Serendipitous Thoughts

I was returning from Phoenix to Bangalore last week. While in the boarding line, air hostess was walking asking everyone to give a side to her and the elderly person with her. He looks like in mid 60's going to India (from kids probably). She dropped him near the flight and the other air hostess tried explaining him how to reach his seat. He was not able to understand the accent of her so puzzled on what to do. Luckily one air hostess know his language i.e. Telugu and explained him how to go. He went and sat but that scene created a spark in me. I have travelled to US & Europe earlier. Every time i can see at least 1 or 2 elder people struggling with the flight connections, guidance on how to go where to go, what to eat while switching. There are fellow passengers but humans inner fear/shy/inhibitions not letting them help them. Here is what i felt that could help such, While on international travels, I observed lot of elder people who are not aware of most of the fl...

On Nov 8th, there was an accident on Agra-Mathura express way which was due to snow/fog. If you haven't watched it, watch the video below, before reading further: The accident was due to weather conditions i.e. dense fog mixed with polluted air The accident was due to poor/no visibility. After accident happened between first two vehicles, others hit them because they couldn't see those vehicles which met with the accident. In addition, People hasn't followed traffic rule of switching on fog lights/hazard flashers. So, everywhere accident cause is mostly the same " VISIBILITY " and nature can't be beaten. This scenario can be circumvented using technology. here is my serendipitous thought which came from the above reasons. When a car is moving, we can get its location using GPS . An object's existence can be found using doppler effect, sound reflection . In the cockpit display EGPWS displays air craft's position w.r.t current te...