sida.org.sg

Notice is hereby given that the SIDA Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, 28 Jan 2012 from 2.00 pm.

The agenda items are:

1)    To receive the President’s Report.

2)   To receive the Hon. Treasurer Report.

3)   To elect office bearers for the ensuing term.

4)    “Solution to Orchard road flooding (ponding) problem”

5)  To transact other business for which notice has been received by the Hon. Secretary at least three day’s before the date of meeting.

With best regards,

Sida Webmaster

PS: For Sida members who are interested to join in the meeting, please drop me a message at http://sida.org.sg/contact-us/

Article taken from Today (http://www.todayonline.com) on 16 Jan 2012

• IBM, the world’s biggest computer-services provider, gained 6,180 patents last year
• Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) was second, its growth outpacing IBM, and Canon Inc. replaced Microsoft as third.Panasonic Corp. (6752) moved up to No. 4 and Toshiba Corp. (6502)advanced to fifth spot.
• Samsung, based in Suwon, South Korea, gained 4,894 patents last year, while Canon won 2,821. Microsoft dropped to sixth place in the rankings, while Intel fell to 16th from eighth.
• There were eight Asian and two U.S. companies in the top 10.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-11/ibm-wins-most-patents-for-19th-straight-year-beating-samsung.html

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_748702.html

• Researchers and students have come up with a stackable fish farm that is among the first such in the world.
• The method uses 1 sq m, connected cubes filled with water to rear fish on land….
• The cubes can be stacked up to four levels….
• ….now produces up to eight tonnes of fish a year, but this can be ramped up to 36 tonnes…..

• A 3D printer is being used to create “bone-like” material which researchers claim can be used to repair injuries.
• The researchers say doctors should be able to use the process to custom-order replacement bone tissue in a few years time.
• Their breakthrough came when they discovered a way to double the strength of the main ceramic powder – calcium phosphate – by adding silica and zinc oxide.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15963467

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/ANN/Story/STIStory_736021.html

http://www.biomalaysia.com.my/2011/

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Photo Exposition – euREKA 48 researchers under the microscope

Research in Brussels will be present through the photo exhibition ‘Eureka, 48 researchers under the microscope’: 40 specialists who are active in all kinds of research domains, a mix of qualification degrees, from lab assistant, Egyptologist, to paediatrician and economist (no, no, research doesn’t exclusively take place in sterile laboratories!).

At last: sophisticated, pure, funny at times but ever monochrome portraits that reveal photographer Denia Zerouali’s mastery of the portrait.

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