Thailand to Push Blockchain Use
Blockchain is an incredible technology with tremendous potential, specifically for countries in the ASEAN region. However, its mass adoption is dependent on how well governments of ASEAN nations develop policies for regulation and security.
Thailand Pushing Smart Agriculture
The state-owned BAAC has been tasked with seeking out solutions to support smart farmers and offer soft loans to enable them to apply smart machinery, like drones, to help cut costs and provide better health for workers in the farm sector.
Hong Kong and Thailand to Boost Tech Ties
The two countries will work to foster technology business partnerships, venture incubation and investment and enable ground-breaking cooperation in areas such as finance and creative industries.
Screening Tech to Boost Early Detection of Parkinson’s Disease
The pioneering technology analyses the results of specialised drawing and writing tasks to differentiate between people with and without the condition.
Singapore Launches New Home Team Science and Technology Agency
The new agency has been established to be the centre where science and technology are engineered for protecting citizen lives and property, maintaining law and order and guarding Singapore
Inspector Clif: Singapore Police Force’s New Police Avatar
The avatar was created with the purpose of strengthening crime prevention and deterrence measures and to encourage citizens to connect with the public more.
HKUST Receives Donation for Tech Research
The funding will support the SIGHT programme wherein students’ inventions include diagnostic software for diabetic retinopathy in Indonesia and a mobile electronic health record system for medical teams serving in the rural provinces of Cambodia.
Exploring How Blockchain Can Boost Australia’s Creative Industries
A blockchain-based infrastructure could bring transparency to the creative marketplace, while relieving the administrative burden faced by many creative practitioners.
New Zealand To Fund Projects That Engage Kiwis In STEM
: Unlocking Curious Minds is a New Zealand Government initiative with a ten-year goal of encouraging and enabling better engagement with science and technology for all Kiwis.
National Privacy Commission Holds Experiential Compliance Workshop for DPOs
The DPO COMPLex is a 2-day experiential compliance workshop that features simulation modules to equip participants with first-hand privacy compliance experience.
Singapore to Have its First Brain Bank
Ethical research work will be conducted to achieve a better and deeper understanding of the causes and symptoms of brain-related illnesses.
Malaysia Looking to Partner with Japan for Digital Transformation
Investing in Malaysia would enable the Japanese investors to access the country’s robust tech talent ecosystem produced by the local educational institutes as well as avail of its various tax incentives.
Malaysia Developing Smart Farming Project With South Korea
The project will span across 25,000 hectares to accommodate a maximum of 150,000 cattle and generate 1,000 MW of power through rooftop solar panels installed on the roof of barns and warehouses.
New Centre for Data Science for Sustained Societal Impact
The AU$7.5 million Centre for Data Science aims to provide a one-stop shop for collaboration across universities and industry partnerships.