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Waoh. hischoice. I always will follow any thread you start. Great article. Critical reasoning mixed with sarcasm. Thanks for sharing

An architect, an artist and an engineer were discussing whether it was better to spend time with the wife or a mistress. The architect said he enjoyed time with his wife, building a solid foundation for an enduring relationship.

The artist said he enjoyed time with his mistress, because of the passion and mystery he found there.

You just can't guess right what the engineer said. "I like both." "Both?" Engineer: "Yeah. If you have a wife and a mistress, they will each assume you are spending time with the other woman, and you can go to the lab and get some work done."

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The Monash Vision Group at Australia’s Monash University is developing a direct-to-brain bionic eye system that allows blind people to see.

A patient wears a pair of glasses equipped with a digital camera that acts like a retina and captures low-resolution black-and-white images.

The images are wirelessly sent to a brain chip, which sends signals to electrodes that penetrate into the visual cortex, the part of the brain that controls vision.

“When those electrodes are stimulated they produce sensations of light in the brain in the visual field of the recipient,” the group’s general manager Dr. Jeanette Pritchard tells ABC Online. “They’re known as phosphenes and they’re almost like pixels on a TV screen.”

Although the images are too grainy to help blind people with reading or driving, Pritchard says this is a huge milestone for helping the blind see.

The team will start testing the system later this year on people who lost their sight in traumas. They are not sure yet if and how the bionic eye will work on people who have never seen.

“It’s important that for our first patient that they have had full adult vision so that we know that their brain can process these kinds of signals because it has done so previously,” Dr. Pritchard said.

“It will be a lot about how the patient can learn to interpret that information to the optimum level to get the most out of it.”[/i]

Link to the story and pictures on www.engineer-ng.net. The site is information packed!

2013 Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA), Singapore.(Scholarship for PhD in Science, Engineering and Research)

Carefully read through

A*STAR in Collaboration with NSU and NTU funded International PhD in Science, Engineering and Research in Singapore 2013

Study Subject(s):Science ,Engineering and Research
Course Level: PhD
Scholarship Provider: Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR)

Eligibility:
• Open to all international students
• Excellent academic results to be in the top 20% of your cohort
• Graduate with a passion for research and excellent academic results
• Good skills in written and spoken English
• Good reports from two academic referees

Scholarship Open for International Students: Yes

Scholarship Description: The Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) is a collaboration between the Agency for Science, Technology & Research (A*STAR), the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and the National University of Singapore (NUS). The PhD training will be carried out in your chosen laboratory at A*STAR research institutes, NTU or NUS. Upon successful completion, you will be conferred a PhD degree by either NTU or NUS. This award is for international applicants seeking admission to pursue a full-time PhD programme at NTU. Successful applicants for the Singapore International Graduate Award (SINGA) will receive their PhD training in their chosen laboratory at A*STAR research institutes or NTU. Upon successful completion of their course, they will be conferred a PhD degree by NTU.



Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 Jun 2012

HOW TO APPLY

Hard copies of the following supporting documents must be submitted to the SINGA Office:

Compulsory:

A copy of your Identity Card or Passport
Certified true copies of university transcript(s), one in English translation and the other in the original language

Please, my apology, the requirements are still more. But I am doing too much editing for readability. This is the link to the site I got it from: www.engineer-ng.net/forum/topics/2013-singapore-international-graduate-award-singa-singapore-1

Mario Consulting Limited recruiting
Our client a leading Business Automation Company, as a result of expansion, requires experienced and resourceful individuals for the following position.

Job Title: Technicians (Electronics Products)

Qualifications
The successful candidates must possess the following qualifications:

Have a good OND, NCE, or City and Guild in Electrical/Electronics and NABTEB Certificate in Radio and Television
Have minimum of 3 years experience in maintenance of Electronic Products


General Requirements

Excellent communication, good interpersonal and strong leadership skills
Self motivation and ability to deliver on target
Flexibility with time and ability to work under pressure
Proficiency in the use of computer
candidates must be ready to work in any part of Nigeria


Working conditions
The conditions associated with these positions are very competitive and in line with industry standards

Method of Application
Interested candidates should send details CV and contact address (not P.O.Box) and telephone and e-mail address to:
Head, Corporate Resourcing
recruitment.marioconsults@gmail.com

I saw this job advert and many more on the site www.engineer-ng.net. They post only engineering jobs and they give you the email and/or address of the firm so you can apply for yourself and not like Nigerian job portals.

@ hischoice
Waoh, I can't thank you enough. Those materials are just on point. I am with Mr. Adegoke at the moment. He's being helpful so far. I have also joined the engineer network. You made my day. Thanks

[quote author=hischoice]@ Oremisussan, the problem is not as bad as you make it look. I have contacts at The Electroplating workshop of The Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi (FIIRO). They are there to help. Can I have your email. I will send you details and a ready-made final year project write up on a similar topic. "STUDY OF PLATING PRE-TREATMENTS AND TEMPERATURE AND ON THE SUBSTRATES LUSTRE"

Thank you. my email: oremisussan@yahoo.com. I 'll be expecting the mail and contacts of the person(s) at FIIRO. Please include your mobile. I like that site. Good to see Nigerian Engineers come to have an organized forum. It's quite matured in there.

I like this. I am fabricating a pilot-sized electroplating plant for my final year project. The baths, bus bars, electrodes and rectifier are ready. But the electrolyte (Copper Sulphate) has been giving my substrates blisters. This I suspect is as a result of impurity. I have tried basic troubleshooting techniques all to know avail. This is getting my head in, I need help. I will be ready to give any further information that anyone here might require to help get me out of this challenge. Thanks. Waiting...

Great thought well articulated. It's alarming how the rush for I.T skills have overshadowed the need for technical competence. I think our engineering curriculum should cover extensively technical skills like welding, plumbing and even carpentry. As unTwentyFirst centuristic as these skills may appear, they are skills we want to see in our Engineers. Who dare to not trust both the technical and managerial competence of a graduate welder?

I also like that site. I'm in. Good job.