We’re enamoured by nano materials and rightly so. But here’s a guy who’s exhorting us to look back to ceramics (e.g. porcelain, glazes) for the future. What say you?
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We got bored one sunny afternoon. So we printed out the “e” badge, ran around Singapore and well… the results you can see for yourself in the video. :D
What it means: Augmented Reality ain’t limited to your desktop…Try it for yourself at http://create2011.com.sg/play/ar.html !
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If you’ve been following us from the start, you’d realise that we love these bamboo bicycles. They are cheap, just as sturdy as your aluminium frame bicycles, and greener too! Have a look at this 30 sec clip on building bamboo bikes.
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There’s a lot of buzz about nano-sized technology. It’s machines or materials that are measured in nano-meters (one-billionth of a meter) and could be used to eradicate bacteria or viruses or deliver medicines and help wherever it’s needed in our bodies!
It’s a fairly new topic (not so much in Science Fiction) and we’re actually seeing some results in these early stages!
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A look back at wearable inventions through the years – from the surveillance dress (2003) to the air-conditioned shirt (2007). These kooky things were invented for a purpose; be it disguise, protection or comfort.
But really, would you wear them?
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Maddy Bandera’s a Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt at IBM.
No…Her black belt isn’t about beating people up. Rather it marks her as practitioner of Lean Six Sigma – a way of improving business processes.
And that’s what she does for IBM.
As a Black belt, I work with internal clients within IBM to address problem areas in the business by applying process improvements using the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) approach. Process improvement and standardization is important to any organisation because it ensures that it is operating at an optimal level, costs are kept down and customer satisfaction is met or even exceeded.
Interestingly Maddy didn’t envision herself as an engineer.
That changed when she enrolled into an Industrial Engineering course. It gave her a mix of Business and Engineering that she could parlay into a successful career.
It also allowed her to indulge in her wanderlust as she travels quite a bit for work. However she “loses track of what time zone I’m in”, but that’s a problem that we’d love to have, yes?
In a nutshell, it’s the science of making things work: how things or systems work together to achieve its intended purpose.
The thing I like most about this job is that it gives me the opportunity to have global exposure. Being in a global project, I work a lot with colleagues from various parts of the world and learn a lot culturally. This helps to broaden my view about the world and also improves my understanding of different cultures and practices.
In any situation, change is not easily accepted. I think one of the best approaches would be to listen and understand where the resistance is coming from and be open to suggestions.
Also, you have to be able to communicate well the intent of any changes that would be introduced and assure them that it is for their and the organization’s benefit.
A little technology goes a really long way, from boatmen in remote parts of the world having access to the internet or mobile phones to help promote and manage their business, allowing tourists to book easily, to paperless boarding passes which use barcodes stored as images in your cellphone to make flight check-ins a breeze. These inventions make our lives easier and give us more time to dream of the next big invention.
Dare to dream and when you do, dream big. Don’t be afraid to learn and explore, nor fail. Because being good at something is really a process and starts with you deciding what you want to do and pursuing it. If you stumble along the way, don’t hesitate to start all over and ask for help.
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Pop rocks are candy that generate alot of gas. Add coke to that, and it’d be a huge gas-a-thon, yeah? Apparently an urban legend has it that mixing pop rocks with coke will blow up your stomach. True or false? The Mythbusters put it to the test!
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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!
