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X Prize Foundation – Google Lunar X Project (aka Prize)

Anyone up to the job? Project budget: $1M USD to $2M USD, will not top $5M including long range rockets, side thrusters and rover parts (including long range communication equipment). Most of the rover's drive, imaging system and arm probe can be taken or built easily from off the shelf parts. The requirement is that the project have to...

I Love the World – Discovery Channel

There is a new ad only on regular on Discovery now, ah, my favorite channel. And the same can be said for this Ad as well, it had been sometime since I've came across an Ad which will just make you go awww, thats so nice and fuzzy. I believe the ad will be more meaningful to those who...

On the SP website again

Looking at the start of the week, it had been a very hectic start for me, namely with work and stuff, even my horoscope is telling me to get out and exercising more, something which I see myself doing less often these days. Nevertheless, I was on the news again, together with my mugshots on the SP website on...

iPhone 3G release in Singapore- September

Update: The iPhone is said to be out on August 22nd 2008. This is confirmed with newspaper reports on the Straits Times. Just as September is brining Singtel how on the heels with the first Formula one night race, looks like we are seeing a trend here here the release of the iPhone on your sunny shores (and India) in...

Using the da Vinci robotic surgical system to fold origami cranes (video)

Here is an interesting find in the web wilderness. The following video was performed by Dr. Norihiko Ishikawa from the Department of Telesurgery and Geomedicine at the University of Kanazawa using the da Vinci robotic surgical system to well, fold origami cranes. Our intelligence findings showed that such occurrences can only have been performed in a Japanese environment, and...

2008 DSTA-DSO scholarship ceremony

Last night was the DSTA scholarship awards ceremony 2008. The event saw the leaving graduates from the 2008 batch leaving this year as well as the prize presentation for the 2009/2010 batch of scholarship receivers and post graduates. Held at Orchard hotel, the event saw a welcome address by Dr Tan Kim Siew, Permanent secretary and Chairman DSTA and DSO...

NYAA Gold award interview

I was around magazine road area today for my Duke of Edinburgh, NYAA gold award interview. Though I tend to frequent the river walk area for dinner often, I've not really been around the Central Mall area before as it is always around the outskirts of town. Nevertheless, I really liked how the offices, pubs and restaurants are arranged...

Riding on the car-less culture

Though it's officially Monday now, but it's still in the late hours not far from Sunday, yes Sunday... I guess for most of us, Monday don't start until the first cup of coffee on day break. So with that let just recap some of the happenings I missed for the week. Backtracking, last Saturday was a whole day out visiting...

Unexpected invitation- The special awards

Got an unexpected item in the mail, it's an invitation from our permanent secretary, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim to the 2008 special awards. As naive as I was, I had to google to update myself on what the special awards is for now, as it was a never widely known or publicized event, or one that I never thought myself...

My little theory of intelligence levels of internet comments (nada)

You know sometimes in and out as an internet user you will encounter comments in various blogs or forums which are not always as constructive as you intend them to be. It always seems that the internet "comment" function has it's role primary as a way of effectively (and most importantly) a way to convey constructive thoughts and feedback...

My thoughts and plans so far of the Omy Singapore Blog Awards (Best design)

Well, today is the 3rd day of the voting rounds of the Singapore Blog awards, and just as how campaigning fever has subsided in the States with Obama and Hilary in alliance now (with the exception of the Anwar case going on now), campaigning fever is definitely up on my side now! I am glad I have my contacts...

Back to school, probablity-MIT up significantly!

I was around back at school today after a short corporate meeting in the morning. There I managed to bump in a short one hour of gyming back at campus with my new alumni card before getting more work done in the day. Alumni what card? There, I was told by the gym auntie in-charge there that the alumni card I've...

Support and vote in the Omy Singapore Blog Awards 2008 (Best Design Category)

The voting period of the Omy Singapore Blog Awards 2008 are open! with each of the top 10 members of each category announced. So far is the competition is in it's third and final stage with the floor now open to public voting, yes now it's your turn to determine the winners by voting! Overall, the winner in each...

I LOVE MY APPLE! (ShaunChng.com entry)

This is my entry for I love my Apple contest. Check out the Flash animation!

Singapore Toy and Comic Convention 2008

Hey here it is finally the Singapore Toy and Comic Convention 2008 was finally here. Held at the Suntec City convention center over the last weekend, the event is one of the few first public events to bring the whole toy and comic industry closer together in a series of annual cons and events held throughout the year and...

Lego A380, the biggest Lego airplane ever made

I had been always a fan of Lego, having grown up with them since I was a kid, even I do occasionally build some contraptions of my own especially with the Lego Mindstorm series. So what do you get when you bind them and the world largest commercial passenger jet? You get the world's largest Lego airplane model. This Lego...

Next on my gaming list – UT?

It's Thursday already and for a note, I've recently beat the game, Test Drive Unlimited by Atari/Eden last Thursday, its kinda fun earning your filled crown having to complete all the missions and discover all the road of the replica Hawaiian island, just sad that no one plays this game now, but as again, that was stuff one week...

ShaunChng.com in the top 10 for Omy 2008 Singapore Blog Awards! (Best Design)

Whee! Shaun Chng.com has been selected in the judging round as the top 10 blogs in the competition for the Best blog design category! The voting round will open very soon the end of this month (around 30th June). I will be needing all of your support, yup you all my beloved my visitors to see the site well...

Photo greetings from Mars, now is that salt or ice?

Greetings from Mars and they come in peace! In the search for habitable regions on the Mars' north pole region, the Phoenix lander had began digging into the area to sprout some interesting finds, clumps of white stuff. These were discovered in shallow trenches excavated by the lander's backhoe-like robotic arm have turned up specks and at times even...

Birthday Celebrations – Happy Birthday Coach Robin!

Yesterday (Saturday) night was our planned coach birthday celebrations and it was a secret very well kept in place for our "host" friend who faked her birthday so that we can deceive our coach into attending the party last night. Everybody knew that, except well... coach until last night haha. Held in home premises at the Holland area, the...

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