Dec 25

Singapore Researchers and students come up with stackable fish farm

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_748702.html

  • Researchers and students have come up with a stackable fish farm that is among the first such in the world.
  • The method uses 1 sq m, connected cubes filled with water to rear fish on land….
  • The cubes can be stacked up to four levels….
  • ….now produces up to eight tonnes of fish a year, but this can be ramped up to 36 tonnes…..

Dec 01

Engineers pioneer use of 3D printer to create new bones

  • A 3D printer is being used to create “bone-like” material which researchers claim can be used to repair injuries.
  • The researchers say doctors should be able to use the process to custom-order replacement bone tissue in a few years time.
  • Their breakthrough came when they discovered a way to double the strength of the main ceramic powder – calcium phosphate – by adding silica and zinc oxide.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15963467

Nov 21

Researchers create metal 100 times lighter than Styrofoam

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/ANN/Story/STIStory_736021.html

Nov 21

BioMalaysia 2011

http://www.biomalaysia.com.my/2011/

Nov 17

Japan anti-snoring robot or soft toy

Oct 31

Singapore Intellectual Property Fee to Rise

Oct 23

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, research doesn’t exclusively take place in sterile laboratories!).

At last: sophisticated, pure, funny at times but ever monochrome portraits that reveal photographer Denia Zerouali’s mastery of the portrait.

http://www.brussels-innova.com/expo-60th.aspx

Oct 12

SIDA Forum closing on 19 Oct 2011

Please note that our SIDA forum at http://sida.org.sg/forum/ will be closing on 19 Oct 2011.

Oct 05

Singapore Smart Walking Cane

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

Sep 23

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 of California, Berkeley, and co-author of the paper