Science and technology
Startups tapped to rescue disaster-prone ASEAN region
From crowdfunding platforms to drones, chatbots, and artificial intelligence, emerging startups in ASEAN are leveraging on their existing technologies and business models to solve the region’s most urgent problems through a competition called “Startups to the Resque.”[] According to the 2016 World Risk Index by the United ...
Joie Cruz
Southeast Asia's power plants are getting an IoT upgrade
Southeast Asian countries are adopting cutting-edge information technology to improve the efficiency and reduce the environmental impact of fossil fuel power plants that the region relies on to meet surging energy demand. Read more ...
Hiroshi Kotani
App combines computer vision and crowdsourcing to explore Earth’s biodiversity, one photo at a time
Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection was developed in large part from the observations and collections of plants, animals and fossils that he made in the Galapagos islands and other stops during his voyage aboard the HMS Beagle. However, Darwin was an amateur ...
Colleen O'Brien
EA to build charging stations
A SET-listed renewable energy firm, Energy Absolute Plc (EA), has announced plans to develop and operate charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) for the first time in Thailand, allotting 600 million baht to set up charging stations nationwide over the next few years.Keep reading ...
Policy lagging technology, OECD warns
To capitalise on the transition to a digital society, nations in Southeast Asia need to close the gap between advanced technology and lagging policy, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said last week.Keep reading ...
The rise of health tech entrepreneurs
The newest wave of tech startups in Thailand are health tech entrepreneurs — working on innovative services designed to change the face of healthcare and solve problems traditional caregivers avoid.Keep reading ...
Good quality monitoring surveys key to wildlife conservation: new study
A biodiversity crisis is looming upon us. We are now in the middle of a “sixth great extinction” of animal species, scientists warn, with loss of species about 1,000 times higher than it would have been without human impact.Nearly every country in the world has ...
Cambodia and China to sign MoU on nuclear technology
Cambodia and China are close to the signing of an agreement that will bring Cambodia a step closer to developing its own nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, according to The Phnom Penh Post Online.Keep reading ...
Thailand 4.0 may see 23m redundant
Some 23 million unskilled and semi-skilled labourers in the agricultural and industrial sectors are at risk of becoming unemployed once implementation of high technology and innovation in production hit their stride. Read more ...
Thailand ranked 10th in Asian digital rankings
A digital talent shortage, fewer digital products and uncertain policies have put Thailand near the bottom of the digital nation index, says a Singapore-based advisory firm.Keep reading ...
