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MALAYSIAN

Malaysian Invention aNd Design Society (PP 18717/03/2015(034152) (Free distribution)

Newsletter : NOVEMBER 2015 Patrons: YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad YBhg Tan Sri Law Hieng

Ding MINDS Executive Committee

2014-2016 Academician Tan Sri Emeritus Prof Datuk Dr Augustine SH Ong

President Datuk Dr Choo Yuen May Vice President

Dr Loo Koi Sang Hon Secretary

Ms Christine Ong Hon Treasurer

Committee Members Dr Ravigadevi

Mr Tan Kim Seng Dr Mukhzeer Shahimin Ir Yap Mew Sang

Mr Stephen Poon Mejar Munusamy Dato’ Dr Cheah Cheng Huat

Dr Sarina Sulaiman Executive Secretary

Ms Kendra Lam Editor

Ms Chrys Tee CONTENTS

Arts & Creativity Exhibition Tokoh Akademik Negara Design Thinking Bootcamp 3.0

Hongkong Trade Dev Corp MINDS Brainstorming ITEX Judges’ Appreciation Lunch

MyIT – Sarawak MMLM Young MINDS Chapter

Membership PlaTCOM Pitching Session NASA – Free Patents for Inventors

Brain Teasers Malaysian Invention & Design Society C3A-10, 4

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Damansara Intan 1 Jalan SS20/27 47400 PJ Tel: 03-71182062 HP: 012-9032312 Email: minds.invent@gmail.com Website: www.minds.com.my Percetakan Soon Lee Heng Sdn Bhd 15 Jalan Besar, Selayang Baru 68100 Batu Caves Selangor

MINDS FOREVER

ARTS & CREATIVITY EXHIBITION (ACE) 2016 IN COLLABORATION WITH

UNIVERSITI MALAYA ART GALLERY

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There is a general concern over the poor grasp of the English language among our students and this will adversely affect their future and when it comes to employment. With this in mind the idea of having an Arts & Creativity Exhibition 2015 was conceived. This first project held by MINDS hoped to encourage students to be more creative both in writing and drawing and also to improve the English language skills. The “Write and Illustrate” competition was opened to 3 categories of contestants:

Primary students

Secondary students Tertiary students (not more than 25 years of age)

Thirty-six entries were exhibited in UMAG from 18 to 23 September 2015. There were about 100 people (including students) who attended the opening ceremony which was officiated by our Guest of Honour, Yang Berhormat Tuan P. Kamalanathan, the Deputy Minister of Education I. YB Tuan Kamalanathan in his speech said that it would be good to continue this competition organised for all the schools in Malaysia. MINDS is indeed very grateful to YB for his support and encouragement in our first venture into arts and creativity.

Other VIPs present were YBhg Tan Sri Omar Abdul Rahman (the former Science Advisor to YAB Tun Mahathir Mohamad), YBhg Tan Sri Dato Seri Utama Arshard Ayub (Chairman, Board of Directors, UM), YBhg Prof Datuk Dr Rohana Yusof (Deputy VC, Student Affairs & Alumni, UM), Dr Nor Edzan Hj Che Nasir (Head of Library, UM) represented the VC of UM, En Abdul Aziz Rashid (Director of Museum of Asian Art) and YBhg Dato V L Kandan (Trustee of Yayasan Rekacipta Malaysia). After the official opening of ACE, there were 2 talks taken by Dr Kalpana Sinha of Crossroads Public Research Sdn Bhd and Ms Amy Ng of Pikaland. They spoke on Creative Writing and Illustration respectively. On the second day, there were 3 workshops on Creative writing which ran in parrallel from 9am to 12pm. The facilitors were Prof Zachary Roland Anthony of UTAR, for secondary school students, Ms Cassandra Wijesuria of Taylor’s University, for the primary school students and Ms Natasha Mohd Hishamuddin of IACT College took the workshop for tertiary students. After lunch 3 more workshops on Illustration were conducted from 1pm to 4pm. The facilitors were Ms Fu Yen Huei of Taylor’s University, Ms Liong Mei Yin of UTAR and Mr Charles Naidu also from Taylor’s University.

ARTS & CREATIVITY EXHBITION 2016 IN COLLABORATION WITH UNIVERSITY

MALAYA

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In and around UMAG on 19 September 2015 – workshops and awards presentation.

Dr Zachary Roland Anthony conducting his Creative The Illustration Workshop for Primary School Writing Workshop with Primary School Students led by Ms Fu Yen Huei of Taylor’s University

Ms Cassandra Wijesuria talking to the Secondary Secondary School students working on School students about Creative Writing assignments during the Illustration workshop

Ms Natasha Mohd Hishamudin facilitating the Mr Charles Naidu talking to Tertiary Education tertiary education students on their creative students during the Illustration workshop writing workshop

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WINNERS OF THE ARTS & CREATIVITY EXHIBITION 2015

PRIMARY CATEGORY

COLOURFUL MALAYSIA TOGETHER WE STAND, TWO VERY GOOD FRIENDS 2nd Prize Winner DIVIDED WE FALL Merit Award Shazana Binti Mohd Shajahan 3rd Prize Winner Lavanyah A/P Suppiah MAZ International School Sai Prashanth Rajasingam Chelliah MAZ International School MAZ International School

Shazana Binti Mohd Shajahan Sai Prashanth Rajasingam Chelliah Lavanyah A/P Suppiah with her award with his award with her award

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WINNERS OF THE ARTS & CREATIVITY EXHIBITION 2015

SECONDARY CATEGORY

A SENSE OF UNITY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES–A BOND MALAYSIA – GEM OF ASIA 2nd Prize Winner 3rd Prize Winner Merit Award Joshua Ramesh Gopal Aisha Rosheila Binti Mohd Ridzuan A. Jenet Princy Home Schooled & Nurhanina Binti Mohd Salleh MAZ International School SMK Bandar Baru Sungai Buloh

Joshua Ramesh Gopal Aisha Rosheila Binti Mohd Ridzuan A. Jenet Princy ‘s representative & Nurhanina Binti Mohd Salleh receiving the award on her behalf

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Tan Sri Ong and his trophy

Pn Sri Lily, the lady behind the

successful Tan Sri Ong

ANUGERAH AKADEMIK NEGARA KE-9 Hotel Marriott Putrajaya

Congratulations to our President, Tan Sri Augustine Ong on his award as the Tokoh Akademik Negara on 21 September 2015 at the Anugerah Akademik Negara (AAN). It was indeed adding another feather to his cap, as Tan Sri Augustine S H Ong, the then former Dean of the School of Chemical Sciences who is also a National Science Awardee was awarded the nation’s highest accolade for academics who excelled in the field of educational development, the prestigious Tokoh Akademik Negara. The award, along with seven other awards were presented by the Minister of Higher Education, YB Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh at the 9th National Academic Award Ceremony in Putrajaya recently. Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh in his speech said that he proposed that all academicians, in particular the award-winners, to utilise the available advantages to become the guide, the drive and the catalyst towards promoting academic excellence at the higher levels. The Vice-Chancellor of USM, Professor Dato’ Dr Omar Osman congratulated Tan Sri Ong and said that he hoped Tan Sri Ong would continue making contributions to USM and share his vast experiences in the academic field and in the palm oil industry.

Tan Sri Ong receiving the Tokoh Akademik Negara Award from Dato’ Seri Idris Jusoh

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Participants putting what they have

learnt into practice

11-12 July 2015

Design Thinking Boot Camp 3.0 UCSI, Kuala Lumpur Organised for the first time in UCSI by the Malaysian Invention & Design Society (MINDS), the two-day Boot Camp aimed to train teachers and students on the basics of design thinking and its application. The opening ceremony was officiated by Tan Sri Ong. According to Tan Sri Ong – design thinking is best described as a specific approach to innovation. He also mentioned that through the Design Thinking Boot Camp, Malaysia will produce more inventors and innovators. “There are a lot of problems in this world that need solution and these lead to inventions and innovations. I am proud of our inventors and innovators and I am looking forward to seeing more of them. And through this Boot Camp, we hope to achieve that goal,” he said. The opening ceremony was also attended by UCSI’s Vice-Chancellor and President, Senior Prof Dato’ Dr Khalid Yusoff. In his speech, he shared several initiatives by UCSI to advance innovation and technology among UCSI students. Senior Prof Dato’ Dr Khalid also added that UCSI is pleased to partner with MINDS as the agents of change. “This Boot Camp may just be the right answer to combat rote-learning. It will help to nurture and equip our students with the right mind-set and ability to think clearly, creatively and innovatively. The sooner we realise what is important in our education, the sooner we can proceed with change.” The official facilitator of the two-day Boot Camp was Mr Stephen Poon, a lecturer from Taylor’s University who is also the EXCO member of MINDS. “It is very common that people misread design thinking as creative thinking. And this is why it is very important for them to know the difference and understand the whole rationale of the topic. It is about creating solutions." Participants included students from UCSI University; SMK Tengku Ampuan Rahimah, SMK Bukit Mewah, SMJK Chan Wa, Sekolah Kebangsaan Meru, SJK (C) Lee Min, SM Teknik KL, and Maz International School. Besides design thinking, one of the prominent topics presented at the Boot Camp was on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) by Mr Ong Chui Koon, the Executive Director of QO Patent Sdn Bhd. Present at the ceremony was also Dr Tan Teng Hwang, the Advisor of the UCSI-MINDS student chapter and Ee Kai Shen, the Organising Chairperson and President of the UCSI-Minds student chapter. – Pleant Rovella

From Left: Prof Hikmat, Dr Tan, Dr Khalid, Tan Sri Ong, Stephen Poon

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Whitney Poon exchanging souvenir with Christine Ong

5 August 2015 Lunch Meeting with HKTDC Oriental Pavilion, PJ A lunch meeting was set up by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) to discuss the possibility of future collaboration between HKTDC and MINDS. HKTDC was represented by Ms Whitney Poon, Assistant Manager, Service Promotion Department and Ms Nora Law, Assistant Business Matching Manager and MINDS was represented by Dr Loo Koi Sang, Honorary Secretary, Ms Christine Ong, Honorary Treasurer, Ms Kendra Lam and Ms Chrys Tee. HKTDC will be having the InnoDesignTech Expo from 3-5 December 2015. The HKTDC InnoDesignTech Expo (IDT Expo) is a unique one-stop platform for creative and technology professionals to meet with enterprises looking to enhance their competitiveness and find business partners for new opportunities emerging in Asia. MINDS took the opportunity to introduce ITEX 2016 to the 2 representatives of HKTDC and invited them to bring exhibitors from Hong Kong to take part in our next ITEX which will be held from 12-14 May 2016.

MINDS BRAINSTORMING 15 AUGUST 2015 Despite our success in the past 26 years of ITEX, we do not rest on our laurels and with this in mind, a group of MINDS members got together on 15 August 2015 to generate creative ideas and solutions through freewheeling group discussion on how we can take ITEX to an even higher level. The purpose of the brainstorming is how MINDS can help our exhibitors (including the AYIE/MYIE) commercialise their inventions, in business matching and also to make ITEX more relevant to our inventors and potential investors. A total of 12 attended the brainstorming session which was held at the MINDS office. Ideas no matter how small or ridiculous were thrown in the open for discussion and for deliberation on. The topic on commercialisation was discussed in detail andn how we at MINDS can help our inventors in the area of commercialisation.

ITEX JUDGES’ APPRECIATION LUNCH 15 AUGUST 2015 They are all specialists and experts in their own fields and they are very good and knowledgeable in what they do, they are the 119 judges who helped judge almost 1000 entries for the recent ITEX. As a token of our appreciation for their hard work, MINDS hosted an appreciation lunch for them at Nandos, Tropicana City Mall. There was much laughter and comaraderie as they reminisced on the whole day of judging during ITEX 2015. MIND would like to express its sincere appreciation to all judges and in particular Chief Judge, Dr Leo Ann Mean for all of your expertise and time to review and score this year’s competition. Thank you all for the excellent job done and we hope to see you all again for ITEX 2016!

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MINDS’ booth at the MMLM

MIRI YOUNG INNOVATIONS TECHNOCRATS TALK 17 AUGUST 2015 MIRI MINDS was invited to the Innovation MyIT (Miri Young Innovation Technocrats) talk on 17 August 2015 (Monday) at UPP Miri. There were 22 teachers and 80 students from 16 secondary schools attended this talk. The speaker for this motivational talk was Tan Sri Ong, he introduced MINDS and ITEX to all present. Besides that, he encouraged the participants to be more creative in problem discovery and problem solution. In his speech, he also provided a few of the Malaysian success stories whereby the products have been commercialized. The Miri Department of Education Director, Dr Hassan Bin Hasbollah took the opportunity to encourage teachers and students to be more active in the innovation project and create innovative products. Dr Hassan said that he hoped that this MyIT Project could be expanded to the whole Miri district and to be able to compete with other schools. Students from SKM St Columba who competed and won in the recent MYIE, ITEX was given due recognition during the talk and students from SM Sains Miri were given a chance to present their innovative product – E-Oil (Effective Oil). This event stimulated and encouraged other schools to be more active in this project.

Malaysia Mental Literacy Movement 3-4 October 2015 Tunku Abdul Rahman University College Setapak The Malaysia Mental Literacy Movement (MMLM) together with the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman and the Tunku Abdul Rahman University College jointly organised the 11th Malaysia Festival of the Mind. As with previous years, MINDS was given a booth at the Sports Complex of the UTARC to promote creativity and inventiveness amongst the students.

Although it was a hazy weekend, that didn’t stop invited guests and students from turning up for the opening session of the 11the Malaysian Festival of the Mind. MMLM Chairman, Tun Ling Liong Sik in his welcome speech expressed his appreciation to all who have contributed to the success of the event. The festival was officiated by the Guest of Honour, Mr Jay Yeunh Wee Tiong, Managing Partner of DMP Architects Sdn Bhd and a Member of the UTAR Council. In his opening speech, he said that our brains make us curious learners, innovative creators, memory keepers and intelligent thinkers.

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Prof Akagi sharing his knowledge and experiences with his audience

Dr Nadia Tan presenting a token of

appreciation to Prof Akagi

Prof Akagi with members of the

Young MINDS Chapter

Young MINDS Chapter Seminar on Writing IEEE Transaction Papers and Supervising Research Students 16 October 2015 UNITEN

On 16 October 2015, the Young MINDS Chapter co-organised the above seminar with the Innovation and Research Management Centre (iRMC) of UniTEN and the IEEE Power Electronics Society of Malaysia. The seminar was held at UniTEN from 9.00am to 11.00am. The seminar was opened by the Dean of College of Engineering, UniTEN, Assoc Prof Dr Izham Bin Zainal Abidin. The objective of the seminar is to provide opportunities for academics, researchers, and graduate research students to gain knowledge from Professor Hirofumi Akagi. Prof Hirofumi is from Tokyo Institute of Technology and is an IEEE Fellow, he is also a leading researcher on power conversion systems and their applications in industry, utility, and transportation. Prof Akagi has authored and co-authored some 120 IEEE Transactions papers in the field of power electronics. The total citations of his papers in Google Scholar had reached more than 30,000 times. Prof Akagi shared his knowledge and experiences in the classification and review process of technical papers. He also provided tips on technical writing and methods to get a technical paper accepted for publication. He also explained the criteria for achieving IEEE Transactions Prize Paper Awards. Sharing the rostrum was Dr Nadia Tan, our Young MINDS Chapter Publicity Officer spoke about her observations of the operations at the power electronics laboratory in Tokyo Institute of Technology and

the management style of Prof Akagi, who is also her supervisor. The seminar enjoyed an overwhelming response from UniTEN staff and students, members of Young MINDS Chapter as well as IEEE PELS Malaysia.

MEMBERSHIP MATTERS We are pleased to welcome the following members into the MINDS family: Membership No. Name

2113 Yip Feei Yen 2112 Kirthikvasan A/L P Chellaiah 2111 Lim Shevern 2110 Nur Iman Natasha Bt Mohd Azrin 2109 Isabelle Lalita A/P Balashanmugam 2108 Dr Muhammad Arkam Bin Che Munaaim 2107 Muhaini Binti Mohd Din 2106 Dr Nadia Tan Mei Lin 2105 Loh Jih Keat 2104 Cheah Kae Yuann 2103 Dr Yap Boon Kar 2102 Dr Cheah Cheng Huat 2101 Dr Gan Seng Neon 2100 Dr Chin Nyuk Ling 2099 Dr Lai Soon Onn 2098 Tunku Muhammad Nizar Bin Tunku Mansur

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PlaTCOM-MINDS “ITEX GOLD WINNERS” PITCHING SESSION 28 July – 9 September 2015 Venue: Agensi Inovasi Malaysia MINDS meeting with AIM and PlaTCOM on 6 June 2015 proved to be a very productive step to helping our inventors have their inventions evaluated during a number of pitching sessions (27 sessions over a period of 11 days). The objective of these sessions is to create value to the gold winners of the innovations featured during the ITEX 2015 event. 27 out of a total of 146 ITEX gold winners from companies, government agencies and public research institutes attended the pitching session which is also known as IPR census (to conduct stock-take and analysis to identify the commercial viability of the various intellectual properties rights residing in the universities and research institutes). All the innovations presented to PlaTCOM Ventures were evaluated based on several criteria: Science, Team, IP position, State of development, Commercial potential and Route to commercialisation.

MINDS is glad to note that 22 of those who went for the pitching session were selected for the Innovation Business Opportunity (IBO). The IBO is Malaysia’s national online platform established to turn inventions into innovations. This platform facilities the connection between technology push and market pull. Another 2 were selected for the High Impact Programme2 (HIP2). The HIP2 is a programme designed for Malaysian SMEs to help them move their innovations along the complex stages of the commercialisation process. With the successful outcome of the pitching sessions, PlaTCOM Ventures Sdn Bhd is looking at a 3-year strategic alliance with MINDS and the Strategic Alliance Agreement (SAA) will be recognised on 28 October 2015 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre during the Innovating Malaysia Conference (IMC) 2015.

NASA IS OPENING UP HUNDREDS OF PATENTS TO INVENTORS, FOR FREE From the memory foam in your mattress to the advanced alloys in your tennis racquet, NASA is behind some of the biggest technological advances of our time. Now, the space agency is giving other inventors the chance to build on those by letting them use its patents — for free. NASA's Technology Transfer Program says it's opening up its patent portfolio and waiving the costs associated with using the patents for at least the first three years of a company's product development. Once a startup has brought the product to market, NASA will start collecting a "standard net royalty fee," but otherwise inventors will be able to use the patents however they like. Combining NASA technologies, or building on them in new ways, could lead to further advances in materials science, communications, manufacturing, heath and medicine or robotics, to name a few. NASA maintains a searchable database of all the eligible patents for licensing under its startup initiative. They cover everything from an airplane that can fly in low-density atmospheres like Mars to super-accurate lasers that can transfer data through space at the speed of light to lie-detection technology. Although we think of NASA as mainly a science and exploration agency, it's easy to forget that it designs some pretty interesting stuff in service of that mission. - Brian Fung for The Washington Post

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The following brain teasers are good for the brain and will puzzle you for a while. Have fun doing it.

1. What can go up a chimney down but can’t go down a chimney up?

2. Jim and his mum and dad went out in the rain on their holiday but only two of them got their hair wet. Why?

3. A lorry gets stuck under a bridge and it can’t get out! A boy and a girl walk pass and are able to get

the lorry out. They have a needle with them, how are they able to get the lorry out?

4. Eskimos are very good hunters, but they never hunt penguins. Why not?

5. What loses its head every morning but gets it back every night?

6. Mr and Mrs Smith have seven daughters. If each daughter has a brother how many children do Mr and Mrs Smith have?

Answers: (1) umbrella (2) dad is bald (3) puncture the wheels (4) penguins can only be found in the Southern Hemisphere

(5) pillow (6) 7 daughters + 1 son = 8 children

BOOTH’S RATE FOR ITEX 2016

2m x 2m booth’s rate for MINDS members is RM2,350.00 (early birds

rate) and

RM2,550.00 (after 11th March 2016).

Normal rate for non-members is RM3,050.00 (all prices are exclusive of

GST)

Rates are also exclusive of competition entry fee (RM150.00)