by Abriel | Jun 7, 2017 | 2017, Climate Action
Although US President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris Agreement of climate change, the mayors of Pittsburgh, William Peduto, and Paris, Anne Hidalgo, stays united under the same desire to fight climate change and create a cleaner, healthier, more prosperous...
by Abriel | Jun 6, 2017 | 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
A motorised housekeeping cart, developed by a team of lecturers from Republic Polytechnic, aim to lessen the load on hotel housekeepers in manoeuvring their more than 100kg cart along carpeted corridors. The motorised cart is made by taking an existing cart and...
by Abriel | Jun 6, 2017 | 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Home But Not Alone is a free local mobile app that provides information on post-natal care to new parents who may be stressed out while caring for their newborn themselves. The app covers topics ranging from breastfeeding to bathing a baby and delivers the information...
by Abriel | Jun 4, 2017 | 2017, Good Health & Well-being
Mr To Chung, an investment banker with degrees from Columbia and Harvard, gave up his nice pay cheque and business class travels at 32 to help children in China orphaned or affected by HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus that causes aids. Over the last two decades,...
by Abriel | Jun 3, 2017 | 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Artificial intelligence (AI) is billed as the next big thing for ensuring cities are safe against crime and terrorists, even as nations embark on smart city projects to improve urban living. “AI can predict the probability of crime in a location by detecting...
by Abriel | Jun 3, 2017 | 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Cancer patients here will have access to one of the most advanced forms of radiation therapy once the new National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) building opens its doors in five years’ time. NCCS director Soo Khee Chee said: “It will make the patient’s...
