Cyberport start-up to acquire 67% stake in brain-inspired computing company in Hong Kong
Investment to provide participants with Limited Partner status and proceeds from the cohorts of AI and blockchain start-ups sped up by the AI accelerator – the first of its kind in the world to focus on Al and machine learning.
Special needs students learn social interaction via VR
This kind of protective behaviour training is greatly important for children with special needs, who may experience difficulty in responding appropriately in social situations. The special needs students will be wearing a VR headset and will be presented with 3D models of people they interact with.
Digital identity with and for South Australians
South Australia will collaborate with the Commonwealth to improve citizen and business interactions with government through a digital identity.
Philippine Rice Research Institute pushes for drone tech in farming
The promotion of the potential of drone technology in rice farming would cut farmers’ production costs while luring young people back to farming. By bringing it to the ground, rice stakeholders in awe of this flying technology would cease to feel that it is out of reach.
Luxury car manufacturer localizes high-voltage battery production
The luxury car manufacturer will establish a facility dedicated to production of the battery modules and battery itself. The Thailand arm is now laying a foundation for local battery production through advanced training and qualification programs.
Digital software tool designed to evaluate MDD patients
Sufferers of major depressive disorder frequently cope with functional disability for years. The software is self-instructed and can be completed in 10 to 15 minutes. It automatically generates a report of the patient’s cognitive function, and identifies areas where cognitive deficits are present.
Ride-hailing start-up opens seventh R&D centre Malaysia
The ride-hailing app company doubles tech headcount since end 2017; plans to hire for another 1,000 tech roles in 2019. The form also plans to hire 100 tech employees for its KL R&D centre in its first year of operations.
SingPost’s new AI initiative
Singapore Post Limited is powering up with AI in snail mail. AI will be integrated into its next-generation regional logistics platform LaMP. This will provide unprecedented parcel traceability and reliability for customers across Southeast Asia.
New Tech Lab to boost Indonesia’s higher education
The Honeywell UGM Connected Laboratory is a product of the collaboration between the Gadjah Mada University and Honeywell.
HKSTP’s First International Symposium on Sensor Technology for Healthcare and Smart City
HKSTP and a Research Centre from HKUST to Collaborate on Onsite Trials of Human Traffic Flow Sensing Technology at Science Park.
Singapore’s newest and largest data centre facility
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres has just unveiled plans to erect a new data centre in Singapore. The largest in the Republic, this will also be the company’s seventh data centre in Singapore.
HKSTP announces new acceleration programme
iDM2 will provide training sessions and connect start-ups with leading players in product design and manufacturing industries.
Early hearing impairment detection for Filipino infants
The HeLe hearing screening device, together with the telehealth technologies, is envisioned to be a cost-effective model for conducting newborn hearing screening that will be affordable to the government.
La Trobe’s companion robot Matilda
Australia’s La Trobe University and Waratah Special Development School will trial a robot classroom companion.
Emergency lights connect devices in IoT-powered buildings
Each exit sign or emergency light acts as a node in the network, passing information back and forth across a building. Other devices can be connected to the network allowing all of them to be controlled and monitored remotely.
PSA and SUTD developing talent for Singapore’s Smart Port
PSA Corporation Limited (PSA) and Singapore University of Technology (SUTD) have signed an MoU to develop the local talent pool, supporting the future growth of the port industry.
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$1.8 billion
India’s third-largest information technology company will be acquiring seven of the US tech firm’s businesses that are focused on markets, such as e-commerce and human resources, as per a statement by the American IT firm recently.
Revolutionising astronomy through Australian-led project
The design study will investigate different options for obtaining spectroscopic information from different sources simultaneously across the field, in addition to direct imaging. MAVIS will deliver its corrected images in the optical range, combined with the extended field of view.
France-Singapore Year of Innovation concludes
After an eleven month journey of innovative collaboration, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean concludes the France-Singapore Year of Innovation. Speaking in Paris, the DPM shared the Year’s successes to formally wrap-up.
Hong Kong team wins for tumour-mimicking machine
The machine mimics the structure of tumour cells and the tech helps to test the efficacy of cancer drugs more accurately. It bagged two prizes at the first Asian edition of a prestigious Swiss-based innovation competition.
New website to provide guidance to Australian space start-ups
The Law Foundation of South Australia has financed the joint project with nearly A$ 100,000. Experts in domestic and international space law as well as aviation law from both organisations will comprise the board that will oversee the project.
