January 13, 2013 archive

Jan 13

SIDA meeting on 16 Feb 2013, 2pm

Dear All, Notice is hereby given that the SIDA Meeting to be held on Saturday, 16 Feb 2013, from 2.00 pm Venue: Mr Tan’s Office. The agenda items are: * SIDA Visioneering (1 hr) * Patent Chat#3 (30 min) * Break (10 min) * Project Cable (1 hr) * SIDA Patent Advisor’s Guideline (1 hr) …

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Jan 13

Protecting subway and tunnel from flooding using balloon

“The goal is to provide flooding protection for transportation tunnels.” …rather than retrofitting tunnels with metal floodgates or other expensive structures, use a relatively cheap inflatable plug to hold back floodwater. So it’s not as simple as just inflating and filling the space. The plug has to be able to withstand the pressure of the …

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