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http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/business-it/aussie-inventor-settles-with-microsoft-in-patent-dispute-20120315-1v5zc.html

• Ric Richardson, the Australian “man in a van” who has been fighting Microsoft in an eight-year legal battle has settled with the software giant out of court in a deal that could potentially net hundreds of millions of dollars.
• …the software giant to pay compensation of $US388 million…The verdict was overturned five months later.
• “I was in it because the right thing needed to be done,” he said.

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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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Note: The meeting tweeter log for this meeting was published on 23 Apr 2012
http://sida.org.sg/2012/04/23/meeting-tweeter-for-sida-meeting-on-7-april-2012/

Notice is hereby given that the SIDA General Meeting will be held on Saturday, 7 April 2012 from 2.00 pm.

The agenda items are:

1) Introduction to Meeting Tweeter (A software invention by Jason) – 30 min

2) SIDA roadmap (Proposal and discussion) – 1 hr

3) Invention Gossip -2 hrs

4) Any other issues – 30 min

With best regards,

Sida Webmaster

PS: For Sida members who are interested to join in the meeting, please drop me a message at http://sida.org.sg/contact-us/
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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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