Archives for 2018

Imagine the world where the word ‘charging’ is obsolete

Posted on March 8, 2018 ·

Imagine explaining to your grandchildren that “back in my day,” people actually had to wait at least half an hour for their phones to be charged.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43285885

Imagine being able to charge your electric car in minutes rather than hours, or your smartphone in seconds.

That’s the enticing prospect being touted by researchers who reckon they’ve discovered a new material that could boost the performance of a carbon-based supercapacitor – sometimes called an ultracapacitor – a type of energy storage device that can be charged very quickly and offload its power very quickly, too.

Filed Under: Futurology Tagged With: supercapacitor, ultracapacitor

Start now

Posted on March 7, 2018 ·

It’s difficult for everyone that is just starting out.

Filed Under: Get motivated Tagged With: motivation

UTM VC’s Monthly Engagement March 2018

Posted on March 6, 2018 ·

Time for our monthly engagement.

Filed Under: Talks Tagged With: VC's talk

Social media tools are ripping apart the social fabric of how society works

Posted on March 5, 2018 ·

We need to start spending less time in social media. Listen to what this former facebook exec said.

Filed Under: videos Tagged With: facebook

STEM Mentor-Mentee @SK Intan Baiduri Session#1

Posted on March 4, 2018 ·

The first session of STEM mentor-mentee program at SK Intan Baiduri has concluded successfully yesterday. In this session, the mentees were asked to fill in some questionnaires. Followed by mentoring the topic for the session. The topics were fractions and heat. There was also 45 minutes playing session conducted by BraiNet.

Please also have a look at the news at PIBG SK Intan Baiduri.

Filed Under: STEM Tagged With: mentor-mentee, SK Intan Baiduri

Don’t compare yourself to others

Posted on March 2, 2018 ·

Stress and pressures will significantly diminish when you don’t compare yourself to others.

Filed Under: Get motivated Tagged With: motivation

More than 200 Quebec doctors oppose proposed pay raise for themselves

Posted on February 28, 2018 ·

These doctors have my respect.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/02/26/more-than-200-quebec-doctors-oppose-proposed-pay-raise-for-themselves.html

MONTREAL—More than 250 doctors and residents in Quebec have asked the provincial government to backtrack on plans to give them and other physicians substantial pay hikes, saying the money should instead be spent on the front lines of the health system.

In an open letter, they say the increases are particularly shocking given that other health-care workers such as nurses and orderlies face difficult working conditions.

Filed Under: news Tagged With: doctors, pay hikes

APEL Assessor Workshop

Posted on February 27, 2018 ·

As a requirement to be an APEL Accreditation Center (PPA) we need to attend the APEL assessor training workshop. Soon our PPA will be approved by MQA. With the existence of our own PPA, candidates wishing to obtain the APEL (C) certificate can apply at UTM Kuala Lumpur.

Filed Under: APEL, workshop Tagged With: MQA

STEM HI-TEA ceremony

Posted on February 26, 2018 ·

A STEM HI-TEA ceremony was held last Sunday at Eastin Hotel, Petaling Jaya. The winners for the best Mentor-Mentee program were announced in this ceremony. We in UTM Razak School entered two entries. One of it has won a merit award in this competition. Although we didn’t get podium position still we are very proud because we have beat other 44 entries to win one out five merit awards given. Well done team leader Dr. Sathia for the Mentor-Mentee Program at SK Padang Tembak.