Showing 1 - 10 of 11
Tesla 'on autopilot' crashes on German Autobahn
AFP, Published on 29/09/2016
» BERLIN - A Tesla electric car crashed into a tourist bus on a motorway in northern Germany, police said Thursday, with the driver claiming he had activated the car's autopilot system.
The smart city
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 03/02/2016
» Aside from being a tourist attraction, Phuket has also been recognised as a smart city, home to a digital industry and an international research and innovation centre.
Supplying digital dreams
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 23/12/2015
» The remote Northern province of Mae Hong Son is well-known as a tourist attraction, and the provincial capital of the same name has another thing to show off: it has recently been awarded the National Outstanding Programme for Economic Development award for its IT Valley project.
In an emergency, tap that app
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 10/06/2015
» It's about time that technology played a role in promoting public safety. Besides the 191 emergency call, Bangkokians can now alert the police to emergencies and get help — as fast as four to five minutes later, according to the developers — with the new "Police i lert u" mobile app.
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.
Holidays from hell?... in Thailand?
Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/08/2013
» From bus & motorcycle accidents to derailed trains, tourists are worried about safety. Should they be?
Wireless revolution reaches Brazil's favelas
AFP, Published on 27/06/2013
» Brazilian tour guide Thiago Firmino notices that the two cable cars servicing the working-class neighborhood of Dona Marta, on a steep hillside overlooking Rio, are out of order.
Just click for rescue
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 23/01/2013
» If you are a foreign tourist, a car driver or a patient, rest assured your life has now reached a new level of comfort and convenience. The mobile application iLertU allows you to deal with any incident with just a tap on your smartphone.
Mobile app eliminates language barrier
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 03/07/2012
» Good morning or guten tag? Zdravstvuj or asalamu-aleikum? Visitors to the Olympics can have a pleasant time while they are in London even though they don't speak English, thanks to the VoiceTra4U-M speech translation mobile app that helps eliminate the language barrier.
Anonymous targets Montreal Grand Prix to back students
AFP, Published on 30/05/2012
» The global group of computer hackers known as Anonymous threw its support behind Quebec students protesting hikes in tuition fees by threatening to disrupt the Montreal Grand Prix.