Temasek Engineering School, Singapore

Holidays i helped in my mum stall in a primary school canteen although sometimes quite tiring but happy that i can feel that last time in primary school how’s life although my primary sch life is not good, but in this sch can see different kinds of people in it. Take an example for today, has celebrations for Children’s Day although not reali alot of people buy food from us but, we saw lots of students wearing different kind of clothings some wore superman, power ranger, da chang jin, princess, harry potter and etc… clothings even some of them use plastic bags to cut like a shirt and wear it all kinds of them looks funny. Even the principle n vice principle wat to be one of them too the principle wore scare crow and the vice principle wore like a king. It looks reali…….. fun just hope that one day everybody wear different kinds of clothings which are not normal or formal clothings just like wear superman those kinds of clothings and everybody out for shopping, playing think will be very nice and fun think aso will attract lots of tourist and aso for the econmic of our country will aso improve becos of that^O^

guys, I’ve fallen for Yun Eun-hye from Goong.. haha.. she’s kind of cute dun you think? XpP I think I shall tune in to watch Goong on channel U liao.. haha.. I never really liked K-dramas, until ‘jewel in the palace’ ar aka dae cheung geum came.. lee young ae is so gorgeous in traditional palace maid outfit! man! so, to all you guys (and gals) who wants a dose of pretty and cute gals (and pretty korean guys) remember to tune in Goong on channel u! 

the blog seems to have a problem that once u enter your blog, it wont appear! and u got to edit and add again. do something.

Woot!!! There will be a NATAS fair on 29 Sept - 1 Oct 2006 Singapore Expo Hall 5 & 6A. Those planning for the term break holidays overseas like me, can go to Expo and see what is the travel package around. There will be a entrance fee of 3 bucks. So go and see where can u go. for me, i want to try Korea, winter = shiok!

TP have emerged champions for Floorball division 2

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Hello World,

The 1960s was a breakthrough for the electronic industry when the Microchip was invented. However this even more important as man could not go to the moon or land on it simply by manual…that will exhaust them throughout the 8 day journey back and forth.

Those days of vacuum tubes and the early microchip, a computer of mere memory of less than a megabyte would fill up 1/4 of a soccer field. The Apollo Spacecraft’s command module, where the astronauts pilot and sleep was equivalent to the size of a 3 men tent was where the Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was installed. This was capable of auto-piloting the spacecraft.

For those in Temasek Polytechnic’s Aerospace Course, they will know that there are many physics involved in properly maintain a aircraft like alttitude, gimbal, angle, etc and that will involve a lot of mathematics.

The AGC was created to receive the necessary computer inputs from the user, now the inputs was not words but by 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0.  So the AGC was like a calculator that not only calculated the arithmetics but also using the calculated values to determine the proper course of action in terms of the spacecraft controls.

GEEZ for something like that in the 60s, thats incredible….

Lets now compare the AGC with our modern day computers (standard or better)

1. Clock-speed ( rate data transfer, higher is faster)

• The AGC had a clock-speed of 2.048 Mhz
• The modern computer’s clock speed on the average of 1.8 Ghz

2. RAM (Random Access Memory; data that is unsaved and is erased upon power cut off)

• The AGC had a RAM of 4 Kb
• The modern computer standard ram is 512 kb

3. ROM (Read-Only Memory; the permanent storage of data like hard disk, cd-rom, floppy)

• The AGC has a ROM of 32 Kb
• The modern computer standard main rom (the hard disk) usually at 20GB

4. Software Language ( the language use to create the system)

• The AGC was programmed by the “Assembly Language”
• The Microsoft Windows is programmed by “BASIC”

5. REGISTERS ( They boost the computers’ execution of data)

• The AGC had a central registers of 16-bits ( Like the old SEGA Megadrive)
• The modern computer CPU registers are now 64-bits

Its interesting, just imagine that your everyday Scientific Calculator, with the proper modifications and connections to hardwares, can be use to auto-pilot and decide for the pilot.

We should not take for granted our everyday technology, that in the past, was so needed to fulfill the greatest adventures of mankind. I will leave with you the some pictures of what the AGC looked like.

The Apollo Guidance Computer (Interface View)….a bit bigger than the hard disk

The Apollo Guidance Computer (Hardware and Interfacne View)

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Im begining o like their pace of playin and lookin forward to their future matches. Im also wondering why my friends hate Arsenal so much.  Maybe u could provide any clue?

Just to perk ur brains up a little bit..lol

 A father and son were driving on the highway. They had a terrible accident. The father was killed instantly and the son was injured. The son was taken to a hospital by an ambulance. At the hospital, a doctor walked into the operating room. The doctor looked at the boy and said : “Oh no! This boy is my son!”

How was this possible?

Who says Engineering Courses are for people who fail and being thrown into a no-future course?
Who says Engineering Courses are never better than Business or Design?
Who says Engineering Courses doesn’t earn much money?

In fact, living in 2006 with advance technologies, all credits belongs to Engineers!

Diploma In Info-Communications will be a great choice!!

Info-Communications is an integration of both IT and telecommunications technology. The course will enable you to learn and harness the latest infocomm technologies involving Internet computing, smart phones, SMS/MMS, and other core technologies required for e-commerce or m-commerce. You will be well-positioned and prepared for a challenging and rewarding career in the fields of IT, telecommunications or info-communications.

As there are many business opportunities in the infocomm market for new services and applications, the course also incorporates business skills as well as the know-how of being a technopreneur. You will have opportunities to work on industry-collaboration projects that will make your learning more challenging and practice-oriented.

By the year 2010, Singapore will be transformed into a dynamic and vibrant information and communications technologies centre with a thriving knowledge-based economy. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore has projected that the demand for infocomm professionals will escalate sharply to 250,000 over the next decade. As a graduate from this course, you can therefore look forward to many excellent job opportunities, such as an e-services solution developer, wireless Internet service developer, network system engineer, IT security specialist, multimedia system engineer, web services specialist or even computer gaming developer.

LOOK! great benefits! Sign up for a course at Temasek Engineering School during JAE 2007 ! (likely to be in 4th week of Jan 2007)