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Asia Innovations and Technology 1 Year, 3 Months ago
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If poverty is a massive problemin Asia,
We also have advanced innovations and technologies
amazing the world .
Japan leads us amongst all Asian nations,
Singapore now is on its bio-tech
Let's talk about nano-technology which has gwon
popular in Japan over the last few years.
Generally “nano” is one thousandth of “micro”. It means that one micro-meter is one thousand nano-meters and one micro-gram is one thousand grams. One micro- second is one thousand nano-seconds; however, “Nano-Technologies” in this industry are usually something smaller than one micro-meter. Measurements are based on metric units. I hope American people can understand the exact size of the units. One mil is a thousandth of inch and 25 micro-meters; one micro-inch could be 25 nano-meters. When we talk about nano-technologies, they are something less than 40 micro-inches. Currently, we have limited opportunities to use nano-inches.
Anyway, what are the actual nano-technologies or nano-technology products? Recently, Sangyo Times, a major industry media firm in Japan has published “Directory of Nano-Technologies”. This book introduces us to the nano-technologies and products for 1000 companies as well as the key people in the industry. I reviewed the directory quickly, and decided to categorize my thoughts about nano-technologies into three sections.
http://www.pcb007.com/anm/templates/article.aspx?articleid=12335&
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To continue, let's talk about
human-powered gyms in hong kong 
I have posted something about this in our
front page but decided to put it here
to record asian tech.
No pain, no gain, right? At this gym, the new mantra may be “no pain, no power.” Just as the Sustainable Dance Club is turning dance steps into energy, French inventor Lucien Gambarota and Wharton grad and entrepreneur Doug Woodring are bringing clean, sustainable energy to the gym using good old-fashioned manpower. The two have joined forces with Hong Kong’s California Fitness, a subsidiary of 24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, to launch a revolutionary concept in which energy burned off by exercisers is diverted and converted to power lighting fixtures, while excess energy is stored in a battery. The gym’s 13 step, cycling and cross-training machines in the “Powered by YOU” program are popular with members. As gym member Rita Wong states, “It’s very good motivation. You can watch yourself burning fat to turn on the light.”
According to Steve Clinefelter, President of California Fitness, “One person has the ability of producing 50 watts of electricity per hour when exercising at a moderate pace….If a person spends one hour per day running on the machine, he/she could generate 18.2 kilowatts of electricity and prevent 4,380 liters of CO2 released per year.” We love the idea of burning calories in order to NOT burn fossil fuels. The “Powered by YOU” program enables users to improve their health and the environment—one step at a time
http://inhabitat.com/2007/03/08/human-powered-gyms-in-hong-kong/
also:
People in Hong Kong Gym Generate Electricity While Exercising
By Claudia Blume
http://www.voanews.com/english/archive/2007-03/2007-03-11-voa14.cfm?
CFID=164561958&CFTOKEN=12748913
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Chinese Hong Kong University has unfoulded
surgical robots such as Da Vinci
Da Vinci S Robot system as the surgical robots.
also Robot-assisted stem cell therapy
a first in Thailand since last 2005
2005 in a historic operation,
surgeons at Bangkok Heart Hospital performed Thailand's first robot-assisted cardiac stem cell implantation on October 27, 2005. Utilizing Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci Surgical System and VesCell adult stem cell therapy for heart disease from TheraVitae Ltd., surgeons treated a no-option, ischemic cardiomyopathy patient from Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.
About TheraVitae
TheraVitae is a private, multinational company focused on using stem cells from the patient's own blood in order to treat a variety of disorders, especially cardiovascular diseases. The company has developed a proprietary stem cell technology called VesCell™ that is currently being used by hospitals in Thailand to treat patients with heart disease. TheraVitae is based in Bangkok, Thailand, Kiryat Weizmann, Israel, and Hong Kong.
see? Innovations and Technology has also been
a way of life in Asia, looking at the the other
brighter side.
hope others could contribute and tell the world
that asia has it all 
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Sustainable energy awards handed out
Winners from Bangladesh, China, India, Laos, Tanzania
LONDON - Pioneers in developing renewable energy in Bangladesh, China, India, Laos and Tanzania have won $60,000 each in awards for their work.
Prince Charles and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore presented the Ashden Awards to the winners, who included Beijing Shenzhou Daxu Bio-energy Technology Company Ltd., which markets a stove that burns crop waste instead of coal.
"These awards have told us how to illuminate the path to a sustainable future. I hope that we can make it quickly," Gore said at Thursday's awards ceremony
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19373823/
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