Originally posted by bismarck:i beg to differ.
yes some designs were already found in toys, or comics etc.
how is it easy to bring it to reality ?
i mean everyone gets inspirations from everywhere. does that mean inventors have to pay royalties to say, mother nature if 1 gets an inspiration from a beetle ?
True enough, i do not dispute the fact that the whole process will be costly, R&D is never cheap, especially we do not have a pool of well trained scientist.
To attract people, the government have to pay them well enough. That's a fact in the material world we are living in. To be honestly, i'm not sure if they are that highly paid (as compared to people in the commerial R&D). I got many friends who are scientisits and engineers with DSTA, A-STAR, ST, DSO ranging from mirco biology, bacteria, weapons, ammo & CCC.
in toys, drawings, it's easy to develop anything. like lightsabers in star wars, george lucas did it for more than 20years ? yet we arent even close to develop lasers 2% of their strength.
2% it may be, but who is to say that it would come true one day? Surely not lightsabers (Personal i wish they could develop one) but missle defense, the infamous starwars defense umbrella pushed so dearly during Ronald Regent's adminstration. Of course, we do not go about developing all ideas. In R&D, idea screening is important only. Just pray that our guys dun embark on some useless R&D to leads to nowhere.
ok nvm...u lost me..big time~Originally posted by tchiew:


I did my network security and encryption a yr ago..and i recalled briefly my lecturer discussed with us the possibilities not of a quantum computer, but computers processing in n Bits.currently the von Nuemann processor still takes in binary (correct me if Intel or IBM has progressed further) but if calculations and gate switching could be made in terms of base 16 ,32 or 64.. u can just think exponetianally how much calculations can jump.Originally posted by lionnoisy:UNBREAKABLE CODE IN THE DOOR STEP
We may be the THIRD COUNTRY in the world to develop a protocol-
----how the photons should be deployed and it is UNBREAKABLE!!!.
Read more.
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=133906
http://www.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=133945
We are in the top band in some fields,if not many , in RD.
Only ur eyes is not enough.Open ur mind also.
Portable device for through-wall motion detection
R&D work is underway to develop a radar for “through-wall” motion detection. This through-wall radar surveillance technology enables remote location and tracking of the movements of multiple individuals through concrete walls.
Positioned at a distance away, the system transmits ultra wideband electro-magnetic energy that penetrates through wall to detect objects and sense their movements.
This technology could support a number of important applications in both national security and military operations. They include search and rescue operations, counter terrorism and urban warfare situations.
DSO researchers are also looking further into exploiting the potential of this new radar technology to detect weapons or to show the structural layout behind a wall.
Unmanned undersea robot – a safer way to clear minesfr http://www.dso.org.sg/home/capabilities/capabilities_tech.aspx
DSO is conducting R&D to develop an autonomous underwater vehicle that will carry out the dangerous task of detecting underwater mines. Started in 2002, the project exploits various expertise of DSO, such as underwater vehicle design, hydrodynamics, system integration, guidance, navigation and control (GNC).
The 2m-long underwater robot is called SEA-i, a name synonymous to its purpose of being the eyes in the undersea. Running on battery power, the vehicle can travel at six knots, or about 3m a second, for eight hours and can dive to a depth of 100m.
The Sea-i is designed with a “brain” so the course can be pre-programmed. Equipped with sensors, the vehicle will be able to better sense the environment and efficiently map out the area of interest for mine detection.
The Sea-i is still a developmental vehicle that serves to experiment various concepts. DSOÂ’s engineers are working on improving the craft's agility and ability to navigate precisely underwater. The team also hopes to improve the image-processing feature of the Sea-i so that the vehicle can eventually conduct automatic on-board classification of underwater objects.