Mapathon 2013: Create better maps for India

 Google India has announced Mapathon 2013, the country's first mapping competition. It is a crowdsourcing initiative aimed to improve Google Maps in India. 

As they say:

" Here at Google Maps, we’re constantly looking to make our maps of the world as comprehensive and detailed as possible. And, in order to create better maps for India, we need everyone’s help. That is why today we’re announcing India’s first ever mapping competition: Mapathon 2013.

VW's Double Back : A Compressed RV

It was over thirty years ago that Volkswagen first started offering "pop tops" on its camper vans. In the years since, the soft-sided interior height-extenders have become a common sight on VW vans parked in campgrounds all over the world. Now, Welsh company Overlander Motorhomes is offering what it sees as the logical compliment to the pop top - it's the DoubleBack, a sliding insulated pod that extends the interior length of Volkwagen's T5 Transporter van.

Safer Internet Day: Connect With Respect

Safer Internet Day- Feb 5,2013

Safer Internet Day (SID) is organised by Insafe on second day of second week of February each year to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world.

Safer Internet Day 2013 will be the tenth edition of the event, and will take place on Tuesday 5 February 2013. The theme for the day is 'Online rights and responsibilities', which will encourage users to 'Connect with respect'.

Gold Shirt wort 1 crore 27 lakhs

It is often said that money can't buy love.

But trying telling that to a wealthy Indian man who splashed out 1 crore+ on a solid gold shirt in the hope it will attract female attention. 

Datta Phuge 32, from Pimpri-Chinchwad (Pune), commissioned the shirt which took a team of 15 goldsmiths two weeks to make working 16 hours a day creating and weaving the gold threads.

Cinema NINJA : Hilarious concept

The Prince Charles Cinema, in London's West End, has come up with a unique solution to the problem of patrons using their cell phones, throwing popcorn, or having conversations during a movie: NINJA.

The Cinema has teamed up with Morphsuits, a Scottish company that produces skin-tight, head-to-toe zentail suits, to create their own volunteer movie theater "ninja task force." 

These 'theater ninjas' aren't actually trained in the dark arts of Ninjutsu - they're simply film lovers who provide their services in exchange for free admission to films.

The cinema ninjas are helping clamp down on excessive noise