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Tiny & cheap: Raspberry Pi wins top UK engineering award
Jon Fernquest, Published on 30/06/2017
» You can even farm with tiny 1200 baht computer that can control almost anything you own by computer.
University research: R&D money to boost competitiveness
Jon Fernquest, Published on 05/06/2017
» Stimulating research in areas of food, agriculture, healthcare, biomedical & biotech; AI, robotics & creative economy, aim of new govt program & funding.
To fingerprint all Thais: One man's dream
Jon Fernquest, Published on 29/05/2017
» Every phone owner must be fingerprinted, Mr. Takorn says, but authority to issue order and spend huge amounts of money not clear.
Digital TV as web takes over: Staff reduced to cut costs
Jon Fernquest, Published on 26/05/2017
» Digital TV less profitable than expected due to changing viewing habits using phones, tablets & multiple screens.
Vans drivers protest new safe speed limit
Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/05/2017
» New safety rules hurting business, say van drivers, so they want to make their own rules that include exemption from new speed limit & no GPS devices to monitor safety compliance.
Robots for rehab: Toyota robot keeps elderly walking
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/04/2017
» Robot outer skeletons (exoskeletons) help people walk again after strokes & accidents. Toyota & Honda are big players in the emerging technology.
China seals internet shut: Total info control
Jon Fernquest, Published on 24/01/2017
» Great Firewall of China (GFW) set to get stronger as China moves to stop all the ways that people get around it to access internet outside of China.
Goodbye police checkpoints, hello cameras & mobile cops
Jon Fernquest, Published on 18/01/2017
» Each police station to send out mobile police officers with cameras to take photos of traffic violators & then will issue tickets from police station.
Exports rise for second month in a row
Jon Fernquest, Published on 27/10/2016
» Exports up to all markets up except Middle East, imports for re-export up, upbeat there won't be 2% contraction as forecast.
Rising YouTube popularity = video production opportunities
Jon Fernquest, Published on 12/10/2016
» YouTube's rising popularity in provinces of Thailand means opportunities for independent video production.