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Dear All,

Notice is hereby given that the SIDA Meeting to be held on Saturday, 1 Jun 2013, from 2.00 pm Venue: Mr Tan’s Office.
The agenda items are:

* Re-appointment of SIDA consultant (10min)
* SIAP#7: Project PHONE (30min)
* SIAP#8: Project SA PROBE (1hr)
* SIAP#4: Project CABLE (1hr)
* SIAP#3: Project DRAINAGE(1hr)
* Invention Gosip (30min)
Total duration expected ~ 4 hours.

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiv6ENR2bFQ

http://cubify.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2l0qklSzks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=QffOR_iZso0

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2036244/tiny-single-board-beaglebone-computer-arrives-at-45.html#tk.nl_today

* … new low-cost single-board computer on the block designed to give the million-selling Raspberry Pi a run for its money.

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The latest issue of the WIPO Magazine (2/2013) is now available online.
In this issue:
* 3-D printing and the future of stuff
* Bridging the IP knowledge gap in developing countries
* Spain’s new design generation: an interview with Juli Capella
* Protecting broadcasters in the digital era
* Sport and broadcasting rights: adding value

http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2013/02/

• * … EyeFly 3D, can make images on non-3-D smartphones “leap” from their screens, without users having to wear special 3-D glasses.
• * … 500,000 nano-sized lens structures embedded…
• * Each lens structure is 1,000 times smaller than the width of a strand of hair.
• * … developed by Temasek Polytechnic and the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering.
• * Home-grown start-up Nanoveu is marketing EyeFly 3D.
• * … USS$34.95 (S$43) for the iPhone 5 and fifth-generation iPod touch, and will ship from April 27.

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• * A new financing scheme… for local companies to use their intellectual property (IP) as collateral when applying for bank loans.
• * …Government will partially underwrite the value of patents so banks will not be made to bear all the risk if firms cannot repay the loan.
• * …aimed at encouraging banks to recognise IP as an asset…

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Dear All,

Notice is hereby given that the SIDA Meeting to be held on Saturday, 6 Apr 2013, from 2.00 pm Venue: Mr Tan’s Office.

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

* This meeting was postphoned from 30 Mar 2013 to 6 Apr 2013.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2280057/Im-living-poverty-Inventor-wind-radio-calls-stronger-patent-laws-carved-profits-gadget.html?ito=feeds-newsxml

• * He (Trevor Baylis) is regarded as one of Britain’s greatest inventors after creating the wind-up radio in the 1990s.
• * Trevor Baylis says he is ‘totally broke’ and has to sell his beloved home.

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