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High-tech jacket allows deaf people to feel the music https://www.asiaone.com/digital/high-tech-jacket-allows-deaf-people-feel-music Twin sisters Hermon and Heroda Berhane love dancing but can't hear the music because they're both deaf, so the invention of a jacket with sensors that enables them to feel the different sounds has transformed their nights out in London clubs. The "Sound Shirt", created by London-based fashion company CuteCircuit, has 16 sensors embedded in its fabric, so wearers can feel violins on their arms, for example, while drums beat on their backs. The Berhane twins, who lost their hearing at a young age, say modelling the shirts has given them a brand new experience. "It's almost like feeling the depth of the music," says Hermon. "It just feels as though we can move along with it." Francesca Rosella, co-founder and chief creative officer of CuteCircuit, which designs fashion wearable technology, said the shirts allowed deaf people to feel the music through sensations. "Inside the shirt - that, by the way, is completely textiles, there are no wires inside, so we're only using smart fabrics - we have a combination of microelectronics... very thin and flexible, and conductive fabrics," she said. "All these little electronic motors are connected with these conductive fabrics so that the garment is soft and stretchable." Sound Shirts don't come cheap, as they are expected to go on sale at more than £3,000 (S$5,100), but Heroda believes it's a price worth paying for deaf people who enjoy music as much as she and her sister do. "I think it could definitely change our lives," she said. uploaded image photo: CuteCircuit

I miss riding with the wind, at night (I dont miss riding in the hot sun). Probably night, weekend ride? What's stopping you?

Went for the annual Qing Ming session yesterday at Peck San Theng @ Bishan. In other years, we will avoid the 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after the actual day, to avoid the expected jam. This year, though, my uncle asked my mother to go yesterday (which I realized only when i asked being stuck in the jam, that it's the very weekend of Qing Ming) as my that works best for my cousins. Big mistake! I went via CTE side and missed the long queue which started before SPH, then had the bad experience of having to try to cut into the bumper-to-bumper queue of cars waiting to turn into Peck San Theng… Even before I reached there (to start to squeeze), at the traffic light, can hear got cars sounding (not sounded) their horns non-stop - an indication of the frustration of being obediently queueing but seeing other vehicles cutting in in front. The fact that the cars inside the single-lane road were crawling (as most cars will stop to allow passengers to alight somewhere inside, hence stopping traffic), doesn't help. 10+ years ago, when caught in such jams, I would let my folks alight on the main road, then I proceed to go to the HDB carpark opp RI to park and walk over, so as not to get caught in the unpleasant situation like yest. Now my folks are 79 and 82, and my mother had knee op on one leg last year, and is going for the other leg next month. She walks with a walking stick, very very slowly - but refuses to use wheelchair. Yest was to pray to her late parents and elders, and she insisted must go. Wouldn't have been able to make her walk the long distance from main road to go in... Really no choice but had to resort to squeezing in and cutting queue. Can feel the frustration and unhappiness of the other drivers. To them all, very sorry for the bad driving behavior. Apology... Already told my mum, next year if my cousins/uncle side said can only make it on the '2+2' peak weekends, then we split and go separately. Confirm don't want to do this again.

Folks, recently my car had a loud screeching sound at the engine compartment. Looking into the engine bay I realize that the sound will be heard when the compressor kicks in. I went to Mark Cool to get an opinion. A mechanic attended to me and said that my compressor rotating disc is loose and caused the sound. As Mark Cool is a recommended workshop , I agree with him to change to a recon compressor costing $350. However, the sound did not go away. Upon asking the mechanic, he said it is due to a faulty camshaft pulley. My gripe is this. He now know that the actual problem is the camshaft pulley and not the compressor. Should not he refund me the repair cost as I am being charged for repairs that do not solve the problem. Please advice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis Girl Who Can’t Feel Legs Due To MS Pursues Dreams Of Running Track Joseph Milord Source: http://elitedaily.com/sports/kayla-montgomery-champion-track-star-video/864139/ Kayla Montgomery is more than a high school track star. After being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis four years ago, Montgomery has almost unfathomably defied the odds to become a state champion long distance runner. Her success, however, does not come without a cost. Because of the disease, Kayla cannot run without experiencing the heat triggered symptoms of MS, which include loss of feeling in her legs. Because of these symptoms, she is not able to come to a full, concentrated and calculated stop after she finishes a race, leaving her to resort to falling at the finish line, where her coach is there to catch her each time. Still, she has made her mark as one the top runners in the country. For as good as her résumé is as a competitor, though, her story is even better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_dMrFx1mlE

Something I always wanted to clarify. My understanding of the _practical_ purpose of putting BBK is this. 1.) Unless your stock brakes are worn out or piss poor, BBKs do NOT improve stopping distance. If your stock brakes can cause the ABS to activate when you stomp hard, having stronger/better brakes would not change anything. Since your stock brakes already exceed the limits of the tyres. In fact, if the BBK brake bias is not set up properly, you could end up with worse stopping distance. 2.) What BBKs can do, is to improve pedal feel and for those who track or drive hard, improve heat soak and dissipation. e.g. 1st time stop, BBK and Stock is the same, 2nd time, also same, but after a few repeat hard brakes, the stock might overheat and become spongy and it is here that the BBK would outperform the stock brakes. So is it correct to say that, unless you are tracking your car or driving and braking hard for extended period, BBKs do not improve your stopping distance?

To start off, as a benchmark, I am driving a 2008 1.8L civic. I have test driven a few cars and noted very different feels when it comes to the steering. To me, one of the main dislike when i test drive the Estima and Teana is how light the steering feels. It seems that from stationery or low speed, i need to turn the steering a lot before the car starts to turn. And faster speeds, it seems to be more 'responsive', thus the feel of the steering response being kind of inconsistent. The steering feel on my civic is different. The car seems to respond much better to slight turns on the steering. The latest camry is also fine. Is it that the implementation of the steering on the civic and camry is very different from that of the estima and teana. Can anyone shed some light (or some sort of technical explanation) on the different feel of the steering. I will however have to say that the test drives on the estima, teana and camry are for a short distance only.

Really ........ CNA: Fewer motorists feel safe on roads in Singapore: survey SINGAPORE: Compared with three years ago, fewer motorists feel safe on the roads in Singapore, a survey of more than 450 drivers showed. In 2011, the AXA Road User Behaviour Survey found that 73 per cent of respondents perceived Singapore roads to be safe when it came to the risk of being involved in an accident. This dropped to 55 per cent this year, according to the latest survey which was released on Tuesday (June 3). The survey, commissioned by AXA Insurance Singapore in February, found that 62 per cent of the respondents felt that driving has become, on the whole, more unsafe, compared with the previous years. An “increase of aggressive drivers” was cited as the top reason. Although a majority of drivers believed the roads are unsafe, they also admitted to engaging in dangerous behaviour themselves, with 59 per cent of respondents citing “going through an amber light” as their most frequent behaviour. To promote safety awareness, the AXA Drive mobile application was launched on Tuesday and can be downloaded for free from the Apple iTunes Store and Google Play Store. It assesses one’s driving behaviour by looking into acceleration, braking and turning of the vehicle. Link: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/fewer-motorists-feel-safe/1135676.html Every countries have their own problem and city state like SG with land mass so small, chances of accident are great. Even in big country like Russia capital, Moscow, their driving are more aggressive... Aggressive drivers could be one of those drangerous drivers but 'weekends' drivers and foreign drivers also contribute to it. One just need to drive along Jalan Boon Lay in both direction can see a lot of bangala or Indian drivers speeding with their lorries on 1st lane...

Here are 10 useful tips. . . Wake up at the same time every day — and do it early Have a routine for the first thing(s) you do when you wake up Eat breakfast Do your most important task of the day first Chunk your time into 1 to 2 hr blocks Plan breaks Plan your workout time — stick to it Have food in the house Get out of the house Call it a night

Drivers feel it is safe for them to use their phones while driving but not safe for others: Survey Some 83 per cent of the drivers feel it is safe to use their mobile phones while driving and admitted to doing so in the last year, a survey by Samsung found. More than 90 per cent of drivers however said they found it dangerous for other drivers to use their mobile phones while driving. "Complacency seemed a key cause of the unsafe behaviour; when asked why respondents used their phones in this manner, the feeling that it was safe for them to do so was the response most cited," Samsung said in a press release on Tuesday afternoon. With more motorists booked for using their mobile phones while driving, the Korean electronics firm launched a road safety campaign last month. Targeting motorists who cannot leave their phones alone while on the roads, Samsung commissioned a survey to study the driving habits and perceptions of 513 drivers in relation to the use of mobile phones here. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/drivers-feel-it-safe-them-use-their-phones-while-driving-not-safe-othe

I was driving and saw a guy driving a sedan with a female passenger beside and a little girl about 5-6 years old sitting behind(middle seat) without childseat nor buckle up. Both the front window was wind down and the girl was leaning forward the front seats. Both the driver and the female passenger were smoking inside the car. Iam not sure if the little girl was their child or not but... How would u feel or what is your thought on this? Personally i feel that the adults are very irresponsible and doesn't seem to spare some thoughts for the little girl and i felt pity for the girl who doesn't seem to understand how harmful second hand smoke are and still lean forward.

Post date: 1 Jul 2013 - 9:09am [This is a satire article from Newnation.sg] Singaporean men from all walks of life who have served National Service are worried that PAP MPs Janil Puthucheary and Zainudin Nordin are feeling left out. This is because these two PAP MPs did not serve NS and today is SAF Day, a day where men who have served NS feel somewhat proud that they did and share photos of themselves on Facebook. One proud Singaporean son who spent two years of his life wearing leaves and eating combat ration, Kee Zho Peng, said:

Since Friday . Seriously, over Friday and Saturday I really feel lesser people in shopping areas.

Recently, I have been feeling that the steering feel on the CSC5 is no longer crisp. Estimate about 20k mileage so far. Anyone on CSC5 has the same feeling about the steering response from the tyres when old?

who really need to come out and support the family and have to give up his/her studies.... who have to go around selling tissues and 4D tickets because their children are sick and they can't work.... why? i really hate to see such things......whenever i see such things, i will feel very moody... i bought big sweep tickets from a very very old auntie...because her daughter is so sick and she needs to support her daughter....she can speak impeccable english with me..but doesnt seem to be able to find a job that pays more than walking around to sell 4D tickets.... i am angry with the government...really angry......words cant describe my anger towards the cruelty of singapore society... :angry:

, since we always use up OA, most people will probably have more in their MA

Award winning teacher sexually abused students Amanda Phua | The New Paper | Fri Mar 30 2012 Pervert. Monster. The adjectives can flow but nothing quite describes what a 38-year-old primary school teacher did to three of his male pupils. The Chinese language teacher had robbed them of their innocence. The Straits Times reported that the teacher had won several school awards and had received letters of prais from parents. He also sat on the school's disciplinary committee to handle its most difficult students and had been voted 'most caring teacher' by students. However, on March 12, he pleaded guilty to two counts of sexually penetrating a minor and two counts of outraging the modesty of two other victims. He carried out the acts in 2009. Two of his victims were only eight when he acted out his desires. Another was 11. He was jailed 10 years yesterday, but the boys' suffering could last much longer. Perhaps the most apt description of the teacher is that he's unrepentent. In his mitigation, the teacher simply offered: "I hope that the court will take into consideration that I have no previous criminal record and to be lenient in sentencing." But what of the boys? It has been devastating, a victim impact statement revealed. Two years after he was abused by his teacher, one of his victims was caught inappropriately touching a fellow student last year. Oral sex The victim was only eight when the teacher performed oral sex on him twice. When asked why he touched his classmate, the boy broke down. He was later referred to a counsellor. The boy's father had revealed the incident in a victim impact statement. The father said he too was suffering. He saw a psychiatrist to deal with work and family stress, and said his financial situation was also affected because of the costs of the counsellor and psychiatrist both he and his son had been seeing. Having to keep his son's suffering a secret from his own parents "took a tremendous toll on him", deputy public prosecutor S. Sellakumaran told the court. And though they may have been young when they were abused, the vile acts will haunt them, psychiatrists told The New Paper. Dr Brian Yeo, a consultant psychiatrist at Mount Elizabeth Hospital, said victims can end up with more sexualised behaviour like touching themselves at a younger age. He added: "It's not just his sexual maturity that will be affected, but also his emotional state. In this case, the teacher had a duty of care, so the boy may also find it difficult to trust people, or to talk to people, because the person he trusted abused his position of authority." And the boys can also end up feeling guilty. "The victims may blame themselves for getting the teacher into trouble. Hence, reaction from their parents is important. "If the parents or adults around them scream, shout and blame them, they will feel guilty even when they are the victims," said Dr Yeo. Psychiatrist Adrian Wang said for some young victims, the impact is not immediate. He said: "It doesn't affect them less significantly because they grow up with the memory. And as they mature, they will think more and more about what happened to them as a child and they might feel violated. "There is a potential for it to continue to traumatise them as years go by." Dr Wang echoed Dr Yeo's concern that the abuser was someone who was supposed to protect the victims. Confusing He said: "When the protector becomes a tormentor and deceives you into doing something like this, it is very confusing for the child. They are unsure of their role in it, hence it causes guilt. "For young kids from the age of eight to 10, it causes a mixture of fear as well as disgust because they expect adults to protect him." Dr Wang said parents often blame themselves when a child is abused. He added: "Putting the accused in jail gives the family a sense that justice was done, that the accused cannot harm them anymore and that things were set right." He molested kids on school premises The teacher was jailed 10 years and ordered to be given six strokes of the cane. Seven other similar offences were taken into consideration during sentencing. The teacher enticed two of the victims, aged eight and 11, with a portable game device, then sexually abused them. The acts took place from early 2009 to July the same year. Of the four cases the accused was charged with, three took place in the primary school's computer lab and one took place in the male staff toilet. All were during curriculum time. His disturbing acts came to light only when the school's principal received two complaints from a parent and a pupil about the teacher's inappropriate touching on July 17, 2009. It is not clear if the complainants are involved in the case. Deterrent Asking for a stiff deterrent to be meted out, deputy public prosecutor S. Sellakumaran compared the case to a previous one. In the previous case, the parents of the victim allowed their child to associate with the culprit. However, said DPP Sellakumaran: "The parents of the victims in the present cases had no similar choice. "They could not decide on which teachers would be teaching their children. "Indeed, they had no reason to so decide as they were entitled to expect that all teachers in the school would uphold the unreserved trust placed in them and adhere to the highest professional and moral standards." He added that the victims in this case had no choice but to return to school.

Pagani unveiled last year its new model, the strangely called Huayra. As we expect from Pagani, the car is extremely well conceived and also sounds beautifully. Here is a quick video of a Pagani Huayra at the Pagani factory and on the road. Can you feel the roar of the Pagani Huayra?

Singapore household incomes increased last year

Since the part on the experience of the overseas grad is taken from TR, I will leave it to you to your judgments to its authenticity What is most interesting is the part highlighted in red Did not know the HK govt will go to the full extent of performing all the necessary checks to ensure employers only employ foreigners because they have got no choice to protect the interests of the locals there. Any bros familiar with HK or it's policies can advice if this is true? From STOMP: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/stomp/sg...me_anymore.html Posted on 20 Jan 2012 Woes of an overseas grad: S'pore doesn't feel like home anymore STOMPer Alex shares the experiences of a Singaporean overseas grad, who found it tough getting a job both overseas and locally. The overseas grad says Singapore doesn't feel like home anymore because of the large numbers of foreigners here. Says the STOMPer: "From a Singaporea​n overseas graduate... "| The Singaporean overseas graduate wrote in to the TR Emeritus website, and these are excerpts from her entry: "I feel that this whole

As above. Anyone feeling sad when they change their car? I'm feeling terrible now as I need to let go my trusty ride for the past 4 years on Tuesday

Monks face pressure of foreign competition Income from prayer sessions down as foreign monks charge lower rate Local monk Ang Juat Chong says he spoke to his MP, Mr Yaw Shin Leong, about unlicensed monks working in Singapore. -- ST PHOTO: SAMUEL HE Some monks here are feeling the heat of competition provided by their foreign counterparts. n particular, the local monks claim that foreign monks, who are mostly from China and Malaysia, are undercutting them by charging up to 50 per cent less for prayer sessions conducted at funeral wakes. Mr Ang Juat Chong, 59, a Singaporean who has been a Buddhist monk for the last 18 years, said his monthly income has gone down by as much as 70 per cent in the last two years because of this. 'Local monks charge about $1,200 to do Buddhist rites at funeral wakes, but these foreign monks charge only $600 or $700. So of course, funeral parlours will prefer to hire them,' he told The Straits Times yesterday. He also suggested that some of these monks are not supposed to be chanting prayers at these wakes. He said he knows of at least one 'monk' from Malaysia who is here on a work permit and supposed to be working as a salesman. He added that there are real monks who are here on work permits that state they are doing religious work. But, he claimed, that permit does not allow them to be hired by funeral operators to chant prayers at wakes. Mr Ang, who is based at a temple in Lorong 7, Geylang, said he has approached the authorities about this and also saw Hougang MP Yaw Shin Leong about it. Mr Yaw mentioned the meeting in a Facebook post on Thursday. Other Buddhist monks said they have also noticed an influx of foreign monks in recent years. Reverend Ru Hong, 55, of Guat Hoon Vegetarian temple in Kembangan, estimated that more than half of all monks here are foreigners, up from about 30 per cent two or three years ago. He, too, claimed that while some of these foreign monks are real monks at home, they are being hired out to chant at wakes here despite being on other forms of work passes or even social visit passes. Rev Ru Hong, who has been holding prayer sessions at funerals and other ceremonies for more than 10 years, added that these monks are mostly hired to do prayers by middlemen such as undertakers. But he added that his takings have not been affected. Mr K.C. Low, 61, who is from a Buddhist temple in Rangoon Road, said his income has dropped by at least 30 per cent in the past five years. 'The foreign monks are cornering the market, and from what I heard, some of them are willing to do prayers for just $200 or $300,' he said. Mr Z. Chin, 63, who took to the cloth a decade ago and is based in a Buddhist temple in Geylang, said that some months go by without him getting called to conduct a single prayer session at funeral wakes. Three or four years ago, he would do around three sessions every month. The influx of monks is especially high during the Seventh Month Hungry Ghost period, said the disgruntled monks. Mr Ang estimated that at least 100 such foreign monks operate here during this period because of the higher volume of prayers and other ceremonies. While foreign monks may offer cheaper rates, Reverend Sek noted that they may not be familiar with local customs or praying procedures. Still, Mr Calvin Tang, 35, an undertaker with Singapore Casket, said Singaporean families normally 'won't know the difference even though the foreign monks chant in a different way from local ones'. Rev Ru Hong said local Buddhist monks go through a head-shaving ceremony witnessed by three senior monks in a monastery. They also have a booklet that certifies that they have learnt all the rules and procedures and have vowed to abide by them, and this booklet is given out by temples.

Ladies, have your comments. Can you accept a guy much shorter than you to be your bf or husband. I am not referring to those a few inches shorter, I mean those obvious one. I saw 3 couples today, the guys are much shorter. The gals are around 1.7m - 1.75m whereas the guys are all in 1.6m category! No offense, just a discussion, have your say ladies!!!!!!!!!!!

recently i posted a news of "Singapore roads rated best in the world" but seems like the replies are mainly negative ones... i remember most of us (i assume) felt proud as Singaporean way back in the 80s/90s when news reported that our airport and seaport were rated one of the best and efficient in the world... today, seems like the Singapore identity has eroded fast so i'd like to hear from you guys... how can we feel proud as Singaporeans again? eg. Singapore annual GDP growth highest in the world Singapore national team qualifies for World Cup 2014 Singapore builds the highest building in the world Singapore scientist discovers cure for cancer, or AIDS Singapore film wins top award in Cannes etc will you feel proud if any of the above scenario happens?

Just today, I was cruising on PIE at bout 85km/h (and it was on the 2nd lane hor).... this Jazz keep tailgatting me.... then keep honking...Wa lau, overtake first lane la.. It was clear ma.... At last after bout 2 mins, he overtake and give me the angry face like I kiam him $$$ like that.... How do you guys feel ? If let's say a lesser car play punk with you.... I mean, I am human too la.. If the same car that play punk is a GTR, I will not be so dulan.... Maybe because I also think the Jazz bu zhi liang li.... puny engine want to play punk.... like a small boy with small kuku try to pay sex guru in from of a bigger boy with man size kuku like that.... You guys feel the same?