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Robots get smooth moves
Life, James Hein, Published on 25/03/2026
» The subject of the week is robots. The amount of news on these keeps growing and growing. South Korea is first up here with their KAIST Humanoid. In the field test, the robot was shown running across a soccer pitch, jumping, taking shots on goal, and even doing dance moves akin to the Michael Jackson moonwalk. Many robot demonstrations still look a bit stiff but these moves were quite smooth. The robot can run at about 12kph on flat ground with the next goal at 14kph. It can climb a ladder with 40cm steps and the knees can generate 320 Newton metres of peak torque so it can push heavier objects. The current model is based on the lower human half but the goal is for a full humanoid form that can work with people in industrial environments.
Google Maps adds 3D immersive navigation and AI chat
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 24/03/2026
» Google has introduced two new features on Google Maps, bringing Gemini AI-powered chat and a more detailed 3D navigation system to improve travel accuracy and user experience.
The big-city facial
Life, Anna Neatpisarnvanich, Published on 24/03/2026
» We are reminded of Bangkok's pollutants through Canadian beauty brand NIOD's newest campaign targeting "The New York Facial".
Finding the soul of a city
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 21/03/2026
» Cannes and Grasse in France, and Kumamoto and Hokkaido in Japan are examples of cities with creative city branding. These unique cities inspired the creation of the project "Neramyth City: Branding Cities Into Creative Assets".
AI learning versus human creativity is a real battle
Life, James Hein, Published on 25/02/2026
» If you’ve been reading these columns long enough, you’ll probably know that I write music and I’ve written some books. With the advent of artificial intelligence, the concept of copyright and private property has blurred. The standard rule was, what you have worked hard on to create, belongs to you. As musicians and authors, ideally, we create, we write and we invent. In the world of AI, it will draw a picture, write a book and create music for you based on a simple text prompt that itself may have also been written for you by AI.
Google launches Audio Summaries for documents
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 22/02/2026
» Google has unveiled a new feature called Audio Summaries that uses artificial intelligence to generate a short spoken summary of a document, allowing users to listen instead of reading it themselves.
Fast-tracking a green future
Life, Suwitcha Chaiyong, Published on 21/02/2026
» Pasaya is a sustainable fabric brand and its factory in Ratchaburi is equipped with a wastewater treatment pond, a proper landfill-based waste management method and a proper working environment with ventilation and growing trees.
YouTube Music rolls out AI playlists to rival Spotify
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 17/02/2026
» YouTube Music has launched a new AI Playlist feature aimed at competing with Spotify’s Prompted Playlists system, making the tool available exclusively to Premium subscribers as it tightens restrictions on free users.
Tradition in motion
Life, Jitti Chompee, Published on 16/02/2026
» For decades, Thailand has been internationally recognised for the richness of its performing arts traditions -- from classical court forms such as khon to vibrant regional folk practices embedded in everyday life. Yet, paradoxically, choreography as a contemporary artistic discipline has remained structurally under-supported, sustained largely by individual effort rather than by a coherent national vision.
Strategic flavours
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 14/02/2026
» WeTV has officially unveiled Tasteful Thailand, a premium food documentary series that sets out to present the depth, diversity and cultural significance of Thai cuisine to viewers around the world. Positioned as one of WeTV's flagship cultural content projects of the year, the documentary was formally introduced at a press conference held recently at S31 Sukhumvit Hotel, marking a major milestone in cross-cultural storytelling between Thailand and China.