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Sustainable EXPANSION
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 12/12/2018
» Last year, Swedish edtech start-up Strawbees arrived in Thailand, bringing with it its simple but innovative tools for science and technology learning. Through a partnership with Aksorn Nex, the digital unit of Bangkok-based Aksorn Education, its kits are being made widely available in order to encourage creativity while promoting the concept of sustainability.
Rehabilitating education
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 25/07/2018
» Sad but true, more than 50% of Thai students fail in maths and 47% in science. Students also fail at reading comprehension. Only 6% of Thai teachers can pass a basic English examination. The Thai education system is failing students.
A home-grown coding toy
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 13/06/2018
» Tassagorn Sirisuwan, 12, first experienced a KidBright digital board when his father's friends brought it to the workshop for kids at his home a few months ago. Since then, the boy has always worked on the board, designing simple computer programs to control home appliances.
The power of Facebook
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 23/05/2018
» There is much more to Facebook than just a platform showing what people do, eat and where they travel. Facebook also serves as a community for creating positive social impact.
Facebook hails local SMEs for social commerce savvy
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 16/05/2018
» Thai small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are a source of global innovation and inspiration as they use Facebook to introduce products to the local market.
On the cutting edge
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 11/04/2018
» The challenge thrown at contestants at the Annual Student Meeting on Automotive Embedded Systems (AMAS) was to design software that could control a model car to run past a set of obstacles.
Upskilling a generation
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 28/02/2018
» Although computer science is thought of as a difficult, complicated subject, it's actually a basic aspect of everyday life. Now a programme has been initiated to give underprivileged and disabled youth a chance to access computer science education.
Nissan aims to connect brains, cars
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 16/01/2018
» The automotive industry is on the verge of a self-driving revolution. And while still in its infancy, Nissan Motors is changing the conversation with brain-to-vehicle (B2V) technology.
Adhering to the late King through stamps
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 25/10/2017
» Stamps tell stories of culture, religion, history, famous people, events and much more, all from little pieces of paper.
It's good to talk
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 31/05/2017
» Without a doubt, chatbot -- a computer programme that acts as a conversational agent -- has been created for modern day convenience. Artificial conversational technology like Apple's Siri or Google Assistant, which are usually asked to handle small tasks, will become more functional when it comes to people's daily communication, dealing with a lot more services.