Friday, March 19, 2010

Blossom Light (one of the kind & beautiful)

Light Blossom路燈在陽光照射時,會宛如花朵般綻放,花瓣緩慢的張開,收集太陽能,並似向日葵般朝向太陽,以利獲取能量.
當風兒吹拂的時候,「Light Blossom」的花瓣會往上收縮,藉由風力緩慢旋轉,產生能量。
夜晚時分,整盞燈收縮成「花苞」,裡頭的 LED 燈會散發合宜的光線,減輕「光污染」, 人們經過時,光線會自動投往人們的所在。
這款路燈尚未投入量產,我們期待能早日在街道見到這樣環保的街景。













Friday, March 12, 2010

Supercomputer helping scientist take a dive into human brain in data modeling!





JoAnn Kuchera-Morin demos the AlloSphere, a new way to see, hear and interpret scientific data. Dive into the brain, feel electron spin, hear the music of the elements ... and detect previously unseen patterns that could lead to new discoveries.



Monday, March 8, 2010

May I Borrow $ 25?














A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year old son waiting for her at the door.

SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'

MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.

SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'

MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the woman said angrily.

SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'

MUM: 'If you must know, I make $50 an hour.'

SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.

SON: 'Mummy, may I please borrow $ 25?'

The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'

The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door.

The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down, and started to think:

Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $25 and he really didn't ask for money very often . The woman went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.

'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.

'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.

'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman. 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $ 25 you asked for.'

The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' he yelled. Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.

The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.

The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his mother.

'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the mother grumbled.

'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied.

'Mummy, I have $ 50 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'
 

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Sharing the SDK & API with higher learning institutions


It has been great a joy to sit down with the teaching staff and the deputy dean of UTAR Kampar campus. I certainly enjoy their hospitality and their young and dynamic class of practices. Great coordination and sharing which make the session very smooth.

It is a great start to create a unique model of collaborations and partnerships. We are able to put the intentions and agenda forward to make things execute right on the spot.

We believed more companies can work out their own plan with UTAR to achieve industrial and institution relationships.

I am happy to put a note on this caused the project we are working on now is very exciting and innovative which will be focus on commercialization platform.