COVID-19 vaccination efforts accelerate tech in Indonesia
The vaccination programme intends to aid both the tourism and transportation sectors to help curtail the economic effects of the pandemic.
Government encourages Singaporeans to leverage technology to emerge stronger from the effects of COVID-19
Participants had called for more digital learning opportunities for the community, greater support for workers and businesses in their digitalisation efforts, and more coordinated efforts to build an inclusive Smart Nation.
Vietnamese government to go digital by 2025
An e-government strategy will focus on completing the legal framework for digital transformation and developing digital infrastructure, platforms, and databases.
Singapore Deputy Prime Minister: important to close digital gap
The Deputy Prime Minister believes that the government and private sector must collaborate to bridge the digital divide among citizens to progress together as a society during the pandemic.
Singapore residents to receive on-demand delivery from autonomous robot trial
To ensure public safety, both autonomous robots have passed the LTA’s safety assessment for the supervised use of autonomous vehicles on public paths.
New Zealand-made breath test may sense COVID-19 within minutes
The new Covid-19 breath test kit can accurately detect a protein antigen spike which is a key indicator in identifying the presence of the virus.
A*STAR’s Agritech Programme champions innovation in farming in Singapore
The multi-disciplinary approach draws on A*STAR’s wide-ranging expertise from biology and life sciences to robotics and automation and enables them to develop innovative solutions that address challenges in agritech.
Using AI to help detect disease
An international collaboration of universities has developed an innovative, advanced AI application, called PathoFusion that can be used for the examination of routine tissue samples to identify indications of cancer.
HKSTP company introduces disposable and robotised flexible endoscope
The fully-articulated robotic arm is equipped with an image processing system that enables precise and intraoperative control, yet the instrument remains small and highly cost-efficient.
5G sites in the Philippines gets boosted by digital locators
A local telecommunications service provider is the first company to introduce 5G pins on a social navigation app for users to locate 5G sites.
Ho Chi Minh City launches automated administrative service delivery device
The city has set up an automated public service delivery system to provide eight level-3 administrative procedures. It is a part of the city’s plans to build smart, AI-based infrastructure.
MDEC to provide funding facilitation support to Malaysia-based start-ups
The Investor Matching initiative will provide Malaysia-based start-ups and tech companies the opportunity to be matched with MDEC’s network of Venture Capitals.
Refreshed Singpass Brings with it 5 New Features
Besides the obvious logo change, the team has been working on making the app even more feature-packed and useful with key transactional pages available in Singapore’s four official languages by end of this year.
Speed and functionality are at the heart of a surprisingly simple Graph Data Platform management system
Graph Data Platform can do many rich things because the data is smart and using it is a paradigm-shifting minutes-to-millisecond experience.
Police utilise AI-powered drones in the Philippines
CCTV drones equipped with AI tech aims to provide the police force with a 94% accuracy rate of identifying a subject within large crowds.
Smart city solutions from HK government tech lab
The smart city solutions include government services, as well as energy, healthcare, traffic, transportation, waste and water management as well as address parking space management and payments.
Singapore Deputy Prime Minister urges tech firms to collaborate amid COVID-19
Deputy Prime Minister has exhorted organisations to utilise emerging technologies to turn digital disruptions into opportunities to recover from the pandemic.
ANU develops new high-speed imaging tech
A novel biomedical invention from The Australian National University can measure a blood clot’s “stickiness” and “optically weigh” it, within a thousand millionth of a gram, to assess a person’s disease risk.
Driving satellite and space technology in Thailand
The partnership will see the development and evolution of future small satellite missions, which include Earth-observation, Space Situational Awareness, Low Earth Orbit satellite constellations, S&T and planetary missions.
Accelerating, scaling and democratising the use of AI and IA for the Public Sector to navigate the new normal
With the pandemic changing the landscape of operational processes, systems like digital workforces and robot-initiated processes are being increasingly deployed. Institutionalising and democratising these technologies will be key in the public sector’s journey towards an efficient automated future.
Ministry of Health highlights importance of HealthTech in fight against COVID-19
The government hopes that more people will see opportunities in this HealthTech space, and embrace the possibility that with some training they can join the healthcare system.
Maritime Innovation & Technology Fund enhanced to develop Singapore as a Centre of Excellence for R&D and tech solutions
MPA has allocated a total of $265 million to the MINT Fund to accelerate industry technological innovation and capability development and has supported more than 350 industry projects.
Bank launches digital wealth platform in Hong Kong
The bank has unveiled its digital wealth platform that offers a range of investment products including mutual funds as well as stocks and money market funds.
Indian government to digitise agricultural databases
The Department of Food and Public Distribution has implemented a scheme to carry out the end-to-end computerisation of TPDS operations in 31 states and union territories across the country.
Philippine Digital Cities 2025 seeks IT-BPM Ambassadors
The ambassadors will help reinforce the role of the sector in the country’s economic growth by sharing their expertise, marketing campaigns, and content creation.
MDEC announces new women-led data science and AI department
The appointments are a continuation of the Digital for Malaysia Associate Programme which provides opportunities for new graduates in the fields of digital tech, data science and AI.
Digital training continues to empower New Zealand SMEs
Several SMEs in the region continue to utilise digital skills and platforms obtained from MBIE’s free Digital Boost training initiative.
Australian Defence readies for IT overhaul
The partnership aims to enhance services including service desk functions, VoIP and email communications, network infrastructure and network services management across all defence operations.
Singapore’s Ministry of Education to promote sustainability in schools through Science and Technology initiatives
The initiatives boost public education on sustainability as well as build on existing sustainability efforts.
Singapore Ministry of Communications and Information initiative to protect women online
The new Alliance for Action intends to curtail online harm towards women and girls such as sexual harassment, online grooming, or websites promoting violence.