Swiss Ambassador Dagmar Schmidt Tartaglia poses at the Swiss Hanok in western Seoul, May 22. Courtesy of Bereket Alemayehu By Bereket Alemayehu The annual Swiss-Korean Innovation Week (SKIW) kicked off on May 20, on the topic of Building Bridges in Digital Trust. For its seventh edition, the theme was “The Trust Equation.” Swiss Ambassador to…

Boston　Dynamics’　robot　dog　Spot　patrols　to　check　operation　safety　at　SK　Innovation’s　Ulsan　Complex　(CLX) ULSAN, South Gyeongsang Province – At a petrochemical plant run by SK Innovation Co., South Korea’s largest oil refiner, a robot dog named is doing the routine patrol Spot on Sunday around the factory to spot any potential gas leak. The $131,600 Spot, made by US robotics startup Boston Dynamics, recently joined SK Innovation,…

Deepa Alex Mora Member Macau Institute for Corporate Social Responsibility in Greater China (MICSRGC) As Macau gears up to welcome over 39 million visitors in 2024, its thriving tourism industry faces a hidden challenge: a mounting waste problem. In 2019 alone, the city generated a staggering 550,249 tons of waste. But what if this wasn’t…

Photo/VCG In a rapidly evolving global technological landscape, China continues to make significant strides in science and technology despite facing economic challenges. With substantial investments in research and development, China aims to become a global leader by 2050, especially in high-tech industries such as robotics, aerospace and artificial intelligence (Al). This strategic push is aimed…

“However, Pok Fu Lam is not the appropriate place … we suggest that the San Tin Technopole in Yuen Long would be one of the alternative options.” He was referring to a planned technology hub near the border with mainland China. According to the university, the Global Innovation Centre, spanning 4.72 hectares (11.6 acres) on…

This photo taken on May 23, 2024 shows CHINT Group’s Shanghai transformer factory in Songjiang District of east China’s Shanghai. (Xinhua/Wang Xiang) SHANGHAI, May 26 (Xinhua) — In CHINT Group’s Shanghai transformer factory, robots are engaged in stacking silicon steel sheets as thin as 0.23 mm layer by layer according to design specifications, with a…

When it comes to the economy of Malaysia, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are extremely important, since they account for 97.4 percent of all company establishments. The total workforce in Malaysia is comprised of 7.59 million people, which accounts for 48.2% of the country’s total workforce. They contribute 38.4% to the national GDP. SMEs face…

Almost a decade ago, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter came to Stanford University in 2015 to announce a bridge between Silicon Valley and the Pentagon, a new organization he termed the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental or DIUx. Secretary Carter realized earlier than many of the technologies the military needed would come from commercial companies at…