Do you know that the chemical substance; silica gel, has a lot of use than just finding it in your new shoe? see here,

When most people get a packet of silica gel in a shoe box or water bottles, their instinct is to toss it. But savvy DIYers have long known that the omnipresent desiccants are good for a lot more than keeping jerky dry. Here are a few uses, including some great tips 6 Uses for Silica Gel Packets- Don’t Throw Them Away!
1. To save your cell phone from water damage.
2. To help keep photos safe and free from moisture.
3. To keep collectibles in mint condition.
4. To keep important documents safe.
5. To use in each container in your basement, garage, or storage unit to absorb excess moisture.
6. To help preserve your ornaments and Christmas decorations
7.Toss them in your toolbox to keep your tools free of oxidation
More Tips..Extend the life of razor blades
“It is understood that oxidation on razor blades causes premature dulling. I keep a Tupperware half full of silica gel in my medicine cabinet. After each shave, I blot any residual water off the blade and store the razor in the Tupperware with the silica gel.”
Create a dry travel bag
This one’s for the road warriors. Toss a few packets of silica into a Ziplock bag to make an instant travel gadget bag, with enough water-fighting ability to withstand accidental luggage spills.
Fight camera condensation
If you’re taking your camera out into the cold, it can face serious condensation when you bring it back into a warm room. Remove the battery and memory card, and place the camera in a bowl of silica gel to suck up the moisture.

How Capacitors work

How Capacitors Work

Flash capacitor from a point-and-shoot camera.  Take the
capacitor quiz to learn more.
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In a way,a capacitor is a little like a battery. Although they work in completely different ways, capacitors and batteries both
store electrical energy. If you have read How Batteries Work, then you know that a battery has two terminals. Inside the battery, chemical reactions produce electrons on one terminal and absorb electrons on the other terminal.A capacitor is much simpler than a battery, as it can’t produce new electrons — it only stores them.
In this article, we’ll learn exactly what a capacitor is, what it does and how it’s used in electronics. We’ll also look at the history of the capacitor and how several people helped shape its progress.
Inside the capacitor, the terminals connect to two metal plates
separated bya non-conducting substance,or dielectric. You can easily make a capacitor from two pieces of aluminum foil and a piece of paper. It won’t be a particularly good capacitor in terms of its storage capacity, but it will work.
In theory, the dielectric can be any non-conductive substance. However, for practical applications, specific materials are used that best suit the capacitor’s function. Mica, ceramic
, cellulose, porcelain, Mylar, Teflon and even airare some of the non-conductive materials used. The dielectric dictates what kind of capacitor it is and for what it is best suited. Depending on the size and type of dielectric, some capacitors are better for high frequency uses, while some are better for high voltage applications. Capacitors can be manufactured to serve any purpose, from the smallest plastic capacitor in your calculator, to an ultra capacitor that can power a commuter bus.NASA uses glass capacitors to help wake up the space shuttle’s circuitry and help deploy space probes. Here are some of the various types of capacitors and how they are used.
Air – Often used in radio tuning circuits
Mylar – Most commonly used for timer circuits like clocks, alarms and counters
Glass- Good for high voltage applications
Ceramic – Used for high frequency purposes like antennas,X-ray and MRI machines
Super capacitor – Powers electric and hybrid cars
In the next section, we’ll take a closer look at exactly how capacitors work.

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Continued from the last post [2014 JAMB UTME]

* Applicants are advised to read and understand the instructions on how to complete the on-line registration before visiting any cybercafé that has flatbed scanner or digital camera to handle passport photograph capture.
* Candidates should study the guidelines on admission before registration.
* Candidates who damage or lose their scratch cards before registration will have to purchase another scratch card.
* Multiple entries are not allowed. Candidates who register more than once will have their entire results cancelled.
* Candidates should note that their uploaded image or photograph will be embossed on their result slips and admission letters.
* Candidates can access the Board’s website on http://www.jamb.org. ( http://forumng.com/) ng for registration using the registration scratch card. Registration can be done on the website at anytime within the stipulated registration period through any of the accredited and authorised internet cafes.
Candidates are to note that irrespective of their choice of course of study or method of testing, they will also be tested on these two general books.
* The Successors by Jerry Agada
* The Potter’s Wheel by Chukwuemeka Ike
Candidates are to note that there will be no extension of the date of registration.

MAUTECH Admission List 2013/2014 Is Out on mautech .edu .ng, Click here to check

Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH), formerly known as Federal University of Technology Yola (FUTYOLA) has released the 2013/2014 admission list. The released MAUTECH Admission list is the first batch for the 2013/2014 academic session.
How To Check The 2013/2014 MAUTECH Admission List (First Batch)
Candidates who want to check their admission status on the list released by MAUTECH (formerly FUTYOLA) should follow the steps below:
* Go to the admission status-checking portal of MAUTECH located athttp:// mautech.edu.ng/admissions /undergraduate/
* Enter your JAMB Registration Number in the space provided,
* Finally, you should click on the Check button to view your admission status.
Congratulations to all candidates whose names appear on the 2013/2014 admission list of Modibbo Adama University of Technology.

UNIOSUN Pre-degree Supplementary Application Form 2013/2014 Out

Osun State University (UNIOSUN) Pre-degree programme Supplementary Admission Application Form for the 2013/2014 academic session is out. Candidates who wish to take part in the 2014 UNIOSUN Pre-degree and did not see their name in the first batch admission list can apply.

UNIOSUN 2013/2014 Pre-degree Supplementary Admission Application Form
Osun State University, Oshogbo invites Applications from suitably qualified candidates for admission into one-year Pre-Degree Science Programme for the 2013/2014 Academic Session.
GENERAL ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR PRE-DEGREE SUPPLEMENTARY ADMISSION
Candidates must possess O/L, SSCE (WAEC), SSCE (NECO) or equivalent with a minimum of four relevant credit passes in subjects which must include English and Mathematics. Candidates with deficiencies in their ‘O’ level results will be considered; but such candidates are, however, required to make up for any deficiency before the 2014/2015 admission exercise.
COMPLETION OF SUPPLEMENTARY APPLICATION FORMS
Candidates are to register on-line by accessing the University website: http://www.uniosun.edu.ng or directly on the Pre-Degree Portal at http://pds.uniosun.edu.ng to complete and submit Application Forms. Candidates are also expected to print two (2) copies of the application form after submission. Each candidate is to bring along a copy of the application form on the day of the screening exercise. The second copy is to be submitted on admission to the University.
ACCESS TO THE REGISTRATION PORTAL
Access to the portal is through the use of scratch cards with PIN. Candidates require two scratch cards (one each for registration and result/placement checking), which are obtainable directly from any of the following banks upon payment of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) into any of these accounts:
NO.
ACCOUNT NAME
BANK ADDRESS
ACCOUNT NUMBER
1
OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY
ECO BANK, GBONGAN ROAD, OSOGBO
2782021070
2
OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY
UBA, OSOGBO
1007306203
3
OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY
UNITY BANK PLC, OSOGBO
0013686642
4
OSUN STATE UNIVERSITY
MAINSTREET BANK PLC, OSOGBO
7000003630
NOTE: On-line registration facilities are available at the Computer Laboratories in all the campuses for a token fee for candidates that purchase their scratch cards from any of the above listed banks.
PLACEMENT INTO DEGREE PROGRAMME
Upon successful completion of the programme, candidates who also must obtain satisfactory scores in the2014/2015 JAMB Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), would have opportunity of being placed in any of the following Degree Programmes:
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, EJIGBO CAMPUS
• Bachelor of Agriculture (B. Agric) with specialisations in:
o Agricultural Economics and Extension
o Animal Science
o Agronomy
• Bachelor of Fisheries/Wildlife Management
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, IPETU-IJESA CAMPUS
• B. Sc. (Ed.) Mathematics
• B. Sc. (Ed.) Biology
• B. Sc. (Ed.) Chemistry
• B. Sc. (Ed.) Physics
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, OSOGBO CAMPUS
• B. Sc. Anatomy
• B. Sc. Physiology
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, OSOGBO CAMPUS
• B. Sc. Industrial Chemistry
• B. Sc. Biochemistry
• B. Sc. Civil Engineering
• B. Sc. Computer Science
• B. Eng. Electrical/Electronics Engineering
• B. Eng. Mechanical Engineering
• B. Sc. Mathematics
• B. Sc. Microbiology
• B. Sc. Geology
• B. Sc. Physics with Electronics
• B. Sc. Urban and Regional Planning
• B. Sc. Plant Biology
• B. Sc. Chemistry
• B. Sc. Zoology
Also, the programme has been designed to include an Information and Communication Technology component.
CLOSING DATE: Submission of forms closes on Friday 20th December, 2013
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION
Date: Saturday, 21st December, 2013
Venue: Osun State University, Main Campus, Osogbo.

Download JAMB Android E-facility Application for 2014/2015 JAMB UTME

In its resolve to making Nigerian students fit into the ever increasing technology world, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) recently launched a self-service android app for students.
The JAMB e-Facility is here!
JAMB e-Facility is an intuitive, secure and friendly application to perform the core operational services needed by Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board candidates as well as the other individuals that require
such services.
Features of the JAMB Android e-facility app
− Checking of current candidate result.
− Retrieval of Registration Number.
− Result Verification.
− Checking of admission status.
− Registration of cybercafes.

The app works on Android OS 4.0 and above.
To download this JAMB UTME Android e-facility App, kindly click here and follow the procedure outlined Download it here ( https://play.google.com /store /apps/details?id=com.sidmac h.jambefacility)

NCC 2013 Undergraduate Essay Competition – How To Apply

(NCC) Nigerian Communications Commission Undergraduate Essay Competition application for 2013 has started. Applications are invited by the NCC from interested and qualified
persons for the 2013 Essay Contest.
Details of the Nigerian Communications Commission Essay Contest The theme of the competition is:

The Effect of Mobile Number Portability of Telecom Services and Usage in Nigeria.
Objectives of the Competition

Increase Awareness of the Subject Matter Engagement and Enhance Research skills

Encourage competition and academic excellence

Build capacity of undergraduate Methodology Undergraduate will submit essays not more than 1000 words, and not less than 500 words on the essay topic First 500 entries represent undergraduates from the Institutions across the country. Winning essays will be selected based on content, grammar and style. The winning essays will be announced by the first quarter of 2014. Participants are expected to register with their personal details and a signed authentication as genuine Nigeria undergraduate
How To Apply
for the 2013 NCC Undergraduate Essay Competition, entries should be sent to:  tawusaku@ncc.gov.ng
or
http://www.facebook.com/nigerian.communication
after sending your entry to register your essay submissions, please download this online
form.
Prizes: 1st Prize

N500,000 cash prize, branded NCC laptop and printer
2nd Prize

N300,000 cash prize
3rd Prize
N200,000 cash prize
Application Deadline Date.
All entries for the NCC 2013 Essay Contest for undergraduates must be sent in on, or before 16th December 2013.

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Thirteen-Year-Old Quin Etnyre Teaches MIT Grads How To Program

Quin Etnyre has his own company that manufactures electronic bits for peoples’ pet projects, has taught MIT graduates how to program, and is already fairly confident he will attend the prestigious school himself in a few years.
And he is only 13 years old.
This week the BBC ran a feature about Etnyre’s impressive list of accolades, which outside of operating his own small-scale business venture, Qtechknow, aimed at helping other kids get into electronic programming, includes building a moveable robot that can detect when there is a wall or other structure and move away without the help of a human operator.
In the BBC feature,Etnyre is seen teaching a class to members of the MIT Club of Southern California, a volunteer-run organization that unites alumni and friends of MIT, how to program.
During the session,Etnyre proudly wears a fresh-pressed T-shirt bearing the MIT logo as he explains how Arduino, an open-source electronic prototyping platform—the 13-year-old’s favorite to work with—operates.
Etnyre’s family admits at first they “didn’t get it,” referencing their son’s curious obsession for computer programming, and teaching adults how to do the same—something most kids his age aren’t worried about in their daily lives—but they support him wholeheartedly.
Boston reached out to Etnyre, but his father, Ethan, said he was in school for the day, after “a very busy
BBC-filled morning.” But his mother, Karen Mikuni, was happy to discuss her son’s success, saying that Etnyre has been over-booked with adult students trying to get in his classes. “It’s all very exciting.”
Mikuni said her son’s goal of getting into MIT started around the time he launched his business last year, but nothing is set in stone. “That’s all his idea, there is no assurance from MIT, but he has met a lot of good-will people, including some engineers from the school … and he heard that MIT was good for engineering, so he decided that’s where he wanted to go.”
According to Mikuni, Etnyre’s love for electronics, and impressive brain power, started at a young age, and quickly evolved. “All the tech stuff is completely on his own. We are not engineers or anything like that. We knew he had that kind of brain because when he was a toddler he loved to line things up and do puzzles, and we would do math problems when he was three…we just kind of knew he had that brain,” she said. “He thought it was fun.”
As they told the BBC,Etnyre does make time for engaging in typical 13-year-old behaviors, and enjoys other extracurricular activities outside of his science projects.
That being said, he also managed to find a way to fuse his love of electronics with the crude subjects that can often be the focal point of adolescent behaviors: farting.
Etnyre developed a hat and switch combo that allows people to measure the intensity of the methane produced by their flatulence. When someone releases gas, the “fart sensor,” which goes in a persons’ pocket and is made from an Altoids mini-tin, picks up on the methane concentrations, and displays on a hat just how bad it was by activating flashing LED lights connected to the base of the hat.
All of this, of course, is a precursor to his ultimate goals of both attending MIT—which, in his Twitter profile he indicates will be in five years—and landing a good job. “I want to be, like, an educator … and also an engineer,” he said.
Etnyre isn’t alone in his admirable MIT feats at such a young age.
In September,Battushig Myanganbayar, of Ulan Bator, made headlines when he got a perfect score in the MIT Circuits and Electronics course he took through edX. At just 15 years old, the Mongolian student aced the sophomore-level MIT course with the help of his principal, Enkhmunkh Zurgaanjin, MIT’s first Mongolian graduate.

GRE and TOEFL testing suspended in Nigeria

The organisers said
the suspension was for
security reasons.
Nigerian students planning
to write qualifying
examinations into colleges
and universities abroad
should start seeking other
alternatives as Education
Testing Services, ETS, has
suspended both the Test of
English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) and
Graduate Record
Examinations (GRE) in
Nigeria “due to security
concerns.”
ETS is the world’s largest
private nonprofit
educational testing and
assessment organization. It
conducts examinations in
almost all the countries of
the world.
In a terse statement dated
November 7, published on
its website, ETS said both
examinations have been
suspended indefinitely in
Nigeria.
“Due to security concerns
in Nigeria, GRE® and
TOEFL® testing in the
country has been
suspended for an indefinite
period. Candidates who
have appointments to take
the TOEFL or GRE Tests will
be contacted by ETS to
process a refund.”
The organisation did not
say the specific security
threats it has come under.
But the organisation may be
acting proactively in the
face of repeated attacks of
educational institutions by
suspected members of the
radical Islamic sect, Boko
Haram.
The GRE is a standardized
test that is required for
admission for graduate
(Post-graduate) courses in
the United States and
business programmes,
especially Master in
Business Administration
(MBA) worldwide.
The TOEFL is a test meant
to test the English
Language proficiency of
non-native English
language speakers wishing
to enroll in United States
universities and other
English speaking
universities and courses
around the world.

Source: Premium Times

MOBILE JAMB CBT APPS FOR PHONE AND MORE

THIS ONE IS SO SO NEEDFUL, It is a good news much anticipated.

Have you seen this:

THE MOBILE JAMB CBT APPS:
You cdan now have for yourself, ur friend,sibling or child a practice Computer based testing application to prepare him/her for the exam coming at your fingertip,even on ur so near phone. Don’t you think this so charming and needful? You sure do.

THE SHAKE TRACK MUSIC PLAYER : with this, you need not a button or a swipe on ur phone screen to change a song on music playlist,u just shake ur phone and u have ur track changed. Isn’t that interesting?
JUST SEE: http://www.clickrightconsult.com
It is available on the Android and Java phones for gratis[free]. Start downloading now!!
Like if u see this, and comment when you download. THANKS FOR WAITING BY! GOD BLESS YOU.