by Abriel | Sep 25, 2019 | 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
When Sharlyne Lee, 16, graduates from St. Andrew’s Autism School (SAAS) in two years, she hopes to work as a jewellery designer or at a food and beverage outlet. Through vocational skills training at the school, she has learnt to make bracelets and necklaces,...
by Abriel | Apr 14, 2019 | 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, What Inspires You?
Singapore’s first food bank fed 1,000 people in need yesterday at its inaugural community engagement event. The Food Bank Singapore (FBSG), which was established in 2012 with an aim to be the organisation that centrally coordinates all food donations in...
by Abriel | Apr 9, 2019 | 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
As artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance and become more widely adopted, ethical discussions surrounding its development have largely centred on manpower displacement, as well as the potential impact of errors or inaccuracies in the programming process....
by Abriel | Apr 1, 2019 | 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, What Inspires You?
From a multibillion-dollar education start-up to wired-up mannequins, technology is helping to revolutionise the way Indian school children are learning – provided their parents can afford it. A host of online platforms are taking advantage of a surge in...
by Abriel | Apr 1, 2019 | 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
A team of researchers from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a new educational tool, for teachers to tailor lessons to meet the needs of students of different learning abilities within the same classroom. Led by NTU Associate Professor Goh Wooi...
by Abriel | Mar 19, 2019 | 2019, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
The Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall received an unusual visitor yesterday (18 Mar) – a monitor sporting two long, vertical protrusions attached to a platform with wheels. Projected on the monitor was the smiling face of Madam Lily Wong, an elderly wheelchair...
