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Hi all, I am looking for silicon hoses to fit up some stuff in the car. Samco? Or any silicon hose will be good. Are there any shops in Ubi/Kaki Bukit that sells a wide range of sizes/length? Any tips appreciated!

Guys and Gals, Do anyone of you know where to buy those Silicon hose used in the engine?

I saw this article on forbes and what this company is pursuing very interesting, could literally revolutionize the medical testing industry. What makes it more interesting is the CEO apparently got the idea while doing an intern in Singapore on a project to find Sars in patients. http://www.mercurynews.com/michelle-quinn/ci_26147649/quinn-meet-elizabeth-holmes-silicon-valleys-latest-phenom Quinn: Meet Elizabeth Holmes, Silicon Valley's latest phenom By Michelle Quinn [email protected] POSTED: 07/15/2014 06:11:39 AM PDT6 COMMENTS| UPDATED: 5 MONTHS AGO Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford in 2003 as a 19-year-old to start Theranos, a company now poised to disrupt the medical diagnostic test market. She spoke about the company's vision at their headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday afternoon July 3, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) ( Karl Mondon ) Silicon Valley, much like baseball, has its share of phenoms, those up-and-comers who demonstrate extraordinary promise. Meet the latest: Elizabeth Holmes. The 30-year-old Stanford dropout turned paper multibillionaire has quietly worked for 11 years on her startup, which aims to give all of us better information about our bodies in a quest to revolutionize how we manage our health. "If people can really begin to understand their bodies, that can help them change their lives," she said during a recent interview at the Palo Alto headquarters of Theranos, a mix of the words "therapy" and "diagnosis." Over the past year, Holmes has embraced a more public profile, recently snagging the cover of Fortune magazine in what bore all the hallmarks of a carefully orchestrated media push. Her board includes a Who's Who of American political influence -- former Secretaries of State Henry Kissinger and George Shultz, former Defense Secretary Bill Perry, a couple of former U.S. senators, a Marine general. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is one of her investors. FAMILIAR QUALITIES Holmes' drive to change the world has a familiar ring here. She may actually do it -- or not. It's always hard to know in Silicon Valley whether the hype matches the reality. Advertisement The tech industry has seen phenoms before. They are typically young, bold and single-minded with boundless ambition. Think Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg. What often distinguishes great leaders are qualities like determination and persistence, but something else too, said Bob Sutton, a Stanford engineering school professor and co-author of "Scaling Up Excellence." "They believe they are destined to do something special," he said. Elizabeth Holmes dropped out of Stanford in 2003 as a 19-year-old to start Theranos, a company now poised to disrupt the medical diagnostic test market. She spoke about the company's vision at their headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., Thursday afternoon July 3, 2014. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group) ( Karl Mondon ) In that respect, Holmes is cast from the same mold as Jobs et al. She launched the company, she told me, after "thinking about what is the greatest change I could make in the world." Holmes, who hates needles, zeroed in on blood tests as a starting point. If blood tests were easier, cheaper and more convenient -- Theranos aims to put a lab within a mile of any city dweller -- people could take multiple tests over time and see signs of a disease or condition before it's too late, Holmes argues. She recalled the death of her uncle, whose skin cancer progressed rapidly to brain cancer. "You look at something like that and it doesn't make sense," she said softly. "If it was caught in time, it's a completely manageable condition." To that end, Theranos has devised software and hardware so that with just one pinprick of blood, critical medical tests can be run more cheaply and more conveniently. In September, Theranos and Walgreens announced a deal to open Theranos "wellness centers" at one Walgreens in Palo Alto as well as 20 stores in Phoenix. The goal is to expand to all 8,200 Walgreens stores nationwide. Theranos' main revenue stream is payment from customers or their insurance providers for lab tests. The company has other revenue streams through its long-term strategic partners, which it declined to discuss. With Theranos, Holmes is taking on the $70 billion U.S. blood-testing industry dominated by companies such as Quest and LabCorp. But she says her aim is something bigger, creating a new market called "consumer health technology," which Holmes describes as engaging and empowering people about their health. "Here in California, I can go and buy a gun and shoot myself but I can't order a vitamin D test because I might do something quote 'clinically dangerous,' " she said. "We feel strongly over time that this has to change." Shultz, who meets weekly with Holmes to discuss the business, described Theranos as "on the cusp of a real movement in preventive medicine." "What Elizabeth is doing is important in diagnostics, that the more you are able to spot something before it occurs, the more you can do something about it," he said. 'CRITICAL PIECE' Theranos faces numerous regulatory, logistical and market challenges, said Eric Lakin, an analyst with DeciBio Consulting, a market research firm. Still, the potential is great. "With current efforts to realize the dream of personalized medicine, Theranos may play a critical piece in this puzzle," he said. "But as with all puzzles, it often takes time to collect these pieces and put them together in a meaningful way." Holmes' background is right out of the phenom playbook. Growing up in Texas, Holmes taught herself Mandarin and launched a business in high school selling C++ compilers to Chinese universities. She applied for her first patent while at Stanford, where she majored in chemical engineering. In the summer before her sophomore year, she went to Singapore to work at the Genome Institute on the SARS virus. Then she dropped out of Stanford to begin working on Theranos, using the money her parents had saved for college for the business. "She may be the female Mark Zuckerberg that Silicon Valley has been waiting for," said Vivek Wadhwa, a professor and researcher at Stanford and Duke and a lecturer on entrepreneurship. "She started when she was young, defied the odds and built a great technology, and is doing good for the world." Tim Draper, the venture capitalist, said Holmes, who was friends with his daughter growing up, is the first entrepreneur he knows who kept quiet about her business for so long "so that the competition wouldn't get a chance to start." "She had a winner and knew it," he said. His firm DFJ Venture was the first to invest. In recent years, Theranos' head count has mushroomed to about 500 employees, up from 100 in 2010. It took over the former offices of Facebook at the Stanford Research Park. Holmes has raised $400 million, valuing the entire company at $9 billion. She has a 50 percent stake, leading Forbes to call her "the youngest woman to become a self-made billionaire." As for her gender, Holmes, who wears all black suits and heels and speaks in a deep, soft voice, has never allowed herself to think of it as an issue, she says. But she knows people are paying attention. "If I can show that in this country, a 19-year-old girl can drop out of school and build something like this," she said, "then other women should be doing it."

hello, basically i'm new to this product but did some research on it. said to protect the rubber lining, leather, dashboard and even tire.. interior and exterior basically, 1 can for all applications and purposes.. went down to autobacs today and found out that they having a promo. $10 for 3 cans of silicon spray by soft 99.. i was never a detailing person.. but to maintain my cars, i decided to get hold of 6 cans and give it a test. anyone been using this product, wanna share more?

the crystal brand is no good. please recommend a few good ones.

May I know what is the Valet Mode about? How to activate and how to disactivate? I driving the Toyota Vios.

Anyone bought the above? Distributed by a company called Grounded Intl. Similar to those magnetic bracelets, but these use 2 silicon chips. Purportedly helps you balance better woh.

Anyone using these? I just wanted to check whether the wiper blades themselves are black (because the pre-facelifted ones have grey-coloured wiper blades). Thks!

Contest from 1st Sept 2010 till 30th Sept 2010 Stand a chance to win 1 of 4 sets of Silicon Frameless Wipers total worth $160. Just post your items on sgCarStore to win! Just advertise on sgCarStore! More details here : http://www.mycarforum.com/index.php?autocom=contest

Hi all, I've searched in many places and have absolutely no idea liao... Anyone here knows where can I get PIAA Super Silicon Wiper in SG?? http://www.piaa.com/WiperBlades/silicone.html Thanks!

Hi Bro, Any bros using this "Aquila" Spoiler Silicon Wiper Blades?? http://www.theaquila.com/products.php?item=8 I had plans to switch to frameless wipers, but was convinced by the car mechanic to give this Aquila Spolier Wiper a try. Just curious, I notice there is growing interest in frameless wipers. What are the pro and cons of frameless wipers??? BTW, I paid $63 for this "Aquila" Spoiler Silicon wiper (22in and 20in), and is made by Twister.

As there is no available set of rubber hoses for my ride, was thinking of customizing just 1 or 2 of the main radiator hoses to silicon ones and maybe also the vacuum hose. Any recommendations? Thanks.

Hi bros, where can I find silicon intercooler hoses? Axxxbacs quite ex! Anywhere? Thanks

hi! any bro in this forum knows where to source for silicon rubber (or thermo rubber) straight hose sleeves/joints? I am looking for one that has an ID of 80mm with a length of roughly 76mm (3in), and a wall thickness of not more than 2mm. thank you.

Changed from original rubber wipers to silicon wipers recently on my civic and realise that the wipers make a squeaking sound. Will putting rainx or any other solutions help? Any advise is appreciated. Thanks.

What solvent can melt silicon huh? as little damage to the paintwork as possible.

Anyone has any idea how to remove dried up silicon on clear plastic? I itchy backside and paste eyelid on my car headlight using double side tape and silicon. Now want to remove the eyelid, left a patch of stubborn silicon that seems very hard to remove. Rub until my finger swollen but still left abit that just refuse to come out. Thanks!

Hi All, Just to share with you my experience with Twister Silicon Wiper blade, which I had been using for 10 months already

Where do I get the above mentioned hose for vacuum gadgets(E68 etc)?

Hi , can anyone tell me what is the different between silicon wiper and normal wiper , as i facing a lot of problem on my wiper ,it can't wipe off clean and worst of it during raining it create a lot of rubbing noise on the wind screen , i just got it replaced less than one year , thks

After hearing so much bad thing abt the Rain-X on windscreen but so far still can't find any other product to match its beading effect. Has anyone used Rain-X with silicon blade? Will the wiper still judder?

Anyone knows where in SG or JB can I get silicon wiper blades? They are blue in color and was sold here sometime last year, cannot find liao

Hi, Anyone tried this DURA-EDGE Silicon Wiper Blades. Selling like $30+ per pair? Any comment? Any better deal too? http://www.duratech.com.sg/product.htm

Anybody got lobang for silicon vacuum hoses? I looking for some to replace my stock hoses, got color better still!