All done in a slide without the wordy format. Time saving and very effective presentation by design.
Some quick scribbles here:
We are hitting 2 main ideas here: 'New ideas may not be derived from a logical sense of thinking.' & 'Intuition may be more 'logical' than scientific thought.' Could Education be instilling a less effective way of cultivating creative and original minds? More than often, I feel that what we learn may be instilled by fixated concepts that is based on too much 'formula' / biased ideas; rather than making us think about 'what are other possible ways that are derived from the so-called less sophisticated means of thought, such as intution; and 'how are such ideas formed beyond the science/math/tech routes'. When we solve problems of any kind, scientific methods help us to come to answers in a top-down method that could be quite mechanistic, resulting from mainly a few thinking routes. That often assumes that such evaluative methods will eventually come out with the so-called 'right' solution. Intuition is one part of our minds that may have been incubating over time and come up with a way of thought via various experiences. These intrinsic experiences may not be highly valued because it is often hard to measure without tangible evidence. This article also reminds me of my observations on people who may have very little formal education but are very experienced problem solvers in their own interpretated ways/methods. The value of being formally recognized is very important in our socieities such as the use of verbal expressive power is usually the 'lingua franca' of a smart solution. However, the reality is that such intelligence had not been that very sound. Look at the mess that we have. Isn't that coming out from 'logical' thought?
PS: pardon the terse write up. I know I have to express it better, and I could have written very short quick notes on the article. But others must know how I think too. Pretty much a pain for me to write really...hope this makes sense.
Asus has always been coming up with designs that stuns. A few are very original in cultual style, like their bamboo inspired notebook design. At times, I do not always like the concepts that take away the functions, notaby their older seashell net book design. If I have recalled correctly, the Eee PC does not allow upgrade of RAM and it comes only with a very small screen. Asus could be compared with its more senior fellow Taiwanese make Acer, which the latter lags a good distance away from the former in terms of quality and design. Asus is very well placed to be Taiwan's pride and brand.
Punggol is one of the heartlands in Singapore which is located in the remote eastern part of the country. The area is now developing a new concept for residential housing, notably the waterfront housing concept. Hopefully these projects will help to decentralized the main activities from the city centre which is really very busy at the moment. If we want 5 .5 million residents to live comfortably, housings these days need to combine nature within a man made enclosure.
PDFs of projects that you may be interested:
- Terraced Residence By The Water
- Model of the Terraced Residence By The Water
Interesting gadgets off CES especially the battery chargers that run on solar power. One of the pictures in particular, which is on the site, strike me most: The iPhone was placed on one of these products reminds me of the poor battery life on the phone. Always wonder about it though the iPhone is a hot selling product here in Singapore too. They really should make the battery last far longer. Most people are charging the phone almost everyday despite light usage.
The XO-3: it’s designed to be thin, sleek, and touch, while continuing to lower power, cost, and material waste. We’ve been anticipating the new designs for a while, and now they’ve arrived! As announced in Tuesday’s press release, after our upcoming releases of our 1.5 and 1.75 models next year, we are looking at the XO-3, a thin touchscreen tablet. Here are the latest images from the Fuse design team:
Neat concept for children PC living in the thrid world - the best gift for poor children to upgrade their lives and have a fair competition with the rest in the world.
The world's first sustainable city will be ready by 2016. The natural circulation within the city via its 'sunflower concept' cools the area naturally using Photovoltaic roof technology. The layout is very interesting, laying 'sunflowers' in the centre of a large hi tech 'garden'.
The title of the book grabbed my attention immediately to pick it up for a quick skim. The book was published in September 2009, only to reach Singapore shores recently. The book takes a lot of real life case studies to illustrate the different thinking processes used and made interesting insights on the various methodologies. Particularly eye catching when he cited Shimano as a topic starter. Almost uncanny as it looks, I cannot help but to agree that innovation is about simple conversion of needs/ demands into a solution via exploration of methods.
This watch caught my eye for a lot of reasons, mainly its courage to go against the mainstream of Swiss watch-making traditions. Its technical superiority does not come from the usual sense of the world, drawing its inspiration from the east and having it designed and manufactured in a few Asian countries. What admired me was the design concept which actually evolves from an inter-racial philosophy and respect by drawing slogans from Asia, Europe and America.
The watch runs on an eco-friendly self winding quartz movement called the Epson I-Matic. Not the usual sense of the world to use a Japanese movement when it is usually seen as an inferior technology to a Swiss make.
Another bold attraction is its removable thick *rubber* strap, which does gives the watch an uncanny sense of character.The designer, Christian Bedat, had wanted a removable strap without cockling at the lug - a protrusion from the case of a wristwatch to which the strap attaches. He solved the problem by designing an interchangeable strap made of rubber (with 7 other different colours available); over choosing a thin leather strap - another out of the ordinary attempt for a luxury branded Swiss watch. The soft silicon rubber strap also fits underneath the case for a quick change.
To date, more than 1000 of the time pieces have been sold since its initial launch on 1 September 2009. The company, Bedat & Co, is now owned by a Malaysian Distributer called Luxury Concepts and is going at an attractive price of US$880 a piece.
Something to think about over the first coming weekend of 2010.
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