Microdermal Piercing - a new body modification trend

BY: DAPHNE-RAE LEE

Move aside, body surface piercings; here is a new permanent body piercing that have very low chances of rejecting from your body and leaving an unwanted scar.

Brian Decker from Pure Body Arts says, "The idea is to give the aesthetic look of a transdermal implant but with the simplicity and safety of a piercing."

Also known as a microdermal or surface anchor, this body modification can be placed practically anywhere on the surface of your body with skin using the techniques in pocketing, dermal anchoring and transdermal implants.

BY: NURUL 'AIN

Have an ingenious money-spinning idea that can rake in stupendous profits, but simply do not know where to begin?


Fret not because the annual Temasek Polytechnic (TP) initiative the Final5 Entrepreneurship Competition is back and you may even land the top prize of $600 cash.

Unveiling the spiritual medium culture

LEGO bricks build a passion for science and tech

BY: PRISCILLA CHUA

First Lego League (FLL) 2010, which was held on 9 Jan, received overwhelming response in recruiting youth volunteers this year.


The event successfully called for 100 over volunteers from the youth bank base of Heartware Network, a non-profit charitable youth organisation which plays an important role in FLL every year. Unlike other private company, Heartware does not make any profit from organising FLL. The charity incurred a $50,000 loss in organizing last year’s FLL competition.

Young inventors alert!

BY: NURIMAN
When one thinks of engineering, technological feats such as the invention of the aeroplane or the car comes into mind. To students, engineering is simply complex equations mixed with difficult to remember physics theories.


The recent Temasek Polytechnic Engineering Road Show, held in conjunction with TP’s Open House showed that sometimes, the simplest ideas are often the best.