This is the conclusion of a three-part Computer Chronicles special series exploring high tech developments in Singapore. [Episode #1941, First broadcast 6/25/2002] Investing in people is a large part of Singapore's plan to develop their high-tech and biotech economy. The Institute for Communications Research is one of the educational research centers where they specialize in optical technology, wireless technology and second generation Internet. Here they developed the Delphi Pad with Ericsson, which is a portable computer, electronic textbook and Internet terminal. It uses new 3G technology and SIP, Session Initiation Protocol, which is a new Internet-based telephony standard. The Delphi Pad uses 802.11 and Bluetooth wireless technologies. The Institute is also working with RFID technology that lets you embed electronic tags in objects without requiring a source of power. This could be used in the future to create smart packaging so boxes in a store could register themselves in inventory databases. Lye Kin Mun, Deputy Director at ICR, talks about how they converted RF energy in to power from large distances and says they extended the range of existing RFID technology from inches to 3 meters. They are also working on perfecting 3G technologies on next generation cell phones. A "smart antennae" could increase the speed and bandwidth enabling improved data communication for handhelds. And next generation Internet at this center uses QOS, Quality of Service, technology to improve data streamed over the Internet by identifying and prioritizing packets being sent over the network. Singapore is also developing creative technology skills at Nanyang Polytechnic where they specialize in Digital Media Design. Students use programs such as Macromedia Director, Shockwave, 3D Studio Max, and Adobe Premier to create educational role-playing games, robot characters and animations. Students are also doing cutting edge work using a programming language called WML to des