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Smart Homes from smartphones
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 03/12/2014
» A new innovative and free mobile app, called Wattcost, is set to turn ordinary homes into smart homes of the future, while helping save the energy consumption of households.
Asia takes the lead in ever-smarter mobiles
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 12/11/2014
» Over the next five years, in the early morning, you will be woken by something that can figure out the optimum time to get up from your slumber. You will look at the screen on the wall and say: “Do I need to get up?” The screen will look back at you and answer: “No. You may sleep for another 17 minutes.”
Languages, lifestyle and leading ideas
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 29/10/2014
» Amy Kunrojpanya, head of communications and public affairs for Google Thailand and Indochina, is a woman of many talents. The Australian speaks eight languages and has volunteered her time and skills with several community development organisations in Southeast Asia, including Thailand. She has transformed challenges into opportunities and found the motivation to strive towards her goals.
Service above all
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 24/09/2014
» Growing up in the Wilailak family, owners of Samart Corporation, which is best recognised for pioneering TV antennas, Sukanya Vanichjakvong, knew early in life that she would eventually have a job that would require her to be service minded.
Niche-specific software
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 17/09/2014
» Home-grown software designers have been keeping up with the trend for mobile applications which cater to specific age groups or are aimed at people who share a common interest.
The bottomless well
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 03/09/2014
» Suvimon Puangsuya was born with no arms, but that hasn't stopped her from fighting to do everything a physically able person can do. She chose to be a computer teacher because she believes that computers and the internet are tools that equalise opportunities for children.
The business of playing
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 30/07/2014
» Many of the world's experts in game design and production praised the game concepts and art of Thai developers as unique and brilliant at the beginning of Thailand's first startup accelerator for game developers, MSeed, last week.
Technology in the classroom
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 02/07/2014
» Despite considerable effort, IT experts are still struggling to successfully blend technology with content in schools. Often, from the educator's perspective, high investment in technological innovations may not be seen as worthwhile unless it can fully benefit the learning experience.
What a fabulous find!
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 12/03/2014
» Travelling by road in a city as notorious for its gridlock as Bangkok, commuters need all the help they can get. Listening to traffic-situation reports on radio stations can be useful, as can rolling down the window to ask for directions from locals in the know like motorcycle-taxi drivers, but both of those options are necessarily limited.
Good progress but more needed
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 02/10/2013
» Local programme designers have proved their potential in the global market, but there's still a long way to go if Thailand is to achieve its ambition of becoming Asean's software hub. However, the success of Software Expo Asia 2013, which wound up in Bangkok last weekend, was regarded by industry insiders as marking a significant step on that road.