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Singapore Intellectual Property Fee to Rise

Discover 2 new Expos!

Discover 2 new Expos! Photo Exposition – euREKA 48 researchers under the microscope Research in Brussels will be present through the photo exhibition ‘Eureka, 48 researchers under the microscope’: 40 specialists who are active in all kinds of research domains, a mix of qualification degrees, from lab assistant, Egyptologist, to paediatrician and economist (no, no, …

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Singapore Smart Walking Cane

Article taken from MyPaper (http://mypaper.sg/) on 5 Oct 2011, Page A3

Mind-reading technology reconstructs videos from brain

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/mindreading-technology-reconstructs-videos-from-brain-20110923-1ko5s.html It sounds like science fiction: while volunteers watched movie clips, a scanner watched their brains. And from their brain activity, a computer made rough reconstructions of what they viewed. In the future, it might help stroke victims or others who have no other way to communicate, said Jack Gallant, a neuroscientist at the University …

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Harvesting ‘limitless’ hydrogen from bacteria

The following was extracted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14976893 Until now, they explained, an external source of electricity was required in order to power the process. However, the team added, the current cost of operating the new technology is too high to be used commercially. Prof Logan said that the technology to utilise this process to produce hydrogen …

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Mask that help you breathe easier

America First-To-Invent to First-To-File

http://www.inventorsdigest.com/archives/7262 Now that passage of the America Invents Act (patent reform) is all but certain – it’s only awaiting the President’s signature It is clear that the current first-to-invent system almost never benefits the independent inventor. Further, the cost of proving who was first to invent, under the current system, is prohibitive to small businesses …

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Next Invention: Meat ?

Taken from Today(http://www.todayonline.com) on 2 Sep 2011, Page 54

LEGO 3D Milling Machine – “3D Printer”

Hydrogen made by enzyme is faster and cheaper

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14494972 Scientists have shown how an enzyme from a microbe can produce hydrogen from water more quickly and cheaply. Hydrogen is seen as vital to future energy systems, but a major problem has been making this reaction fast and cheap enough to be viable. Hydrogen can be split from water wherever electricity is available, even …

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