Jointly organised by DSO, Science Centre SIngapore (SCS) and the National University High School of Mathematics and Science, the Singapore Amazing Machine Competition (SAMC) is a premier competition opened to all budding scientists and engineers from upper primary and lower secondary school levels.

Held on 22 August 2009, teams were required to think out-of-the-box, and use their wildest imagination and resourcefulness to create a Rube Goldberg machine - an elaborate machine that uses the most number of complex steps to complete a simple task.

It's disbelieving, but it's certainly easier said than done!

Read about what happened at SAMC 2009, or click here to find out more about this incredulous competition! The SAMC will be back in 2011.

Hailed as the first and largest scale flying machine competition in Singapore, the Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition (SAFMC) is also the largest talent outreach event ever organised by DSO, in collaboration with Science Centre Singapore.

Open to anyone who wants to reach for the sky, SAFMC 2010 attracted close to 300 teams. The Award Presentation Ceremony was held on 20 March 2010 at the Science Centre, where more than 130 awards were given out to participating teams.

A Water Rocket Challenge - organised in conjunction with the Award Presentation Ceremony - saw more than 50 teams building and launching their own water rockets.

To read more about SAFMC 2010, simply click here.

To find out more about SAFMC, click here.

As part of our continuous effort to engage and interest the younger generation in science and technology, DSO is proud to have co-organised the Amazing Science-X Challenge (ASXC) with Science Centre Singapore, the third in our Amazing series of competitions!  

For this challenge, participants werte encouraged to Xplore, Xperiment, and create an Xciting Xhibit that best Xplains a physical science phenomenon.

Following the Singapore Amazing Machine Competition (SAMC) and recent Singapore Amazing Flying Machine Competition (SAFMC), ASXC has certainly been another creative competition that promises an enriching learning experience for science enthusiasts of all ages. 

Registration for ASXC 2010 is now open, and with bigger prizes, you would not want to miss it! Visit the ASXC website to find out more, or click here to read more about ASXC 2009.