October 2012 archive

Brussels Innova 2012

http://www.brussels-innova.com/  

SIDA Meeting on 24 Nov 2012, Sat, 2pm (Postphoned from 17 Nov)

Dear All, Notice is hereby given that the SIDA Meeting to be held on Saturday, 17 Nov 2012 has been post-phoned to 24 Nov 2012, from 2.00 pm Venue: Mr Tan’s Office. The agenda items are: * Brain Stretching#1 (30 min) * Project “CABLE” (1 hr) * Patent Chat (30 min) * Brain Stretching#2 (30 min) …

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Windows 8 Success Hinges on $10 Component

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204005004578080621686676956.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Hardware companies are grappling with the fact that the Windows 8 software has a touch-oriented user interface. That means not simply adding touch screens to computers but redesigning the hinges that connect screens and keyboards to withstand new twisting, turning and poking.

NTT Docomo offer Phone call translator App

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-20004210 An app offering real-time translations is to allow people in Japan to speak to foreigners over the phone with both parties using their native tongue.

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What is Fracking (Hydraulic Fracturing)

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You can print your own gun using 3D printer

 Hobbyists have printed fairly rudimentary objects: prostheses, iPhone cases, cat statures and luggage clasps. A number of people have already made gun parts using 3-D printers. And, yes, the guns with these parts have successfully fired bullets. There are no background checks. No age limits. no serial numbers etched on the barrel or sale receipts …

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UK inventor tests the first air car

http://www.skynews.com.au/tech/article.aspx?id=803263   British scientists developing the technology say normal air can be used to store energy by cooling it to -190C, turning it into a liquid. When the liquid air is later warmed, it rapidly expands into a gas, creating high pressure that can drive the piston engine of a car, or generate electricity in …

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100% Design Singapore Exhibition

http://www.100percentdesign.com.sg/

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Barcode 60th Birthday

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-19849141 There are now more than five million individual barcodes in use around the world… Sunday, 7 October is the 60th anniversary of the barcode patent, filed in the US in 1952. However the distinctive black-and-white stripes did not make their first appearance in an American shop until 1974 – because the laser technology used …

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SIDA meeting on 20 Oct 2012, Sat, 2pm

Dear All, Notice is hereby given that the SIDA Meeting will be held on Saturday, 20 Oct 2012 from 2.00 pm, Venue: Mr Tan’s Office. The agenda items are: * NP Bootcamp review (2 hrs) (Click here for link) * Project “WHEEL” (30 min) * Project “CABLE” (30 min) – Incomplete * Patent Chat (30 …

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