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    'Money, people and connections'

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 11/01/2017

    » Start-ups in Thailand usually work this way -- first they come with their ideas, then they pitch it to the venture capitalists for money with an objective to solve a pain point for users. But this business model is different from what MFEC, a leading local system integrator, has been implementing.

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    Delivering the e-book experience

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 04/03/2015

    » The practice of reading e-books in Thailand has received a big boost from a mobile application called Ookbee.

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    Creating a buzz

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 28/03/2018

    » A team of computer engineering students from King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) won Imagine Cup Thailand 2018, the Thai leg of a global competition that promotes tech-creativity in young people.

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    Just getting going

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 14/12/2016

    » There were only three start-ups in Thailand four years ago. Today the country has over 100, with the total value of investment in 2016 around 7 billion baht -- a figure likely to only increase.

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    Easing the way for the elderly

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 09/11/2016

    » Wristbands that alert caregivers to health emergencies. Speaking robots to assist the elderly. The Internet of Things for healthcare efficiency. As Thailand edges closer to becoming the first emerging country of Southeast Asia to become an ageing society, technology creators here have worked to develop innovations that will ease the burden of the population and ensure a better life for the elderly.

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    Become a maker!

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 26/08/2015

    » Maker Faire is an event that celebrates art, craft, engineering and science and was started in San Francisco and New York. It has since expanded all over the world to countries including Tokyo, Rome, Detroit, Oslo and Shenzhen and is now making its way to Thailand.

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    Creating a community of characters

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 22/07/2015

    » Character design in Thailand was once the reserve of only a small number of established companies like 2Spot Communication, Vithita Animation and Kantana Group, who, by and large, managed to bring the bulk of their characters, including Bloody Bunny, Biscuit, Unsleep Sheep and Luko to different formats like animated features, games and merchandise.

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    Language tool of the trade

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 03/06/2015

    » Proficiency in different languages will no longer be a hindrance to communication among people from Asean countries, thanks to a new innovative Asean language text translation machine.

  • LIFE

    School break, down to a science

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 01/04/2015

    » National Science Museum (NSM)Opening hours: Every day except Monday, 9.30am to 4pm (Saturday closed at 5pm)Entrance fee: 50 baht for each museum or 100 baht for all three museumsLocation: Technopolis, Khlong Luang district, Pathum Thani

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    Service above all

    Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 24/09/2014

    » Growing up in the Wilailak family, owners of Samart Corporation, which is best recognised for pioneering TV antennas, Sukanya Vanichjakvong, knew early in life that she would eventually have a job that would require her to be service minded.

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