Welcome To Sandakan
Sandakan was the former capital of British North Borneo from the years 1884-1946. Sandakan was one of the largest towns in Sabah in the early years with traders from Europe to Africa, from Arabia to China, from the Indies to Java and from local Dusuns to the Japanese. After World War II (WWII) the capital was transferred to Jesselton (now Kota Kinabalu). In the early years, Sandakan served as a major port for early settlers to Sabah, and most Chinese came through this port. With the many Chinese from Canton, Sandakan once earned the nick-name of "Little Hong Kong".
With the different nationalities of early settlers and traders, Sandakan was rich with early traces of foreign cultures. Places of interest in Sandakan include the Puu Gih Jih Chinese Temple - a majestic temple erected on top of a hill facing Sandakan Bay; St Michael and All Angels Cathedral, erected in late 19th century and one of the oldest stone buildings in Sabah. Other places of interest that can be visited are the world famous Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary which is located just 26 km from Sandakan. The Sandakan Crocodile Farm located on the Labuk Road near the Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary is also a major attraction

Orang Utan, Sandakan (Sepilok)

Orang Utan, Sandakan (Sepilok)

Many come to Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre for half day just to see the Orangutan, and then quickly depart for next destination. But Sepilok is more than just Orangutans. It is a virgin rainforest reserve, so you also can see other wild animals such as hornbills, snakes, lizards, tortoises, sipders, and many interesting bugs. There are a few jungle trails that open for the public to experience at Sepilok.

The History Of an Airplane

Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright - Inventors of the First Engined AirplaneOrville Wright (1871-1948) and Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) requested a patent application for a "flying machine" nine months before their successful flight in December 1903, which Orville Wright recorded in his diary. As part of the Wright Brothers' systematic practice of photographing every prototype and test of their various flying machines, they had persuaded an attendant from a nearby lifesaving station to snap Orville Wright in full flight. The craft soared to an altitude of 10 feet, traveled 120 feet, and landed 12 seconds after takeoff. After making two longer flights that day, Orville and Wilbur Wright sent this telegram to their father, instructing him to "inform press."

Wilbur & Orville became skilled pilots in their two years of test flights with gliders, and were prepared to trade off instability in normal flight for increased control in turbulent conditions.The canard configuration is generally recognised to have saved the Wright Brothers from serious accidents as they learned to fly. However the resulting longitudinal instability certainly made for some interesting flights

The Faculty of Engineering students of Cosmopoint International College of Technology (CICT)  the day before the Open Days on 19/03/2011. 

History of Engineering

The concept of engineering has existed since ancient times as humans devised fundamental inventions such as the pulley, lever, and wheel. Each of these inventions is consistent with the modern definition of engineering, exploiting basic mechanical principles to develop useful tools and objects.

The term engineering itself has a much more recent etymology, deriving from the word engineer, which itself dates back to 1325, when an engineer ( one who operates an engine) originally referred to “a constructor of military engines. In this context, now obsolete, an “engine” referred to a military machine, a mechanical contraption used in war (for example, a catapult). Notable exceptions of the obsolete usage which have survived to the present day are military engineering corps 

e.g.: the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

The word “engine” itself is older origin, ultimately deriving from the Latin ingenium, meaning “innate quality, especially mental power, hence a clever invention.

Later, as the design of civilian structures such as bridges and buildings matured as a technical discipline, the term civil engineering entered the lexicon as a way to distinguish between those specializing in the construction of such non-military projects and those involved in the older discipline of military engineering.

Electronic component

An electronic component is a basic electronic element and may be available in a discrete form having two or more electrical terminals. These are intended to be connected together, usually by soldering to a printed circuit board, in order to create an electronic circuit with a particular function. Basic electronic components may be packaged discretely, as arrays or networks of like components, or integrated inside of packages such as semiconductor integrated circuits or thick film devices. The following list of electronic components focuses on the discrete version of these components, treating such packages as components in their own right.

Telecommunication

Alexander Graham Bell is the first who discover the telephones in 1876. He also was an eminent scientist, inventor, engineer and innovator.

This is the telephone patent that was drawn by Alexander Graham Bell.