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Google brings live translate via earbuds to iOS
Life, Puriward Sinthopnumchai, Published on 31/03/2026
» Google has launched its Live Translate feature on the Google Translate app for iOS, enabling users to translate spoken conversations directly through headphones in real time, with support for more than 70 languages, including Thai.
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.
Pana Yontararak stages lecture-recital of Piano Sonata No.2 at Sala Sudasiri Sobha
Life, Published on 17/03/2026
» Olive Music presents "Resonating Roots: From Ranad To The World", an evening with piano where heritage meets harmony in a unique celebration of music and culture at Sala Sudasiri Sobha concert hall, Lat Phrao 41 yaek 7-2, on March 22 at 4pm.
Caveat emptor is undefeated in online shopping
Life, James Hein, Published on 11/03/2026
» It is becoming more common to buy things online. The majority of my shopping, not counting groceries, is now done that way. In the past I've warned about prices that are too good to be true, like a 4TB thumb drive for a few dollars from sites like Temu and AliExpress. There is now a kind of middle ground where the price could be correct and it's coming from, say, Amazon. Recently, even though I had some doubts, I bought a 5TB SSD drive from Amazon for around half of what I'd expect it to be. I did this knowing I can easily send things back to Amazon.
Composer Bruce Gaston honoured at BACC
Life, Patcharawalai Sanyanusin, Published on 05/03/2026
» To commemorate the life and legacy of Bruce Gaston, Bangkok Art and Culture Centre is hosting "The Octave Zero: 80 Years Of Bruce Gaston, The Melodies Of Fong Naam", which kicks off today and runs until March 15, at its Studio on the 4th floor.
I'm well adjusted, but I'm also tired
Life, Chavisa Boonpiti, Published on 28/02/2026
» In the past few years, it has become noticeably easier to talk about feelings in public. Words such as "boundary", "attachment style" and "regulation" move easily through conversations over coffee. Therapy is discussed without embarrassment and people describe their communication patterns with a clarity that would once have felt clinical. Emotional literacy has shifted from a specialised skill to a social expectation, something quietly folded into the definition of adulthood.
Tiger Who Came To Tea comes to BKK
Life, Published on 25/02/2026
» Bangkok Theatre Project will bring back the popular UK family favourite The Tiger Who Came To Tea for 10 rounds of West End magic at M Theatre, New Phetchaburi Road.
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.
Mongolian art on show at 'Wolf Loving Princess'
Life, Published on 23/02/2026
» Art lovers are invited to experience the poetic and speculative world of a Mongolian artist during "Wolf Loving Princess", which is running at Gallery Ver until April 25.
Marketeers have simple choices
Life, James Hein, Published on 18/02/2026
» If you use a mobile phone for playing any games, then typically along with that comes all of the advertisements and marketing presentations. First however, there is the "free download", this means you can download it for free, install and run it. After that, things may not be free at all. This is to be expected as advertising is one of the few ways to make any income from the games being played by millions of people across the planet.