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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/9133744/These-modern-inventions-are-a-load-of-pants.html

• Blakely, who is 41, invented Spanx. Spanx are pants that banish bulges around your tummy and your bottom.

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http://ces.cnet.com/8301-33375_1-57356553/powertrekk-powers-your-portable-with-pee-or-water/

• The Powertrekk system uses sodium silicide cartridges from SiGNa Chemistry, whose execs I met with here, plus the water-based liquid of your choice (tap water, pond water, even urine) to make hydrogen, which the Powertrekk runs through a fuel cell to generate electricity.
•  It’s $200 plus about $4 a cartridge.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/250648/your_body_heat_could_someday_charge_your_phone.html#tk.nl_dnx_t_crawl

• The technology is called Power Felt,…uses carbon nanotubes to create electrical energy from temperature differentials, such as that between your body and the air.
• The researchers encased the nanotubes in plastic fibers to create a fabric, which allows the device to be easily incorporated into a number of products.

http://sketchup.google.com/

http://sketchup.google.com/intl/en/training/videos.html

• The product in question is the mobile Battalion Casualty Station (BCS), which is being compared to a mobile clinic licensed for use by the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF).
• MobileStats Technologies said MINDEF had contacted it in 2008 to discuss the possibility of adapting the vehicle for the army’s use.
• But talks came to a halt after a while, with no licences purchased.

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1181539/1/.html

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• …purify your drinking water with a stick of charcoal…
• …Japanese have been doing it for centuries…
• Binchotan—a carbon made from tree branches—is renowned for its ability to soften water and absorb impurities, including chlorine.
• The manufacturer recommends refreshing the charcoal after three months by boiling it for 10 minutes

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204652904577195082476753016.html?KEYWORDS=binchotan

Article taken from Today (http://www.todayonline.com) on 16 Jan 2012

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• IBM, the world’s biggest computer-services provider, gained 6,180 patents last year
• Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) was second, its growth outpacing IBM, and Canon Inc. replaced Microsoft as third.Panasonic Corp. (6752) moved up to No. 4 and Toshiba Corp. (6502)advanced to fifth spot.
• Samsung, based in Suwon, South Korea, gained 4,894 patents last year, while Canon won 2,821. Microsoft dropped to sixth place in the rankings, while Intel fell to 16th from eighth.
• There were eight Asian and two U.S. companies in the top 10.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-01-11/ibm-wins-most-patents-for-19th-straight-year-beating-samsung.html

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_748702.html

• Researchers and students have come up with a stackable fish farm that is among the first such in the world.
• The method uses 1 sq m, connected cubes filled with water to rear fish on land….
• The cubes can be stacked up to four levels….
• ….now produces up to eight tonnes of fish a year, but this can be ramped up to 36 tonnes…..

• A 3D printer is being used to create “bone-like” material which researchers claim can be used to repair injuries.
• The researchers say doctors should be able to use the process to custom-order replacement bone tissue in a few years time.
• Their breakthrough came when they discovered a way to double the strength of the main ceramic powder – calcium phosphate – by adding silica and zinc oxide.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15963467