Did you know Trivia - Singapore's industrial production in May slumped by a much-bigger-than-expected 12.8 percent from a year ago, pulled down by a 55.1 percent drop in biomedical output, the government said on Thursday.
Analysts had projected a fall of 2.5 percent for May.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, industrial output last month fell 5.7 percent from April, the Economic Development Board (EDB) said in its monthly report.

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Did you know Trivia - Constructed by the Electrical Engineering department in a Manchester University laboratory in 1948, "Baby", officially known as the Small Scale Experimental Machine and sometimes referred to as the Mark I prototype, was the first computer, with only 128 bytes of memory, that allowed programs to be electronically stored. It was preceded by the top-secret Colossus machines used at Bletchley Park for decoding German signals during the second world war. The Colossus, originally constructed by Tommy Flowers and a team at a Post Office laboratory in Dollis Hill, London, was a pre-programmed machine, hard wired to solve only a small set of specific tasks. After the war the Colossus machines were broken up and buried on the orders of the then Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.

Did you know Trivia - A new type of solar energy collector made from inexpensive aluminum tubing and mirror strips can concentrate sunlight by a factor of 1,000 to melt steel or produce steam.

Did you know Trivia - On Monday of this week the FCX Clarity - Honda's hydrogen fuel cell powered vehicle - came off the line at the world's first dedicated fuel cell vehicle manufacturing facility in Japan. After 19 years of development, the arrival of this 'real world' fuel cell car marks the beginning of a new era of cleaner motoring.

Did you know Trivia - M7 Aerospace of San Antonio, a supplier of manufactured parts and assemblies to the aerospace industry, has been briskly moving into the helicopter market as it expands from its fixed-wing business activity.
Successful in pursuing manufacturing and engineering opportunities with major helicopter OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers), M7 Aerospace is now an approved supplier to AgustaWestland, Sikorsky, MD Helicopter, Erickson Air-Crane and Bell Helicopter. The company vastly increased its manufactured parts production in 2007 fueled by demand for helicopter parts and assemblies. The company anticipates continued growth in its manufacturing business unit through 2008.

did you know Trivia - Quantum Fuel Systems technologies announced on Tuesday that it has been awarded a contract by EDAG Engineering + Design AG (EDAG) to develop advanced hybrid vehicle powertrains for the Future Steel Vehicle program sponsored by WorldAutoSteel, the automotive group of the International Iron and Steel Institute (IISI).

Did you know Trivia - Graphical visualisation software firm Right Hemisphere’s 2D and 3D technology is being licensed by SAP for use in its PLM (product lifecycle management) solution.

Right Hemisphere CEO Michael Lynch says his Deep Server system will serve as the standard for viewing, collaborating and publishing graphical product data for SAP’s next application release, due to ship later this year.

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