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Monday, 3 October 2011
The world's cheapest "home"
After unveiling the world's cheapest car in 2008 and on sales in 2009,Tata Group has now set on building the world's cheapest house by end of this year with a price tag of just Euro 500/ US $700. It is a 20 square metre house and can be built from scratch in just a week.
Dubbed the Nano house, the flatpack dwelling comes with pre-fabricated materials, including doors and windows. The materials consist of coconut or jute cladding complete with interior layouts.
Dubbed the Nano house, the flatpack dwelling comes with pre-fabricated materials, including doors and windows. The materials consist of coconut or jute cladding complete with interior layouts.
Life expectancy of the house is 20 years. Tata Group is also selling the cheapest water filter at $21 with Swach. For more info click here and here.
The world's cheapest car (NANO) : 10 things that you should know about the People's Car
1. Does it really cost Rs. 100,000? (About $2,000)?
Yes, but that's for the base model, without tax. The higher-end versions will cost more.
2. What makes it so cheap?
It is made with less material than other cars, so it costs less to produce. Tata Motors, headed by Ratan Tata, pictured here, asked every one of its components makers to redesign their parts to minimize their weight and cost, but still perform well.
3. Does it have enough power to pass a truck on the highway?
Maybe a small truck. The Nano can do 0 to 100 km in 23 seconds. For most regular city driving, the two-cylinder engine would be fine, but it loses some of its power when the AC is running.
4. Will I feel cool driving it?
Yes, it is a cute car. The exterior is imported Japanese and Korean steel, and even the basic model feels roomy inside. The vinyl seats on the basic model and rough plastic door locks, however, look cheap.
5. How does it handle?
Very well. After putting the engine in the rear to save space, Tata engineers reconfigured the rest of the car. The spare tire and gas tank are in the front, while the battery is under the driver's seat. All that rearranging keeps the front axle weight balanced, and improves the handling of the car.
6. When will it be available outside India?
The Nano Europa is planned for 2011 in Europe. No plans yet for the United States.
7. How's the gas mileage?
The Nano weighs so little — just 600 kg (1,322 lbs.), half that of a Honda Accord — that it doesn't need much to run. It gets more than 20 km/l, or 47 miles/gal.
8. Will it increase pollution?
The company says the Nano's CO2 emissions (110 g/km) are less than that of a high-end motorcycle. This is not a clean-burning car, so it will add to the world's carbon emissions, but Tata Motors argues that if it replaces motorcycles and scooters, the net effect will be to lower emissions from what they otherwise would have been.
9. Is it safe?
The Nano is built to meet the safety standards of whatever country it is in. For India, that means crash tests, seat belts and fog lamps, but no airbags. As it moves to other countries, the Nano will scrupulously meet minimum standards, but Tata Motors is not trying to use safety features as a selling point.
10. How do you buy one?
No, not online. Nanos must be ordered in person starting mid-April at one of Tata Motors 470 outlets in India, but you won't be able to drive it home. The first Nanos will be on the road in June or July.
Yes, but that's for the base model, without tax. The higher-end versions will cost more.
2. What makes it so cheap?
It is made with less material than other cars, so it costs less to produce. Tata Motors, headed by Ratan Tata, pictured here, asked every one of its components makers to redesign their parts to minimize their weight and cost, but still perform well.
3. Does it have enough power to pass a truck on the highway?
Maybe a small truck. The Nano can do 0 to 100 km in 23 seconds. For most regular city driving, the two-cylinder engine would be fine, but it loses some of its power when the AC is running.
4. Will I feel cool driving it?
Yes, it is a cute car. The exterior is imported Japanese and Korean steel, and even the basic model feels roomy inside. The vinyl seats on the basic model and rough plastic door locks, however, look cheap.
5. How does it handle?
Very well. After putting the engine in the rear to save space, Tata engineers reconfigured the rest of the car. The spare tire and gas tank are in the front, while the battery is under the driver's seat. All that rearranging keeps the front axle weight balanced, and improves the handling of the car.
6. When will it be available outside India?
The Nano Europa is planned for 2011 in Europe. No plans yet for the United States.
7. How's the gas mileage?
The Nano weighs so little — just 600 kg (1,322 lbs.), half that of a Honda Accord — that it doesn't need much to run. It gets more than 20 km/l, or 47 miles/gal.
8. Will it increase pollution?
The company says the Nano's CO2 emissions (110 g/km) are less than that of a high-end motorcycle. This is not a clean-burning car, so it will add to the world's carbon emissions, but Tata Motors argues that if it replaces motorcycles and scooters, the net effect will be to lower emissions from what they otherwise would have been.
9. Is it safe?
The Nano is built to meet the safety standards of whatever country it is in. For India, that means crash tests, seat belts and fog lamps, but no airbags. As it moves to other countries, the Nano will scrupulously meet minimum standards, but Tata Motors is not trying to use safety features as a selling point.
10. How do you buy one?
No, not online. Nanos must be ordered in person starting mid-April at one of Tata Motors 470 outlets in India, but you won't be able to drive it home. The first Nanos will be on the road in June or July.
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Source: Time at www.time.com
Now since its first selling in 2009, Nano has received many awards ( Nano Awards )
2010 Indian Car of the Year (ICOTY) Award
2010 Car of the Year Award by Bloomberg UTV Autocar
2010 Small Car of the Year Award by Bloomberg UTV Autocar
Micro Car of the Year by NDTV Profit Car & Bike Special Award
Entry Level Mini Car of the Year by ET ZigWheels
Jury Award at the Business Standard Motoring Car of the Year (COTY) Awards
Car of the Year & Compact Car of the Year Award by CNBC TV18 Overdrive 2010
Most Value-for-Money Car of the Year 2009 by ET ZigWheels
Viewers Choice Car of the Year 2009 by ZigWheels.com
Viewers Choice Car of the Year by Aaj Tak
The most expensive version of Nano is Nano Goldplus with a price tag of an estimated of 220 Million rupees ($4.47 Million). You know why?
The Tata Nano Goldplus is a blinged-out version of its $2500 city car that is decorated with nearly 80 kilograms of 22 carat gold, 15 kilos of silver and hundreds of gems and precious stones.
The gold-plated golf-cart has been jointly produced by Tata, the Indian mega-company, the owner of Land Rover and Jaguar and subsidiary jewellery specialist Goldplus, part of the Titan Industries group. Click here.
Sunday, 2 October 2011
How to put $3,000 in your pocket (Guaranteed)
That is the title of the book that I have just bought today written by Dr John Tickell. He even provides 50 thrifty HEALTHY ways to put dollars in your pocket. The knowledge that we can extracted from the book:
Times are tough.
Food and fuel prices are skyrocketing worldwide.
Technology has overtaken us.
It was supposed to make our lives easier.
It hasn't.
And yet we, as consumers, have never had so much choice.
The funny thing about all this is the fact WE ARE SPENDING MORE AND MORE MONEY ON UNNECESSARY THINGS and wasting more and more of the world's most precious resources.
So, in your pocket with :
Times are tough.
Food and fuel prices are skyrocketing worldwide.
Technology has overtaken us.
It was supposed to make our lives easier.
It hasn't.
And yet we, as consumers, have never had so much choice.
The funny thing about all this is the fact WE ARE SPENDING MORE AND MORE MONEY ON UNNECESSARY THINGS and wasting more and more of the world's most precious resources.
WE ARE PEEING MONEY
DOWN THE DUNNY
The first lesson is to crunch the CATS which is the stimulants of life. You may think that it is a real cats. No it isn't. The CATS here stands for:
Caffeine
Alcohol
Tobacco
Sugar
One example is Caffeine. Coffee at home, coffee at the office.
A spoonful of coffee, water,may be a little milk and perhaps a touch of sugar= 6 cents
Capuccino or Latte = $3
We spend $$$ 3 billion a year on coffee!
So, in your pocket with :
One less Capuccino or Latte a day is $20 a week and in a year, that's $1,000. A saving of $1,000. That's not yet counting the costs of A (Alcohol), T (Tobacco) and S (Sugar).
Happy reading folks.
Bargain items from eBay
eBay is advertising bargain items on eBay website. You find products ranging from women shoes, lingeries, kitchen items, tools, DVDs & Blu-Rays, appliances, computer equipments etc. Click for the big deals which are updated daily here.
Friday, 30 September 2011
Furnitures : Work of Arts (The Wooden Musical Instrument)
The photo shows a wooden musical instrument :
Shopping habits (Teen shopping habits; Women's shopping habits)
Various research studies have been undertaken about shopping habits. Examples are by The Washington Post staff writer to find answers about "Teen Shopping habits". The study try to find the following answers:
How savvy are teen shoppers?
What are the small decision, the information and inclinatons at work as they shop?
When do they stop and buy?
When do they just move on?
In order to find the answers, they dispatched 61 volunteer shoppers, ages 12 to 17, on a local mall to find out. Altho' the article was written in 2007, but it worth reading. More details, click here.
One article in 2009 from The Telegraph mentioned that a study has shown the women's shopping habits are linked to their mestrual cycles. More details.
How savvy are teen shoppers?
What are the small decision, the information and inclinatons at work as they shop?
When do they stop and buy?
When do they just move on?
In order to find the answers, they dispatched 61 volunteer shoppers, ages 12 to 17, on a local mall to find out. Altho' the article was written in 2007, but it worth reading. More details, click here.
One article in 2009 from The Telegraph mentioned that a study has shown the women's shopping habits are linked to their mestrual cycles. More details.
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