Deakin’s digitally-focused memorial
Deakin University has designed an interactive touchscreen, digitised service records and video projections to deliver a new way of commemorating wartime contributions of 8000 men and women from the Warrnambool district.
Study shows that Thai Internet economy is growing fast
Thailand’s Internet economy in 2018 is estimated at US$12 billion. It is the second largest in SEA with a 22 per cent growth rate per year and is expected to be worth US$43 billion in 2025. Thailand’s Internet economy currently contributed 2.7 per cent of national gross domestic product (GDP), lower than China and the US’ 6.5 per cent in 2016, which means there is huge opportunity to accelerate growth.
The growing digital universe needs efficient data management
Learning to manage data efficiently and rolling out solutions to intelligently process and manage all the information coming from all sides are key pillars to digital transformation.
How Queensland Health’s digital hospitals program is going
The Queensland Audit Office assess how well Queensland Health has planned and is delivering its digital hospitals program. The audit also assesses whether the intended information-sharing and patient benefits have been realised.
Research shows that Malaysia’s E&E industry is well-positioned
The group projects that the average annual growth for E&E segment will be around 9.6 per cent between 2018 and 2022. Growth will be supported by the electronics segment which the research forecasts at 13 per cent between 2018 and 2022.
How surveillance technology is keeping the elderly safer
Surveillance technology allows a primary carer to look into and check on her elderly mother who lives independently 300 kilometres away. The algorithm may detect and send an alert should a patient look like they are deteriorating and may fall or they actually do have a fall.
NITI Aayog Launches Global Hackathon On Artificial Intelligence
The objective of this hackathon is to promote awareness and subsequently develop solutions that deliver the twin benefit of efficient computing to address the infrastructure challenges, while also not compromising on privacy of data for training AI algorithms.
Aussie cybersecurity company bags UK’s Tech Rocketship Awards
QuintessenceLabs, a quantum-enhanced cybersecurity technology company based in Canberra Australia, wins the UK’s Department for International Trade’s Tech Rocketship Awards. The Awards helps tech companies outside the UK scale their business.
Online protection achievable by getting basics right
870 reports were received by the organisation in the July to September quarter. It shows that reports of unauthorised access, both for business and personal email accounts, increased by 28%. It is through getting the basics right that Kiwis will be able to stay safe online.
Indian it firm purchases software assets for US$1.8 billion
India’s third-largest information technology company will be acquiring seven of the US tech firm’s businesses that are focused on markets, such as e-commerce and human resources, as per a statement by the American IT firm recently.
Revolutionising astronomy through Australian-led project
The design study will investigate different options for obtaining spectroscopic information from different sources simultaneously across the field, in addition to direct imaging. MAVIS will deliver its corrected images in the optical range, combined with the extended field of view.
France-Singapore Year of Innovation concludes
After an eleven month journey of innovative collaboration, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean concludes the France-Singapore Year of Innovation. Speaking in Paris, the DPM shared the Year’s successes to formally wrap-up.
Hong Kong team wins for tumour-mimicking machine
The machine mimics the structure of tumour cells and the tech helps to test the efficacy of cancer drugs more accurately. It bagged two prizes at the first Asian edition of a prestigious Swiss-based innovation competition.
