by Abriel | May 31, 2017 | 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
Singtel is collaborating with local polytechnics to help heritage-brand small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt digital technology. Riding on the 99% SME movement, this partnership aims to help preserve traditional businesses in Singapore. “Many SMEs...
by Abriel | May 27, 2017 | 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
A team of 10 researchers is making improvements to Singapore’s first self-driving wheelchair after a pilot trial at Changi General Hospital (CGH) last September. The autonomous vehicle is a project involving the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology...
by Abriel | May 27, 2017 | 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
By next year, school trips to the Road Safety Community Park in East Coast Park will include a virtual reality (VR) experience to simulate crossing the road, complete with 360-degree videos and an interactive game. They were developed by the Traffic Police and...
by Abriel | May 26, 2017 | 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
With the launch of the Pledge It Forward initiative, donors can now give to different organisations through a single donation, instead of contributing separately to charities. The donations will benefit 51 charities that are members of the National Council of Social...
by Abriel | May 6, 2017 | 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
At the St Gallen Symposium on 3 May 2017, Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid recounted her country’s experience digitalising services and gave everyone a digital ID that eliminated the need to queue at a bank or pick up mail from a post office. She then...
by Abriel | Mar 7, 2017 | 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
The Government is expanding the Home Access Programme, which provides low-income households with low-cost broadband connectivity at home, and a tablet, to benefit 16,000 households, in addition to the current 8,000 on the programme. Dr Janil Puthucheary, Minister of...
