Tag Archives for Technologies
Robot to host this year’s NDP
Edgar has the ability to ad-lib, which means he can come up with his own responses to questions posed to him, said Edgar’s maker, Dr Wong Choon Yue, 39, a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University’s (NTU) School of Mechanical … Continue reading
VuFind 4.0 Released
Version 4.0 of the VuFind Open Source discovery software has just been released. This major release adds a significant number of new features and enhancements and upgrades several of the components that the software depends upon. Read More
Preservica launches fully-redesigned Universal Access with new levels of presentation for digital content
Digital preservation specialist, Preservica, today announced the latest version (v5.8) of its cloud-hosted and on premise Digital Preservation and Access solution. Read More
Is speech recognition software having a renaissance?
The past months have witnessed breakthrough announcements from Microsoft, IBM, and Google, all hitting new marks in speech recognition accuracy; they claim that the error rate has reached 5.1 percent — the word error rate of humans. Read More
Siemens partners NTU, SP Group and ST Electronics to help Southeast Asian companies digitalise
Siemens has partnered with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), SP Group and Singapore Technologies Electronics (ST Electronics) to co-create digital solutions for companies in Southeast Asia. The collaboration with NTU aims to develop and showcase data-driven innovations for urban infrastructure, such … Continue reading
8 innovative technologies to implement at the library of the future
Since the main mission of most libraries is to offer equality of access to information for every citizen, why not be a trendsetter in digital use and implement innovative technologies? This article presents a range of relevant and useful innovative … Continue reading
Horizon Report > 2017 Library Edition
The NMC Horizon report charts and identifies six key trends, six significant challenges, and six developments in technology and its five-year impact on innovative practices and technologies for academic and research libraries across the globe. Read More