May 2011 archive

Launch of ideas2IP

ideas2IP is an online innovation platform designed to bring inventors and investors together to commercialise good ideas. Targeted at giving creative Singaporeans an avenue to further their ideas, the platform provides a conducive environment to encourage disclosure of new ideas and presents the opportunity for the ideas to be brought alive by investors with the …

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Innovation is answer to poverty: inventor

Taiwanese inventor Gordon Teng on Saturday received the highest honor at the 22nd International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition held in Malaysia over the weekend. Teng said that he hoped poor children would follow in his footsteps and use inventions to create a better life for themselves. Teng, who is now the head of Taichung-based …

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New method ‘confirms dark energy’

First results from a major astronomical survey using a cutting-edge technique appear to have confirmed the existence of mysterious dark energy. Dark energy makes up some 74% of the Universe and its existence would explain why the Universe appears to be expanding at an accelerating rate. The concept of dark energy was first invoked in …

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Intel’s 3-D Transistors

Intel announced on Wednesday that it had made the production of 3-D transistors a commercially viable reality and further claimed that in so doing, the company would continue to meet or beat the promise of Moore’s Law for years to come. As they’re used in integrated circuits like microprocessors, transistors can be thought of as switches, …

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