Australian Government's 2030 innovation plan identifies five imperatives for action
The Plan recommends
enhancing the national culture of innovation by launching ambitious National
Missions and proposes a Genomics and Precision Medicine National Mission as an
ideal first mission.
Transformation Map for Singapore’s Infocomm Media sector aims to grow the industry’s value-add by 6% annually
The ITM has 3 thrusts: investing and building
capabilities in AI/ data analytics, cybersecurity, immersive media and IoT;
ensuring availability of skilled manpower; and supporting other sectors in adopting digital technology.
South Australian Government unveils plan to build world’s largest Virtual Power Plant
The State Government is assisting the rollout with a $2
million grant and $30 million loan from the Renewable Technology Fund. Approximately
half of all systems will be installed on Housing Trust properties.
Singapore’s Sea Transport Industry Transformation Map aims to grow value-add by S$4.5 billion by 2025
Innovation will continue to be a key area of focus as Singapore develops future capabilities built on emerging technologies such as autonomous systems, robotics, data analytics and artificial intelligence.
Singapore’s Real Estate ITM aims to transform Facilities Management and property transactions
A new Digitalised Property Transactions Workgroup is working on is to make it easier for industry to access Government property-related data to enable firms to automate administrative processes such as time-consuming due diligence checks.
MPA Singapore signs multiple MOUs to drive innovation, digitalisation, automation and human capital development
A 3-way MOU has been signed between MPA, Singapore Customs and Singapore Shipping Association to look into the digitalisation of
trade and maritime documentation in the industry.
Dubai aims to eliminate paper from government transactions by 2021
The government will stop issuing or requesting paper
documents from citizens, and government employees will stop issuing or
processing paper in key or supporting operations.
Redeveloped whole-of-government website launched by Western Australian Government
More than 600 online services, including information and
data, are now available through the single entry point website – WA.gov.au.
NUS Engineering to develop next-generation hybrid flexible electronics under new partnerships
The National University of Singapore (NUS) Faculty of Engineering secured S$4.9 million in 7 new partnerships to develop next-generation hybrid flexible electronics.
NUS and Airbus demonstrate commercial parcel delivery capabilities of Skyways drone
The Skyways project is an experimental project that aims at developing a safe and economically viable aerial unmanned parcel delivery system for use in dense urban environments. It is one of the innovative Urban Air Mobility projects by Airbus.
JTC launches integrated Command Centre for facilities management across 39 buildings
J-Ops presents an
example of how FM systems can work seamlessly not just within a single building,
but across a whole group of interconnected buildings within the same family.
This can also be done for interconnected buildings at the district-level, or
for buildings of the same “use class”.
CAAS and NTU extend partnership in air traffic management research
Under the extended partnership, up to S$61 million to be invested in research in artificial intelligence and data science for air traffic management (ATM).
UNSW developed a social robot to promote workplace creativity and collaboration
The UNSW Creative Robotics Lab and the Fuji Xerox Research Technology Group (RTG) have developed a social robot to promote workplace creativity and collaboration.
PMET share of job vacancies in Singapore rose to 48.5% during 2017
The share of vacancies
for IT-related jobs continued to grow, in areas such as software, web &
multimedia developers, systems analysts and computer technicians.
One-North to be designated as Singapore’s first drone estate
The drone estate will provide companies and research
institutions with an urban environment for test-bedding innovative Unmanned
Aircraft System technologies. Airbus, ST Aerospace and NTU’s Air Traffic
Management Research Institute have already joined as pioneer users of the
One-North drone estate.
MAS issues guidance to allow use of innovative technology solutions for customer on-boarding
These measures could include biometric identification,
real-time video conferencing, and secure digital signature using Public Key
Infrastructure (PKI)-based credentials. MAS will also allow the use of Singapore
Government’s MyInfo service.
IATA and CAAS to establish a Global Safety Predictive Analytics Research Centre in Singapore
IATA and CAAS are joining hands in establishing a Global Safety Predictive Analytics Research Centre (SPARC) in Singapore.
CAAS and Thales collaborate to develop new generation air traffic management technologies
This CAAS-Thales collaboration aims to develop new concepts of operations and new generation of technologies for air traffic management (ATM). It will support the development of the next generation of ATM operations that will be nimble, scalable and adaptable.
CAAS and ST Aerospace partner to develop Beyond Visual Line of Sight Unmanned Aircraft System
This CAAS-ST Aerospace partnership aims to build Singapore’s capabilities and expertise to enable advanced UAS applications.
Australian Government introduces legislation to enable sharing of facial images for identity matching
The identity matching services in the Identity-matching
Services Bill 2018 include: Face Identification Service (FIS), FRAUS (Facial
Recognition Analysis Utility Service), FVS (Face Verification Service), IDSS (Identity
Data Sharing Service) and OPOLS (One Person One Licence Service).
Singapore to share smart city experiences at NIST-organised Global City Teams Challenge 2018
Under this year’s theme of “Smart and Secure Cities and Communities Challenge”, Singapore is to share its experience and learnings in its smart city journey at the NIST-organised Global City Teams Challenge 2018.
Malaysia launches first airport facial recognition system in Johor Bahru airport
AirAsia launched its own airport facial recognition system at the Senai International Airport, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The Fast Airport Clearance Experience System (FACES) enables passengers to board their flight at self-boarding gates without having to present any travel documents.
EXCLUSIVE – How the Transport Accident Commission in Victoria is using data to drive a client-centric approach
“The team understands the importance of getting
the foundations in place and is working towards it. In parallel, the team is
exploring advanced applications, such as machine learning and predictive
analytics.”
Dubai RTA developing HD maps of city to support Self-driving Transport Strategy
HD maps are a pre-requisite for Dubai to achieve its goal for 25% of all journeys to be self-driving by 2030. RTA and HERE plan to deploy the latest location technologies in the development of a data infrastructure to support safe, sustainable and efficient autonomous transportation.
China to build intelligent highway in Zhejiang province to ease traffic congestion by 2022
According to China Daily, China has plans to build an intelligent super highway in Zhejiang Province to ease traffic congestion by 2022. The 6-lane new intelligent expressway system will incorporate a monitoring system and a warning system to maintain the safety of vehicles while increasing the average traffic speed.
IMDA Singapore extends automatic login to non-SIM devices for free Wi-Fi service; network to be expanded to 20,000 hotspots by 2020
For login through browser also the process has been streamlined and you only need to enter a mobile number, either local or foreign, to receive an OTP and complete login.
UNICEF appeals to gamers to mine cryptocurrency for helping Syrian children
They can start and stop mining whenever they want and
generate Ethereum that will go directly to the UNICEF e-wallet. The participants would be contributing their
time, equipment and electricity.
Singapore’s Cybersecurity Bill passed into law, Minister addresses concerns
Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for
Communications and Information, answered questions from MPs regarding scope of
the Bill and implications for CII owners, addressed privacy concerns and talked
about plans for development of cybersecurity ecosystem and workforce.
Singapore to unveil pilot areas of underground masterplan next year
According to the Straits Times, pilot areas of an underground masterplan in the works that maps out Singapore’s underground spaces and their potential uses is set to be unveiled next year.
Singapore EDB partners German gas giant to establish Asia Pacific Digitalisation Hub
The Asia Pacific Digitalisation Hub will see an investment of over S$30 million from the Linde Group to develop digital technologies for its plants across the region.