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Taiwan unveils eco-friendly rewritable ‘paper’

A group of Taiwan scientists have developed an environmentally friendly form of rewritable electronic paper that works without electricity. http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/technologynews/view/1145883/1/.html

Japanese inventor develops flying sphere drone

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Japan Caretaker Robot Kneels to Lift People off Floor

Using pot to charge cellphone

The above article was taken from My Paper (http://mypaper.sg/) on 23 Jun 2011, Page A11

Launch of ideas2IP

ideas2IP is an online innovation platform designed to bring inventors and investors together to commercialise good ideas. Targeted at giving creative Singaporeans an avenue to further their ideas, the platform provides a conducive environment to encourage disclosure of new ideas and presents the opportunity for the ideas to be brought alive by investors with the …

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Innovation is answer to poverty: inventor

Taiwanese inventor Gordon Teng on Saturday received the highest honor at the 22nd International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition held in Malaysia over the weekend. Teng said that he hoped poor children would follow in his footsteps and use inventions to create a better life for themselves. Teng, who is now the head of Taichung-based …

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New method ‘confirms dark energy’

First results from a major astronomical survey using a cutting-edge technique appear to have confirmed the existence of mysterious dark energy. Dark energy makes up some 74% of the Universe and its existence would explain why the Universe appears to be expanding at an accelerating rate. The concept of dark energy was first invoked in …

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Intel’s 3-D Transistors

Intel announced on Wednesday that it had made the production of 3-D transistors a commercially viable reality and further claimed that in so doing, the company would continue to meet or beat the promise of Moore’s Law for years to come. As they’re used in integrated circuits like microprocessors, transistors can be thought of as switches, …

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Laser Spark Plug

Car engines could soon be fired by lasers instead of spark plugs, researchers say. The approach would increase efficiency of engines, and reduce their pollution, by igniting more of the mixture. The team has been developing a new approach to the problem: lasers made of ceramic powders that are pressed into spark-plug sized cylinders. The …

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LED Lightbulb

Historically, LEDs have faced three challenges. They cast a bluish hue rather than the pleasing yellowish light of incandescent bulbs, they ran hot, and they were too expensive. The new bulbs emit a more attractive light (around 2,700 Kelvin) and have space-age cooling fins reminiscent of those used to cool computer CPUs. The result is …

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