- * In Singapore…entrepreneurs are older – 35-and-up adults who are abandoning their nine-to-five jobs to start their own companies…
Jun 21
Singapore 35 plus entrepreneurs
Jun 20
US Supreme Court reaches landmark patent ruling
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27926353
- * The judges ruled unanimously that a software patent was invalid because all it did was take an existing technique and add the idea of doing it on a computer.
- * … a major setback to so-called patent trolls.
May 22
SIDA meeting on 5 July 2014 (Sat), 2pm
Dear All,
Notice is hereby given that the next SIDA Meeting will be held on Saturday, 5 July 2014, from 2.00 pm Venue: Mr Tan’s Office.
The agenda items are:
* Project Hanger (Tony, 1hr)
* Project MH370 (Jason, 1hr)
* Break (15 min)
* Invention Gossip (30 min)
Total duration expected ~ 3 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/
* The tweeter log for this meeting will not be published in SIDA website due to non disclosure agreement.
May 20
Tweeter log for meeting on 10 May 2014
Above is the tweeter log for the meeting on 10 May 2014.
(https://www.sida.org.sg/2014/04/07/sida-meeting-on-10-may-2014-sat-2pm/)
May 07
Open source Innovation
- * These hackathons are conducted over a period of two-and-a-half days. People of different skill sets are matched in teams to work on new ideas and come up with a working product or demo on the last day…
- * …hackathons.. work culture at Silicon valley, home to.. Google, Facebook.. allow their staff to work on audacious ideas that are not part of their daily work…
Apr 29
Reinventing the toothbrush: Toof-inger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymCpnNyrmRY
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/04/28/3818904/apex-inventor-entrepreneur-is.html
- …Steven Walther…has re-invented the toothbrush.
- …designed to be held by two fingers…
- …the gum lines and teeth enamel people could save by holding their brush with two fingers instead of a fist.