http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VZdfCE7soA
Jul 13
Me-Mover
Jul 12
Singapore TV show on DIY furniture
- * …a new Channel 5 show, Do It Yourself, set to premiere next Tuesday at 9pm…
- * …real projects in each episode and create unique, DIY (do-it-yourself) furniture pieces.
Jul 11
Robots that park hospital beds
- * …robot that can help steer a hospital bed and manoeuvre it to park in tight spots…
- * …to be effortlessly operated by just one person…
- * …licensed to Singapore-registered engineering firm Hope Technik.
Jul 04
Meet the youngsters running their own companies
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-28129967
- Thomas Suarez … working on a patent-pending 3D printer which, he says, will work 10 times faster than the MakerBot model
- He also has his own company, CarrotCorp, formed when he was 11 years old and making his first apps.
- “A lot of kids my age want to learn, but there’s no place to go because the schools aren’t teaching programming,” Thomas says.
Jun 30
Sky cars to be built in Tel Aviv
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)…
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.
- * 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 sessions…
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…