New Inventors Unveiled At CIPTA Awards

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Crown Prince CIPTA Awards are given to potential local inventors who create innovative and technologically advanced projects.

Twenty enthusiasts came forward with their projects this year.

CIPTA or the Creative, Innovative Product and Technological Advancement, pioneered by the Brunei Institute of Technology is open to all schools, technical and tertiary institutions, government and private organisations as well as the general public.

CIPTA innovative inventions cover areas of science, technology, civil and chemical engineering.

Eight professionals and experts were responsible for the selection for the top potential creative inventions, taking into account their interests and contributions to meeting the human needs and impact on society.

The winner in the new innovative product category was Awang Mat Japar bin Haji Awang Karim from Kuala Belait. He invented a security alert system for safeguarding properties from burglary using mobile phones.

Awang Japar said he had always wanted to advance the system. What he would like to see now is that the whole system use micro-processor.

He said his invention is quite small, using the mobile phone system totally, and can be hidden anywhere.

Keeran Janin, the winner of creative modification to an existing product, said that using a special sensor on a vinyl disc linked to the PC System in producing music could benefit DJs or concert performers greatly.

He hoped that the manufacturing industry would further develop his ideas for marketable products of entertainment. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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