Vietnam, Japan strengthen cooperation on information security
While Vietnam has been collaborating with various governments on several tech-related initiatives, this initiative focuses on information security and law enforcement.
Australian Digital Inclusion Index measures citizen’s online participation
The Australian Digital Inclusion Index discovered that affordability is a key barrier for improving digital participation or digital inclusion in Australia.
Digital transformation, key to the future of Indonesia’s agricultural tech
The increasing population requires the availability of large resources, which can only be achieved if the human resources in the agro-industry embrace digital transformation.
Water safety system to prevent drowning caused by rip currents
Lifeguards are able to change the colours of the LED light-bearing buoys through the use of an app in order to allow a quick response from beach-goers.
Australia-US university consortium to develop nature-inspired AV
The autonomous capabilities of these next generation vehicles will be bio-inspired to mimic human or animal movement for navigation without GPS or human intervention.
Malaysian universities use blockchain tech to combat fake degrees
The system will prevent fake degrees from being proliferated, an issue that has a negative impact on the national higher education system. The application was recently expanded to all public and private universities.
Malaysia’s GAIN tech firms poised for global impact
The GAIN programme’s diverse set of companies, which span sectors including cloud, big data, IoT, e-commerce, cybersecurity, drone technology, robotics, finance and fintech, are growing at 47% CAGR compared to ‘normal’ tech firms’ 27%.
JTC Corporation and Singapore Polytechnic partner for advanced manufacturing industry
Jurong Innovation District is part of the next stage in the upgrading of the advanced manufacturing industry which involves the inclusion of new technology and enhanced processes for manufacturing.
New School of Biomedical Engineering to improve health outcomes
The School of Biomedical Engineering will use innovative biotechnologies focused on tissue and neural engineering, nanomaterials and introduce novel approaches to overcome chronic disease.
Philippine Fintech alliance to adopt TechnoEthics
TechnoEthics is a framework on the ethical utilisation of emerging technologies, which will protect the consumers against the misuse and abuse of innovations.
Thailand: bringing innovation and tech to agriculture
Agriculture can be made sustainable with digital nutrition, which is a new way of optimizing farmers’ performance through digitalization by using the same amount of materials to achieve higher productivity.
NZ Government to boost Smart Ideas and research projects
One of the Smart Ideas projects of the University of Auckland to receive funding is developing a lightweight building partition system to reduce building noise pollution levels.
Republic Polytechnic Singapore to roll-out new AI training programme
The programme will shape and grow future engineers from having basic knowledge of AI to be experts who are equipped with the skills for building deep learning predictive models for AI solutions.
Matching tech to protect Victorians from identity fraud
Victorian driver license data will be uploaded to the Federal Government’s National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution to improve monitoring for fraudulent or duplicate IDs.
Vietnam taking steps to boost digital economy
Over the past 10 years, Vietnam’s digital economy has been developing constantly in both infrastructure and business market.
AI and IoT to enhance HK escalators
In a bid to make escalators and elevators more intelligent, AI and IoT are being deployed and by connecting them to the cloud, data can be collected, stored and analysed.
Malaysian MoH developing electronic medical record system
An integral part of the MOH Malaysia’s ICT Strategic Plan is to achieve a standardised digital health agenda and an integrated healthcare system to provide comprehensive health services to the people.
Augmented Reality brings art to life in Victoria, Australia
The Victorian Government has funded an augmented reality app in order to breathe life into Australia’s largest outdoor art gallery, the Silo Art Trail.
NTU scientists create a new method for studying radiation damage to molecules
The method uses the dissolving of organic molecules in water to re-create the state in which molecules are found in biological tissue.
NZ boosts Technology Incubators to promote commercialisation of innovation
Technology Incubators will be receiving an extra NZ$ 9 million in Government funding to support businesses to scale up and commercialise their ideas.
Kerala, India to train mothers in technology
The Kerala Infrastructure and Technology for Education (KITE), through its Hi-Tech programme, has decided to train mothers of students in technology with the high-tech facilities set up in schools as part of the government’s Public Education Rejuvenation Mission. The project will start next month. One of the main objectives is to ensure the better use […]
Thai tech R&D spending growing exponentially
The government is promoting 12 targeted S-curve industries in advanced technology and innovation to push forward the country’s economy including intelligent electronics, advanced agriculture and biotech.
South Australia fights agricultural pests with cutting edge technology
The iMapPESTS Sentinel has sensors built to automatically retract a six-metre insect trap and safely pack away the device and robotic systems for intelligent sampling.
Ho Chi Minh (Vietnam) to be fully covered by IoT network
In an effort to drive it’s digital transformation goals, around 1,000 Narrow Band-IoT broadcasting stations have been activated, covering the whole city.
The Philippines to join the APEC Cross-Border Privacy Rules System
The APEC CBPR certification serves as a seal of privacy compliance and accountability, creating a competitive advantage in both local and global markets.
Cost-saving shopping app from Consumers Association of Singapore
Users of the app can search for an item, look up on which retailer is offering the lowest price and be informed and updated on price changes.
New procedure for detecting a curable form of hypertension
11C-Metomidate PET/CT scan is used to detect small growths in a patient’s glands and if excessive hormone aldosterone is produced which causes hypertension.
Australian university cooperates with India on 3D bioprinting
The University of Wollongong will bring its expertise in 3D bioprinting to AMTZ, India’s first integrated medical devices manufacturing zone under the Government of Andhra Pradesh.
Digital tech, key to trade finance access in the APAC region
Technologies can help cut costs, eliminate manual documentation, and enable accumulated digital information on SME profiles for lenders to assess risks.
NUS researchers discover new and less toxic anti-cancer drug
This novel medicine functions such that is directly delivered to the mitochondria of cancer cells, reducing risks of side-effects.