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PINTAR Students Unveil their Creative Innovations

NUSAJAYA, Saturday, 13 November 2010: Forty secondary students from two UEM Land Holdings Berhad’s adopted schools under the PINTAR programme unveiled their creative inventions during the Microchip Controller Project installation workshop held at their respective schools today.

The students from SMK Taman Nusa Jaya and SMK Kompleks Sultan Abu Bakar had undergone several workshops to guide them to develop and complete their prototype since the Microchip Controller Project started in December 2009.

The Microchip Controller Project is a project fully funded and sponsored by UEM Group and organized by UEM Land Holdings Berhad in collaboration with the renowned research university, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). This project is a part of UEM Land’s strategic efforts to develop innovative minds in technology as well as promoting a sustainable ICT community to benefit the Malaysian community and industry at large.

During the course of the project, the 40 selected students were required to travel and attend several workshops held at UKM to learn, develop and finally complete their prototype using the microchips provided by UKM.

During the installation workshop today, more than 30 UKM’s experts comprising lecturers and mentors were present to provide the final coaching and guidance to the students. Some of the ingenious inventions that were installed and showcased included the Intelligent System for Anas Platyryncha Breeding, Portable BMI System, i-ampaian (sure dry), i-board and Auto Shield.