http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57415807-37/next-iphone-said-to-ditch-glass-for-liquidmetal-arrive-in-june/ “This is a technology that has yet to be matured and perfected both in manufacturing process and application development,” Peker said “Liquidmetal is super strong, scratch and corrosion resistant, resilient and can be precision cast into complex shapes,” Peker said. …while plastics are cheap to manufacture in complex shapes, they aren’t strong enough.Glass can …
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Apr 29
3D Printers: Make Whatever You Want
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-26/3d-printers-make-whatever-you-want …14-year-old Riley Lewis and a few of his eighth grade friends…The boys can pretty much fabricate anything they can dream up on a machine called the RapMan.
Apr 27
Raspberry Pi hopes to inspire the next generation of innovators
…a US$35 (S$43) computer the size of a credit card… …help nurture programming skills at an extremely low cost.
Apr 26
Colorado program to help inventors obtain patents
http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20477437/colorado-program-help-inventors-obtain-patents A unique program to connect low-income inventors with patent attorneys to pursue patents before the US Patent and Trademark Office… “It is the first time ever in the world that a group of patent attorneys have gotten together – organized – to set up a program by which inventors who have great ideas but …
Apr 12
Auto Lead Pencil
Special mechanical pencil that write without the need to “eject” the pencil lead. It has a mechanism that eject the lead automatically when you write.
Apr 09
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.”
Apr 06
Quirk Station: A company that brings inventions to life ?
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/real-estate/quirk-station-start-up-office-west-chelsea-anchors-neighborhood-life-article-1.1056977?localLinksEnabled=false 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.
Apr 02
Danville inventor’s small idea has big possibilities
http://www.contracostatimes.com/bay-area-news/ci_20299289/danville-inventors-small-idea-has-big-possibilities
Mar 31
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.