The best ones will enhance your gameplay and give you that edge over other players. It’s because millions of dollars are spent researching and improving sporting gear each year. Thus you’ll get new technology on the courts, fields or tracks all the time.
That’s a far cry from the 720 BC Grecian games when athletes once competed in the nude!
In this post we’ll look back at 5 sports that were greatly changed by engineering and technology since their naked beginnings:
In case you didn’t catch it, I was on 938Live Passion People. It was crazy cool talking about UCreateChange, innovation and engineering, as well as whether locals are creative (they are, you just don’t know it yet).
It’s a great first step at dispelling old-fashioned notions about engineering (and engineering folk).
And that’s what the Creators of Tomorrow are here -- to let people know that it’s a lot more fun, exciting and creative then the usual engineering myths. For this blog post, I’d like to expand on five engineering characteristics that I’ve mentioned in the interview* and give examples on what’s cool about them.
* FYI, my interview with 938Live is posted at the bottom. :)
We love coolness.
We pick the coolest handphones and the funkiest fashion; and for students in their final year of junior college – perhaps coolness is a factor when choosing a course and career.
But what’s cool as a course and career? Is it engineering, business or medicine or something else? Is “coolness” even a factor for students?
938Live’s radio show hosted by DJ Dave Martin at Anderson Junior College featured the topic “that probably factors into every student’s mind at one point or another – ‘what do I want to do with my life? How do I decide on a course of study?”’
And the responses from panelists and students, très interesting.
| A wuzzup!!! from UCreateChange.com(08/06/2009) Hey all, One upon a time, GI Joe and Transformers struck a pose like Madonna in Vogue. Snake Eyes would strut about like a cowboy, and Bumblebee did push-ups before Megatron who sat cross-legged. It was all very complicated. But there are only so many ways to contort, twist, turn and bang on these garish bits of plastic. That's why I'm so taken with the Wii, Guitar Hero and MMOGs (Massively Multi-player Online Games for you N00bs :P). These games (or toys) let us live out our imagination and share what's in our head with others. Just last week, the line between reality and imagination was blurred with avant-garde motion controllers (see Who needs controllers?), and world-creating games such as Little Big Planet. Who knows what's next for games? Leave your thoughts in the post! See you soon at UCreateChange.com! |
| Your weekly wuzzup!!! from UCreateChange.com Hey all, If you didn't know about it, the Singapore Women's Everest team have made it to the top of Mount Everest! No doubt, the latest advances in material and mountaineering technology have made the going easier than Sir Edmund Hillary's first Everest ascent with his Sherpa guide. But it takes a gutsy soul (or six gutsy women) to snuggle into mountaineering jackets and boots, cinch a utility belt of pitons and carabiners, throw on a backpack loaded down with tents, O2 tanks and food, and then face the mountain with an ice-axe and the words, "I will climb you and I will not bow to you." Now that's irreplaceable. Give them a heroes' welcome when they come back! See you soon at UCreateChange.com! Ps: Check out the Singapore Women's Everest website at www.womenoneverest.com |
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Hmmm..."Genius was 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration." - Thomas Edison "Humans who dared to dream are creative. Humans who dared to broadcast and share their dreams are our inspirations are role models." - Chirpee's comment on 5 future visions |
| Your weekly wuzzup!!! from UCreateChange.com Hey all, Malaysia's got its first case of Swine Flu (or the more politically correct H1N1 virus). It's just a matter of time before it comes to Singapore. As Douglas Adams would say, "DON'T PANIC!" The mortality rate is incredibly low and it resembles your standard flu -- just that it comes from pigs. You can stave it off by getting plenty of exercise, sleep, water and good food. If all else fails, "an apple a day keeps the doctor away". In other news, head south to the Marina Barrage with your picnic basket. It's an amazing feat of environmental architecture where Marina Bay is sectioned off and turned into a freshwater reservoir for this city. Plus, it looks nice at sunset. Get there before the gamblers when the casinos open! See you soon at UCreateChange.com! |
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Hmmm..."Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems." - Scott Adams |
I'm the editor of UCreateChange. And I started this blog with the intention of putting up my past weekly roundups 'cause it's a shame they're simply disappearing into people's inboxes. Anyways, if you've a question on engineering, drop me a line at creators.of.tomorrow@gmail.com!
