Technology
The Singapore Students Using Cloud For Smarter Recycling
Coming up with big ideas in technology used to take the kind of time and money that only large companies had. Now open source tools—like TensorFlow, which provides access to Google’s machine learning technology—mean anyone with a smart concept has the opportunity to make it a reality. Just ask Arjun Taneja and Vayun Mathur, two friends …
NUS, Keppel and SLNG Join Forces to Develop New Energy-Efficient Cooling Technology for Data Centres
The National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Engineering (NUS Engineering), Keppel Data Centres Holdings Pte Ltd (Keppel Data Centres) and Singapore LNG Corporation Pte Ltd (SLNG) have joined forces to develop a novel, energy-efficient and cost-effective cooling technology for data centres. This innovation could further pave the way for more sustainable and compact data centres. …
Autonomous Vehicle Testbed To Be Expanded To Western Singapore – Continued Emphasis On Public Safety
The Land Transport Authority (LTA) will expand the geographical zone within which autonomous vehicle (AV) companies can apply to do testing, from the current sites such as Buona Vista, CleanTech Park, Jurong Island, the Nanyang Technological University, and Sentosa, to a region covering all of western Singapore. Expansion of Testbed LTA has been facilitating on-road …
StarHub Partners With AirTrunk To Provide World-Class Data Centre Services In Singapore
StarHub, a leading homegrown Singapore company that delivers world-class communications, entertainment and digital solutions, and AirTrunk, a hyperscale data centre specialist that serves cloud, content and telecommunications providers across Asia Pacific, announced last 09 October a strategic partnership to provide data centre services in Singapore, establishing a trusted foundation for enterprise digital transformation and 5G innovations. …
Ahead Of The Curve: Singapore’s Approach To 5G
Singapore’s vision is to be a global front-runner for innovation in 5G applications and service, supported by a thriving 5G ecosystem as well as a secure and resilient 5G infrastructure. The nation is on track to commence the roll out of 5G mobile networks by 2020, with full-fledged 5G standalone capability covering at least half …
Made By Google 2019: Here Are Google’s Biggest Product Announcements
Smartphones, laptops and other computing devices have changed the world and has become a part of our everyday lives. This year’s Made by Google products are designed to help you in your day-to-day tasks seamlessly and a core aspect of these new products is the concept of ambient technology, privacy, and sustainability. Google’s launched the …
ABB To Electrify Autonomous Vehicles For New Port In Singapore
ABB has won a contract from ST Engineering Land Systems Ltd. to deliver and commission integrated smart charging points for Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) in the new Tuas port of Singapore. Deliveries of the vehicles, which will be deployed to transport heavy shipping containers at the port terminal, are scheduled to begin from September 2020 …
Smart Cities: World’s Best Don’t Just Adopt New Technology, They Make It Work For People
Cities are fast becoming “smart”, and the impact on people’s lives can be immense. Singapore’s smart traffic cameras restrict traffic depending on volume, and ease the commute of thousands of passengers every day. In Kaunas, Lithuania, the cost of parking is automatically deducted from the bank accounts of drivers when they park their cars. In …
SGInnovate Partners ST Engineering and Tegasus International to Boost Cybersecurity Capabilities of 2,500 Professionals Over Three Years
SGInnovate announced last 01 October 2019 its partnership with ST Engineering and Tegasus International, to launch the “Cybersecurity Professional Series” that seek to enhance the cybersecurity expertise of some 2,500 professionals in Singapore. Comprising two tracks, the courses will include Operational Technology (OT) courses that address existing gaps in cybersecurity training for Critical Information Infrastructure1 …
Youth Have A Love-Hate Relationship With Tech In The Digital Age
Young people are now fully ensconced in the digital age as it whirls around and within them. This is the epoch of the Anthropocene — the age of humans, wherein a technological worldview and human tools hold the central place in re-shaping the earth and its people. It’s also a time when 1.8 billion youth …