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Clutching at straws
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 10/05/2017
» Aksorn Education has recently adopted an innovative learning toy called Strawbees which was invented by a start-up in Sweden to enable teachers and students to modify things as they go with straws and connections.
Imagining the future
Life, Published on 26/04/2017
» After being shortlisted as the seven finalist teams selected from over 100 applications nationwide, Team Welse from King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi won Imagine Cup Thailand.
Take a deep breath - and play
Life, AKIN, Published on 19/04/2017
» Breathing Training, a new mobile gaming app, has been designed to help players reduce their blood pressure through breathing.
Animating young dreams
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 12/04/2017
» There is more to animation than just entertainment. Rather, it should be able to send a valuable message across and serve society. Thailand Animation Festival 4 (TAF4), which was held last Saturday, reaffirmed such a notion.
BeatsX: Not the phones I am looking for
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 08/03/2017
» When Apple announced the AirPods, the W1 chip was also for Beats devices, including the BeatsX earphones. Like Apple AirPods these were delayed several weeks. When the BeatsX were finally available I ordered a pair in blue (5,900 baht), from the Apple Store online. They arrived last week and are also in iStudio stores, although availability is limited.
Nurturing young talent
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 15/02/2017
» Tor Kla Hai Terb Yai, which means nurturing saplings in Thai, is an initiative that aims to support talented youngsters in making use of information technology to benefit society, and is now in its fourth year. The programme is designed to show the competence of young Thais, demonstrating their work has the potential to be further developed in the future.
HomeKit accessories and device availability in Thailand
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 15/02/2017
» One of the side-notes from Apple's recent quarterly report was Tim Cook's comments about his automated home. While some likened this to the 1960s Jetsons, my attempts to reach home-automation nirvana more resemble the dystopian world of Sam Lowry in Terry Gilliam's Brazil.
Correcting impressions, Apple news and a backup alternative
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 01/02/2017
» I bumped into one of my former students one evening last week travelling home on the BTS. As a computer engineer he is interested in technology and asked me about the AirPods. I took them out to chat. He told me that he had heard that they fell out easily. Not true, I said. Not once, even riding on the back of motorcycles through the Thon Buri sois has this happened.
Just getting started
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 25/01/2017
» Over the past few years, Thailand has proven a promising market for start-ups and innovators. Although start-up businesses became a phenomenon in Thailand around 2012, the country has seen a huge increase. In 2012, a total of 70 million baht was raised by start-ups here. Today, the total value of start-up investments is over 10 billion baht.
MacBook Pro: Too Few USB-C accessories in Bangkok
Life, Graham K. Rogers, Published on 04/01/2017
» The disturbing lack of suitable accessories in Thailand has marred an otherwise great start to my experience with the MacBook Pro. Apart from Apple's own adaptors, there is almost nothing here for users who need USB-C connectivity.