Biography


Early life and education


Ruit was born in 1955 to uneducated parents in the remote Olangchungola Pass in Taplejung District of northeast Nepal, a mountain area of Nepal so poor and remote that the nearest school was eleven days away by foot[2] However, his father, a small time businessman, placed a priority on providing education to his children, and sent Dr Ruit to St Robert’s School in Darjeeling for studies and also provided financial support in his early medical career.

Ruit's childhood dream was that of becoming a pilot during his schooldays. But knowing the death of his elder brother before his birth was due to diarrhea, and being with his younger sister when she died of tuberculosis in 1964, and suffering the loss of another younger sister of pneumonia all worked to changed his heart. "That pinched my heart and I decided to become a doctor,” the eyesight specialist stated.

In 1969 Dr Ruit received his School Leaving Certificate from Siddhartha Vanasthali School in Kathmandu, Nepal, and later was educated in India beginning in 1981 at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and also studied in the Netherlands, Australia and the United States, and was mentored by an Australian Professor, Dr. Fred Hollows.
Major works


In 1986, Ruit and Hollows developed a strategy to use small-incision cataract surgery (SICS) in the developing world at the community level, through the use of a low-cost intraocular lens (IOL). Dr. Ruit was the first Nepali doctor to use IOLs in cataract surgery.

However, the high cost of IOLs placed them out of reach for many poor cataract patients, and Ruit started looking for alternatives to reduce the cost of IOLs. In 1995 he devised an international standard IOL that could be produced for far less than those manufactured in developed countries. The cost of IOLs that was around US$ 100, has now been reduced to US$ 3.5.
Vision


Ruit joined with a few people who shared his vision to start the Tilganga Eye Center [3] on June 7, 1994, but due to opposition by the establishment who considered the technique too risky, they virtually operated underground for six months. His efficient model of eye care is now practiced in many parts of the world, with U.S. military surgeons being scheduled to be trained under Dr. Ruit as well.
Ruit is passionate about being able to do much good for so many people in a short time and see the results, and while the work is technically very demanding he stated that he loves microsurgery very much. Ruit also credits his wife, an ophthalmic nurse whom he married in 1987, as being a pillar of strength to him in his difficult days while pursuing his dream project of Tilganga.
 
Media

A National Geographic documentary Inside North Korea on Dr. Ruit's work therein was remarkable not only in being able to document his successful surgery in the highly controlled country, but the overt adulation given to Kim Jong-il by the patients as a result.

Awards


On 18 May 2007, Ruit was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia, "for service to humanity by establishing eye care services in Nepal and surrounding countries, and for his work in teaching and training surgeons, and technical innovation".

June 2006, Dr. Ruit was awarded with the Ramon Magsaysay Award.

I used to say things about 'Android' as being an 'unsung hero'. Not anymore. Since this morning, News Medias are yapping out Android is now the most-used smartphone operating system in the United States. Smartphone?? They missed something else too. Android is becoming a computing platform too in the form of tablet PCs. Latest manifestation of ever-growing Android in the form of tablets are Archos, Motorola Xoom, Galaxy tab etc. It's not just limited to smartphone, it has gone way beyond that. Tablets or extremely portable wifi devices are the future of modern age communication and it seems every company is embracing their choice of mobile platform as "Android".


Look at iPhone OS, it's limited inside one body and it's secretive, closed platform and damn expensive. And, compare Android OS, it's at it's free will. It's everywhere, inside every device and being open-source based, it's making solid communication devices dirt cheap. Some of these android based phones are even free if you sign up on a contract. People always look out for choice. Android gave you that choice and hence, it became people's choice. Number 1 Android.

Functionally, in my honest opinion, android phones top all in the market. It's fast and efficient. Screens are crispier, user interface,hardwares  etc are unquestionable. Those knuckleheads who brag that Apple has got 300,000 apps and Android has got only 150,000 apps in the store to denounce the growing popularity of  android should get  in their thick skull that we can't get all those apps stuffed onto one device at once. And, even the 50,000 apps library becomes abundance. Forget about 150,000 apps, it's too much. Comparison based on apps library is nothing more than ignorant rants.
 I'm a proud owner of Android device and finally public acknowledged it's existence. There is no future for closed platform. Sooner or later, they'll be forgotten. Android is the future and every android powered phone is No 1 phone today. You know it, I know it. Let them outcry.

Android Honeycombs are already on the market.Motorola's Xoom tablets based on android honeycombs are being appreciated for it's features and specs. Apple will unveil iPad 2 tomorrow, March 2, 2011 as speculated. What happens next when Apple launches iPad 2?

• Current iPad owners would have or already had 'Oh shit, I should've waited ..' moments.
• Officially kills the iPad version 1(I've to reiterate) and the price would plummet unbelievably.
• There will be more competition, be ready for price war

One thing will remain same, iPad 2 won't have FLASH support no matter in which self it manifest itself. Not so long ago, Apple chief has already declared that there is no future for Flash. So, don't expect to see FLASH. As thought, it will definitely be thinner and slimmer than the old version. That could mean, iPad 2 will be more focused towards cloud computing. That means, more restrictions to end users. New iPad 2 owners will find that they've no control over their own devices, everything they enjoy will have more price to pay for. Slim device and cloud computing seems quite futuristic and applaudable but personally, I think we're not yet ready for that. Apple has set standard for being innovative but not to forget, there are flopp products too they introduced in their line of product history. iPad 2 could surge it's sales but based on hype.

If you ask me, I give thumbs down to iPad 2.