Major Tom, an astronaut adrift, “sitting in my tin can, far above the world.”
Express Raja Is All About A Dog!
From our reliable sources, we have got to know the plot of one of the Sankranthi attractions, that is Sharwanand starrer Express Raja which is releasing on January 14th. Director Merlapaka Gandhi’s first film Venkatadri Express revolves around the train and is about hero Sundeep Kishan and heroine Rakul Preet Singh reaching their destination of Tirupati.
Coming to Express Raja, the film story revolves around a dog which is of heroine Surabhi. In the film, hero Sharwanand hates dog, but wherein his love interest Surabhi is fond of her puppy. All of a sudden, the pet dog goes missing and both Sharwanand and Surabhi chase after it. In between, many characters come in to provide some entertainment. Twist in the tale arrives when everyone gets to know that, the pet has a diamond in its chain.
As per the source, Express Raja is going to be a surprise winner for the Pongal. Positive thing is expectations are low on the film, so racy screenplay is expected to keep the spectators amused all through. Brahmaji who was seen in a prominent role in Venkatadri Express will be seen in yet another vital role in Express Raja. Prabhas Srinu will be seen in most of the frames along with hero Sharwanand.Express Raja has few more surprises. To know all of them, we need to wait couple more days.
3D printed ‘nanowalls’ for efficient touchscreens
Geneva: Scientists have developed new 3D printed transparent electrodes, comprising of a grid of gold or silver ‘nanowalls’ on a glass surface, which could help make more efficient and precise touchscreens for smartphones. It is the first time that scientists have created nanowalls like these using 3D printing.
Every touchscreen we use requires transparent electrodes – the devices’ glass surface is coated with a barely visible pattern made of conductive material. The new electrodes developed by scientists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have a higher conductivity and are more transparent than those made of indium tin oxide, the standard material used in smartphones and tablets today.
This is a clear advantage – the more transparent the electrodes, the better the screen quality. The more conductive they are, the more quickly and precisely the touchscreen will work. “Indium tin oxide is used because the material has a relatively high degree of transparency and the production of thin layers has been well researched, but it is only moderately conductive,” said Patrik Rohner, a PhD student at ETH. To produce more conductive electrodes, researchers opted for gold and silver, which conduct electricity much better.
However, because these metals are not transparent, the scientists had to make use of the third dimension. “If you want to achieve both high conductivity and transparency in wires made from these metals, you have a conflict of objectives,” said Dimos Poulikakos, professor at ETH. “As the cross-sectional area of gold and silver wires grows, the conductivity increases, but the grid’s transparency decreases,” said Poulikakos.
Researchers used metal walls only 80 to 500 nanometres thick, which are almost invisible when viewed from above. Since they are two to four times taller than they are wide, the cross-sectional area, and thus the conductivity, is sufficiently high. These tiny metal walls were produced using a printing process known as Nanodrip.
In this process scientists use inks made from metal nanoparticles in a solvent; an electrical field draws ultra-small droplets of the metallic ink out of a glass capillary. The solvent evaporates quickly, allowing a 3D structure to be built up drop by drop. The researchers managed to create this special form of droplet by perfectly balancing the composition of metallic ink and the electromagnetic field used.
The next big challenge will now be to upscale the method and develop the print process further so that it can be implemented on an industrial scale.
Half of Nannaku Prematho OS Premieres cancelled
The makers of NTR’s Nannaku Prematho were struggling with the last minute post production works and the censor is delayed beyond the limit and the makers now find themselves struggling to ship the drives on time for Overseas Premieres.
As a result more than half of the Overseas Premieres are cancelled and the makers have to blame themselves. A big amount is lost and the makers will now have to return some amount to the distributor as well.
But a grand release is planned tomorrow in both the Telugu states. The makers as well as fans are expecting a sensational first day figure for the movie. It will be really huge if the talk is good.
Vikram Shocks Us With Iru Mugan First Look
Good or bad, Vikram is the star from Tamil cinema impresses big every time. After Kamal Hasan, it’s the Indian audience who are respecting an artist just for the sake of variety of get ups and amount of physical hard work puts in and it is only Vikram. This time, Chiyaan is here to lock our looks with his new outing ‘Iru Mugan.’
Literally, Iru Mugan means two faces or dual faced which one can see in the above picture. The film is said to be a mystery thriller directed by Anand Shankar while Nayanathara and Nithya Menon are playing the main female leads. Already, the movie is lying on sets with production schedules commenced. There was an excitement among audience on how is Vikram trying different this time and the first look blocked all their minds.
The picture by itself describes what the hero’s characterization is like. All in all, Vikram is so intense in the poster and let us wait for more updates on what the story is actually like.
Nannaku Prematho To Get Record Openings
The massive release scale planned for ‘Nannaku Prematho’ isn’t a surprise for trade circles because Junior NTR is regarded as a record breaking opener with a promise to shake best of Tollywood account books. He has done it in the past and even capable of repeating the same in present if and only if a movie gets superb opening talk.
Much before the positive or negative talk sinks into common public, looks like ‘Nannaku Prematho’ producers and buyers want to cash on the first day mania. For example, Hyderabad alone has got five main theaters blocked and four of them lie in main centre of RTC X Roads. Yes, biggest screens in this centre like Devi 70 MM, Sudarshan 70 MM, Sandhya 35 and Sandhya 70 MM are going to screen ‘Nannaku Prematho’ for one day that is tomorrow.
Along with this, Prasad Multiplex has also got 28 screenings tomorrow for ‘Nannaku Prematho’ which is again a whopping number. This includes 5 shows on large screen. So, get ready for some magical numbers to be reported in next 72 hours.
Anjali Special Song in Sarainodu
Telugu girl Anjali is going excellently in Telugu and Tamil film industries. In fact, she is also bagging plum offers from Kannada and Malayalam producers making her a true South Indian actress who got familiar with audience in all five Southern States. Apart from acting in performance based and glamour roles, Anjali is also taking time to sizzle in item numbers besides star heroes.
Yes, there is a strong buzz on director Boyapati Srinu has preferentially selected Anjali for an item song in ‘Sarainodu’ besides Allu Arjun. At a time when Anjali’s new movie ‘Dictator’ is hitting the screens in next 48 hours, she gave enough clarity even about this item song.
‘No, you cannot call this as an item song because ‘Sarainodu’ story is strongly connected with this song. So, you can address this as a special song. When Boyapati Garu narrated me the story and context of song, I made my mind to dance on it,’ Anjali said. Meanwhile, her ‘Chithrangada’ is all set for release in next month.
Balakrishna Dictator is The Equalizer Remake
As many of the buyers and team members associated with ‘Dictator’ are buzzing positive pre release reports for the film, obviously Balakrishna Fans are feeling half victorious. Most importantly, the drawbacks served by Kona Venkat, Gopi Mohan and Sreedhar Seepana trio aren’t visibly felt on film as of now. This is the promotional achievement for makers and they should be happy about it.
Apparently, ‘Dictator’ is gossiped to be a free-make of American action neo-noir vigilante crime thriller movie ‘The Equalizer.’ While there is no official confirmation on this but those world cinema lovers who have an idea about this flick are commenting in amazement. ‘The Equalizer’ starring Denzel Washington is a hit in Hollywood.
Whatever may be the actual story of ‘Dictator,’ the ultimate demand from Balayya Fans would be high voltage action and if director Srivass succeeds in fulfilling these Fans wishes, that could be the path for super hit result.
Mahesh’s Heroine Is New face of Mumbai Heroes
The rumors which were flowing that Huma Qureshi and Sohail Khan were a thing was put to rest when the sizzling Kriti Sanon replaced her as the brand ambassador of Sohail’s CCL team.
The co-owner of the team- Mumbai Heroes- in a statement clarified that the Nenokkadine star will replace Huma because the management appoints a new face every year as a protocol and nothing else.
The rumors of Sohail and Huma were sparked off when they were seen close last year during the Celebrity Cricket League. However, Sohail’s pretty wife Seema bashed all the rumors. Even Huma took to Twitter to express her disappointment over these senseless rumors.
NTR Sings Superb Before His Wife
Junior Ntr is a multi talented personality. He is a terrific actor, wonderful dancer and also a superb singer. Having witnessed almost all his shades, this time Sukumar and Devi Sri Prasad forced NTR to sing a song for ‘Nannaku Prematho’ and today ‘I Wanna Follow Follow Follow You’ stood as the real chartbuster.
‘I thought of stopping singing for movies because I feel nervous every time when I enter into studio as playback singer. It was Sukumar and Devi Sri Prasad who wanted a special tinge for ‘Follow Follow’ song. I could not put down their request and it happened so. I can sing so freely before my wife and my mother. But when it comes to a movie, automatically I get tensed. I am also scared to catch the mike in hand while singing,’ NTR said.
Whatever, the output of NTR as playback singer for ‘Nannaku Prematho’ turned out to be one of the biggest selling factors for the film. Well, do not ask about dances because Tarak should have nailed it hard on the same song.
