Monday, December 3, 2012
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Breakfast is Dinner?
Did you know that the word “dinner” used to mean
“breakfast”.
The English word “dinner” comes from a French
word “disnar”, which means “breakfast.”
Traditionally, dinner (meaning ‘breakfast’) was the first meal of the
day, eaten around noon. It also happened
to be the biggest meal of the day, with a lighter meal coming later known as supper.
Eventually, more meals started being added to the day with people eating
meals before large noon meal of dinner. Rather
than calling these earlier meals that broke the fast by the word that means
breakfast (dinner), the name “dinner” now stuck as meaning the largest meal of
the day. As time has passed, in most
cultures that use these words to describe their meals, the largest meal of the
day gradually got moved later and later in the day until its meal time was
around the time we used to have supper (which used to be a light meal).
Introducing Quick Shoes
Introducing
QUICK SHOES, a new and innovative
way to keep your offices and factories clean in SECONDS.
· No need to buy and store a large inventory of employee and guest shoes before they enter your premises.
· No worries about contaminated air in your facility.
· No need to buy and store a large inventory of employee and guest shoes before they enter your premises.
· No worries about contaminated air in your facility.
· No more lines of people forming at your entrance.
QUICK SHOES is not only a convenient way to prevent harmful dirt from going into your premises but also a safe way to avoid the risk of infecting people who go in and out of your factories using the same recycled shoes and slippers.
Applications:
· Hospitals
· Pharmaceutical laboratories
· Food manufacturing and processing plants
· Computer rooms
· Semiconductor factories
Features:
· Lightweight and portable
· No battery required
· Low maintenance and easy to clean
· Easy to store and requires only minimal space
· Can hold as much as 50 plastic covers at a given time
· Once stepped on, a plastic cover wraps the person’s shoe in seconds
· Dimensions: 450 mm X 140 mm X 240 mm
· Weight: 2.4kg
Benefits:
· Convenient and easy to use for visitors and employees
· Prevents embarrassment of removing one’s shoes in public
· Removes burden of having a huge number of guest slippers or shoes
· Avoids risk of infection by reusing guest slippers or shoes
· Keeps fresh air condition and leads to healthier work environment
QUICK SHOES is not only a convenient way to prevent harmful dirt from going into your premises but also a safe way to avoid the risk of infecting people who go in and out of your factories using the same recycled shoes and slippers.
Applications:
· Hospitals
· Pharmaceutical laboratories
· Food manufacturing and processing plants
· Computer rooms
· Semiconductor factories
Features:
· Lightweight and portable
· No battery required
· Low maintenance and easy to clean
· Easy to store and requires only minimal space
· Can hold as much as 50 plastic covers at a given time
· Once stepped on, a plastic cover wraps the person’s shoe in seconds
· Dimensions: 450 mm X 140 mm X 240 mm
· Weight: 2.4kg
Benefits:
· Convenient and easy to use for visitors and employees
· Prevents embarrassment of removing one’s shoes in public
· Removes burden of having a huge number of guest slippers or shoes
· Avoids risk of infection by reusing guest slippers or shoes
· Keeps fresh air condition and leads to healthier work environment
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Pinoy Robot
Is the meat you’re buying safe? Count on the “antibotcha” robot to
be able to tell if that meat is a dirty cut.
A team of high school students from Bulacan province developed the
robot, which they programmed to be able to tell through color sensors if meat
is fresh or derived from long-dead animals, known here as “botcha.”
The students from Dr. Yanga’s Colleges Inc. (DYCI) were scheduled
to leave Monday to bring their robot, Magis Version 2 (Meat’s Anti-Germs and
Infection Solution), to St. Louis, Missouri, as the Philippines’ entry to the
2012 Lego League robot competition organized by For Inspiration and
Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST).
FIRST is a US-based organization that encourages students to study
science, engineering and technology through mentor-based programs and
competitions. It was founded in 1989 by American inventor and entrepreneur Dean
Kamen, best known for inventing the automated transporter Segway.
The competition’s theme this year is Food Factor, which challenges
students to develop technology that could help keep food safe for human
consumption.
“We congratulate the DYCI Blue Ocean 10 for making it to the FLL
(FIRST Lego League) and we are optimistic that you would bring honor to the
Philippines as you join the international competition,” Filma Brawner, director
of the Department of Science and Technology’s Science Education Institute, said
in an April 12 statement announcing the selection of the DYCI team as the
Philippine representative to the competition.
“It is our hope that our students will be able to use this
experience to get into careers in science in the future,” Brawner said.
The 10 teenagers on the DYCI Blue Ocean team are Gladys Leigh
Malana, 16, the team captain; Tricia Carmela Santos, 14; Ramikert del Prado,
15; Michelle Arcanar, 13; Kate de la Cruz, 13; Lady Alein Goleng, 15; Jules
Martin Agsaoay, 15; Jonathan Alejandro, 15; Dave Adrian Bien, 13; and Tim Jhalmar
Fabillon, 12.
DYCI teachers Beryl Jhan Cruz and Romyr Gimeno will coach the team
during the competition.
“Competitions become a test bed for our students where they try to
outwit, outlast and outplay others through their skills and intellect in science
and mathematics,” Brawner said. “We are positive that this experience
will bring out the best from our students.”
The Philippines won the FIRST Robotics Competition in Hawaii in
2009 when it fielded Larry Labuyo in the game Lunacy, where competing robots
were challenged to put the most number of moon rocks on the trailer of opposing
robots.
Photo
Credit: www.Inquirer.net
