Two Udupi engineers win prize for designing 'Evo Mouse'

September 13, 2012

Udupi, September 13: Two young engineers pursuing their M.S. in Embedded Systems at Manipal Centre for Information Science (MCIS) have won third prize for designing “Evo Mouse”, which makes computer/laptop more user-friendly to visually-challenged persons, at an international-level application design contest.

According to a press release issued here, “Evo Mouse”, an embedded system, developed by Navin Bhaskar and his brother Nitin Bhaskar, has been devised with an intention of making computer more friendly and interactive to visually challenged persons. It works as an effective interface between a visually-challenged person and machine (computer).
The primary goal of this project is to act as a substitute to the mouse for visually-challenged persons. In addition, it can also be used to read out RSS news feeds. The four buttons in the “Evo Mouse” perform multiple functions enabled with speech to help visually-challenged persons.

Each of the four buttons had configurable functions attached to them. Clicking on them activates the function assigned to it, such as opening a word processor. All these actions can be supplemented with speech messages that can give useful information to the users of this device. The “Evo Mouse” is compatible on both windows and linux operating systems.
The “Evo Mouse” has been given third prize among numerous entries received from all over the world at the 'STM32 Open World Application Design Contest' organised by Raisonance, ST France, in collaboration with Concourse Autonomie, ST Erricson, and other multi-national companies

In spite of tough competition, the sole Indian entry submitted by these two brothers was adjudged as the third best with a cash prize of $ 1500, a shield, and a kit worth Rs. 1 lakh containing valuable software and boards. The first and second prizes went to Czechoslovakia and France, respectively.

The prizes were announced at the headquarters of the sponsoring company at Grenoble in France in August. These two young engineers had earlier received “distinctive excellence” prize in the international competition conducted by “Circuit Cellar” magazine and sponsored by NXP Semiconductor.

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Mangaluru: 5 miscreants held for pelting stones at masjid near Surathkal

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September 16,2024

Mangaluru: Police have arrested five miscreants belonging to saffron outfits for pelting stones at a masjid at Katipalla near Surathkal on the outskirts of the city last night.

The arrested have been identified as Bharat, Chennappa, Nitin, Manu and Sujit all residents of Surathkal and surrounding areas. Among them, Bharat is said to be a rowdy sheeter.

The miscreants, who came on two motorbikes late on Sunday night, pelted stones at Masjidul Huda, located at 3rd block of Katipalla on the eve of Miladunnabi.

Confirming the incident, City Police Commissioner Anupam Agrawal said that investigation is in progress and a case has been registered at Surathkal police station.

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Supreme Court raps Karnataka HC judge over ‘Pakistan’ and ‘undergarment’ remarks

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September 20,2024

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought a report from the Karnataka High Court over controversial remarks made by Justice Vedavyasachar Srishananda during a recent court hearing.

Justice Srishananda, while addressing a landlord-tenant dispute, referred to a Muslim-majority area in Bengaluru as "Pakistan" and made a misogynistic comment involving a woman lawyer.

A five-judge bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices S Khanna, B R Gavai, S Kant, and H Roy, expressed the need for establishing clear guidelines for constitutional court judges regarding their remarks in court.

The Supreme Court bench said that when social media plays an active role in monitoring and amplifying courtroom proceedings, there is an urgency to ensure judicial commentary aligns with the decorum expected from courts of law.

"Our attention has been drawn to some comments made by Karnataka High Court judge Justice V Srishananda during the conduct of judicial proceedings. We have asked the AG and SG to assist us. We ask the registrar general of the High Court to submit a report to this court after seeking administrative directions from the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court. This exercise may be carried out in 2 weeks," the top court directed.

Videos of Justice Srishanananda have gone viral on social media.

In one video, he refers to a Muslim-dominated locality in Bengaluru as "Pakistan" and on another video he was seen making objectionable comments against a woman lawyer. In the second incident, Justice Srishanananda can be heard telling the woman lawyer that she seemed to know a lot about the "opposition party", so much so that she might be able to reveal the colour of their undergarments.

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