http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27995437 * Two-person vehicles will be suspended from elevated magnetic tracks, as an alternative transport method to congested roads… * The system should be up and running by the end of 2015. * …allow passengers to order a vehicle on their smartphone… * The vehicles will achieve speeds of up to 70km/h (43mph)…
June 2014 archive
Jun 29
MAKERS’ BLOCK: A BUILD, CRAFT & DESIGN EXPERIENCE
“Makers’ Block: A Build, Craft & Design Experience” is the largest learning festival for makers in Singapore. http://makersblock.sg/ * Admission is free. * The event will be held at the Suntec City Mall (level 2) in a 22,000 sqf space from 27 June -7 July 2014. * The 11-day event will include workshops, talks, sharing …
Jun 25
Data in the City
Data in the City: Ideas Challenge is an online Challenge which crowdsources for ideas that use government data to create innovative apps. https://ideas.ecitizen.gov.sg/a/pages/ditc-home Note: Check out some of the idea submitted by our members. * https://ideas.ecitizen.gov.sg/a/dtd/Buddy-App-for-Home-Patients/66639-26226
Jun 22
3M Patents surpasses 100,000 worldwide
* 3M Co. has reached an inventor’s milestone by accumulating 100,000 patents worldwide.
Jun 21
Singapore 35 plus entrepreneurs
* In Singapore…entrepreneurs are older – 35-and-up adults who are abandoning their nine-to-five jobs to start their own companies…
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.