Cerberus

In Greek mythology, Cerberus or Kerberos meaning 'demon of the pit', was a monstrous three-headed dog with a snake for a tail and serpentine mane. He guarded the gate to Hades (the Greek underworld) and ensured that the dead could not leave and the living could not enter.

Google Earth

Google Earth was formerly known as Earth Viewer and was developed by Keyhole, a company Google acquired in 2004. The product was renamed in 2005. Interestingly, Google prides itself on its eye for detail: the stars in the background are not random. Google Earth actually uses a real star map to render the heavens.

Bible Adventures

The first Christian video game was Bible Adventures. Released way back in 1991, it was developed by Wisdom Tree for the NES console. The game contained three different games: Noah's Ark, Baby Moses and David and Goliath. These games were sidescrollers, similar to Super Mario Bros 2.

HP

HP was founded in 1939 as a manufacturer of test and measurement instruments with a $538 (Rs 24,700 approx) investment in a Palo Alto, California garage in 1939 by Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard. In 2006, after 67 years, the company posted revenues close to $88 billion. Not at all bad for a garage company that started off modestly.

Chinese Space Program

The Chinese Space Program began in 1956 with the cooperation of the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). China's first satelite, Dong Fang Hong 1 (The East Is Red 1), was launched in 1970, making China the fifth space-faring nation. Their manned space program began in 1968, and in 2003 made them the third country to put a human in space.

Microbes

Microbes are found in every habitat present in nature including hostile environments such as the poles, deserts, geysers, rocks and the deep sea. Those organisms that have adapted to the extreme conditions are known as extremophiles-and some of these have been known to survive for a prolonged time in a vacuum, while yet a few others are even unusually resistant to radiation.

Barnacle

A barnacle is a type of arthropod that is distantly related to crabs and lobsters. When in larva stage, barnacles cement themselves headfirst to a safe surface. For the rest of their lives they are cemented like that, using their feathery legs to capture plankton and gamestes when spawning. The creatures alternate male and female roles over time. Around 1,220 barnacle species are currently known.

Nikola Tesla

Nikola Tesla was the first to record cosmic waves emitting from interstellar clouds and red giant stars. Tesla at the time stated that he received signals from planets in some of the scientific journals. The scientific community on the other hand did not believe him because research of cosmic signals did not exist (known today as radio astronomy). Tesla spent dejected spent the latter part of his life trying to signal Mars.

Organ Transplant

One of the first accounts of an organ transplant dates back to second century BC in India. Surgeon Sushruta used auto-grafted skin transplantation in nose reconstruction rhinoplasty. Sushruta compiled all his knowledge of surgery and medicine in the Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's compendium).

Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a Russian painter and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he is credited with painting the first modern abstract works. Kandinsky studied law and economics at the University of Moscow. Although quite successful in his profession, he started painting, sketching and anatomy at the age of 30.

Wiki

'Wiki' is a type of Web site that allows visitors to easily add, remove, or otherwise edit and change some available content, sometimes without the need for registration. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for quick, collaborative authoring. The first wiki, WikiWikiWeb, is named after the "Wiki Wiki" line of buses in Hawaii. "Wiki wiki" means "quick" or "hurry" in Hawai'ian.