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Thailand showcases new tech at regional awards
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 11/01/2023
» Thailand has the potential to develop its own innovations and technologies to serve its needs for digital transformation and create differences while reducing dependence on imported tech, according to the Association of Thai ICT Industry (ATCI).
Drones offer help to ageing farmers
Business, Published on 24/08/2018
» TOME, Japan: The next generation farmhand in Japan's ageing rural heartland may be a drone.
Science advocate says, Let the children come to me
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 26/10/2016
» For education to fully contribute to the future success of children, schools should pay closer attention to the middle school years.
Fields of alternative dreams
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 23/09/2015
» Thanks to the Agricultural Data Integration and Zoning Optimisation Model (Adizom), farmers in Kamphaeng Phet know what kind of alternative crops they should grow as a substitute for rice and how much they will gain and lose in these times of unpredictable weather conditions.
Silky smooth scientific performance
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 03/06/2015
» Thai youths proved their talent at the recent Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), held in Pittsburgh, USA, winning nine awards in the categories of animal science, plant science and environmental engineering. A team from Damrongratsongkroh School in Chiang Rai won four awards at the competition. They were also the event's youngest contestants. Their project, a new method of silk sheath production, was developed from their observation of the spinning behaviour of silkworms. It won the best of animal science (US$5,000 prize), first place grand and physical science from Sigma Xi awards, as well as a trip to the European Union Contest for Young Scientists in Italy this September.
BoT: Technical recession ‘unlikely’
Business, Pathom Sangwongwanich, Published on 20/06/2014
» The economy is not expected to enter a technical recession since economic activity picked up in the second quarter compared with the first quarter’s dismal growth, says a senior Bank of Thailand official.
Samsung takes the high road
Business, Pitsinee Jitpleecheep, Published on 19/06/2014
» Thai Samsung Electronics Co, the local distributor of Samsung electrical appliances, has resumed marketing activities as consumer sentiment has improved considerably, helping to drive sales in the second half of this year.
Post-coup mobile data usage jumps
Reuters, Published on 07/06/2014
» Mobile data usage in Thailand has surged since a military coup last month as Thais swap information and search the internet for reliable news, providing an unexpected boon to network operators hit by depressed consumption.
B48m for GPS to verify pledging claims
Business, Published on 18/10/2012
» The Agriculture Ministry will pay 48 million baht for 2,400 GPS devices to monitor rice farms in 2,400 tambons nationwide.
Vietnam entrepreneurs find fertile ground online
AFP, Published on 20/06/2012
» Vietnam's young, tech-savvy population is turning to the Internet to break out of an economic system stifled by decades of communist rule, leading to a boom in e-commerce.