Engineering to inspire

Featured Video: Inside Gaming

Games are our best friends. They help us while the day away, bathe us in an alternative universe, and some even teach us!

Find out what’s new in Gaming here. And read our interview with Ian Pang of LucasArts! After all, what better way to understand games but from the horse’s mouth?

After spending a week in Las Vegas, The Dead Pixel returns to tell you all about the crazy things he got to play with while there. From Dark Void to Lost Planet 2, here is a recap of what you might of missed.

Take the Create2011 engineering challenge and tell us your vision of Future Mobility to win the grand prize of: A Nokia Experiential Journey in Beijing and Singapore! Check out our Facebook fanpage for exciting contests & giveaways!

Just who is: Ian Pang of LucasArts

Ever dreamt of being a Jedi and fighting against the Dark Forces?

Here’s something even better: making this dream come true for millions of fans and gamers around the world.

Ian Pang, Associate Producer at LucasArts in California, does it on a daily basis. To him,

“Games are about fulfilling dreams and fantasies. If you want to feel like a Paladin, a Fighter Pilot or a Jedi, playing video games can bring that experience to you. Not many careers allow you to touch lives all over the world the way game developers are able to.”

His next big ambition is to work with Shigeru Miyamoto, a man who has made some of Ian’s favourite games and never fails to amaze him with his designs. Give him a shout-out if you can make his dream come true!

In the meantime, Ian tells us more about what goes on behind the games…

Featured Video: Interactive Kiosks

Is this the future of shopping?

uring his keynote at 2010 Consumer Electronics Show, Intel CEO Paul Otellini demonstrated a new in-store interactive, Internet-connected touchscreen kiosk powered by an Intel Core i7 processor that brings the retail shopping experience to a new level.

What Engineers Think…

At Create2011 Challenge, we want you to trash the box. Think way outside of it. We want ideas that aren't tied down to a desk or a power socket, ideas that truly improve "the quality of moving freely".

Create 2010 winner: Geodesic Dome

Question is… how?

How do I look for ideas? How do I know if it works? How do I present them?

We know that it’s not easy, so we’ll be posting useful ideas and thoughts that might help you in Create2011 Challenge. Look for posts labelled with: “Create ideas”, alternatively leave a comment on our Facebook fanpage.

Today we’ve gotten Yap Choon Seng, an engineering lecturer from a local polytechnic, in a Q&A session on ideas, starting up, working with teammates and competition winners.

Featured Video: Mobile Interior Design

“Smart architecture is not about adding bells and whistles. It’s rethinking how the home will perform and be used in relationship with technology.” What say you to this home set up where walls move, TVs follow and entertainment appears just when you need it?

"Digital Architect, Shadi Shahrokhi takes interior design and home entertainment to a new level; changing the way we conceive the modern, urban home. Walls that move, televisions that follow you and other visionary new way to integrate digital technology into your home.

Create2011 Launch

Were you there on 21 May 2010? At The Cathay? When The Muttons to Midnight gave away MP3 Players and showed how to use our “e” tattoo (well, they didn’t, but they hinted…)?

If you weren’t there, it’s still cool. ‘Cause we got it all on video for you.

Press the Play button ; and find out what it’s all about!

Featured Video: Emerging City Innovations

This video by GOOD on how cities can become better, stronger and more liveable is a must-see for all future architects or land planners. We particularly like how they’ve utilised cellphones for bicyclists… perhaps that (and mobile air-cons) might just the future?

Since 2007, most of the world's population lives in cities. How can we make sure these urban centers are good homes for humanity? Cities from Bogota and Rio de Janeiro to Seoul are leading the way, using fresh ideas to reduce pollution and waste; provide efficient, clean transportation; and support biodiversity.