Asian Inventions

What happened on UCreateChange.com (22-28 Feb 2010)

The Japanese and Koreans are technology whizzes. After all the world’s best electronics come from that part of Asia. The latest news has them turning tech into art, like the OLED screens that double up as art pieces from Nanobrick. Or they’re keeping it beautifully functional like the Zero emission house in Japan that’s built with ecologically friendly materials and uses the latest technology to generate and monitor energy use.

Closer to home, did you know that Singaporeans invented many things that we use today?

The PC sound card that turns beeps and bleeps into voices and music comes courtesy of Creative Technologies Sim Wong Hoo (crica 1989). Or the ubiquitous Thumb Drive by Trek Technologies that everyone carries photos, articles and videos in. Now some of them have even become as collectible as Be@rBricks! More recently there are the X-mini capsule speakers that use vacuum to mimic sub-woofers. Odd, I thought sound couldn’t travel in a vacuum?

Can’t get enough of Asian inventions?

Here are 50 of the best Asian inventions that have made an impact throughout the centuries. Apparently Asians have domesticated animals, cultivated crops, and created the toothbrush way before anyone else!

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