NUS Students invent touchscreen sensitive ISGLOVES
Article taken from http://www.todayonline.com/index on 8 Apr 2012
- Recounted team leader Charmain Tan:”When I was in Sweden. I faced difficulty using my iPhone…and that was why we came up with this.”
Quirk Station: A company that brings inventions to life ?
- For $10, you submit an idea online, follow Quirky users’ comments and, if chosen, watch as your idea comes to life, working its way through research, design, branding, engineering, and sales and marketing.
Inventor wins $1m in patent scrap over clever champagne opener
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10795728
- A Kiwi inventor has been awarded more than $1 million in damages after a court ruled an American company copied his patented champagne bottle opener.
The new Lytro “Light field camera”
- …new technology to create photos that can have their focus changed after they have been taken.
- …there is no need to auto-focus, resulting in virtually no shutter delay.
Nike running shoe make from knitting machine
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-15/is-nikes-flyknit-the-swoosh-of-the-future
- …a 5.6-ounce running shoe called the Flyknit, made from synthetic yarn ingeniously woven together by a knitting machine.
- The computer-controlled weaving technology, which knits the entire upper part of the shoe in a single piece that’s then attached to the sole, promises to cut labor costs and production time while also increasing profit margins and opportunities for personalization.