Dream job!

Isn't this apt!

Web based music player

Anywhere.fm lets you upload your music collection onto their site and then play your music anywhere from the web. They offer their own iTunes look-alike music player through which you can play your songs. The site also incorporates social networking aspects, allowing you to create your own profile and discover new music through Friend Radio. I have used it and have found it awesome. I think when the ubiquitous network connection problem is solved, this service can be mainstream.

World's cheapest car

The world's cheapest car will soon be hitting the roads of India. Tata Motors recently unveiled the Nano, a car that will surely make many middle-class people happy, particularly Hyundai owners, who will now feel like they're driving luxury cars! The Nano will come in three models, with the standard one carrying a dealer price of only Rs. 1 lakh (about $2,500)! The Nano may seem cheap to some Indians, but for others, it's just the right price, enabling them to switch from two wheels to four, to put a roof over their heads. Check out the car details here

Open source Car!

The majority of concept cars never make it to production, but that may not be the case for a revolutionary prototype car that is being designed entirely online using open source methods. Tens of thousands have signed up to participate in designing the OScar, though most of the design is done by a core team of a few dozen, under the direction of Markus Merz. For the past six years Merz has directed the development of the OScar allowing all decisions to be made democratically by anyone who wants to participate, which includes car designers, programmers, companies, universities, and individuals. The OScar is designed to be made from a minimum number of mechanical parts and perform somewhere between the original Volkswagen Beetle and a Mark 1 Golf, with a top speed of 90 miles per hour. In the OScar, the drivetrain, body, engine, power, safety, and information systems were designed independently and are fully interchangeable, just like a computer, so a manufacturer could easily swap parts, easily changing a passenger car to a pick-up truck. The fundamental rule of the project is that the design should be freely available to every member of the community, creating the opportunity for small manufactures to produce a car without paying a license to produce a design. Other obstacles, such as legal conflicts and manufacturing and distribution costs, prevent the OScar from being produced and adapted as successfully as open source software programs have been, but creating an open source design for something like a car places the opportunity for innovation and invention, which have recently belonged primarily to corporations, back in the hands of the individual. Merz admits that OScar is only a hobby, but the car itself is the result of hobbyists' life-long enthusiasm.
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EPON or GPON

There has been tremendous debate about advantages and disadvantages between GPON and EPON. Check this opinion from a NTT official about why he feels Japan is embracing EPON while Europe and US are embracing GPON.