Archive for the ‘events’ Category
Monday, February 13th, 2017
Founder Sir James Dyson aims to nurture “exceptional” engineers focused on cutting edge manufacturing, software, and robotics in spare-no-expense laboratories.
James Dyson today opened the doors to Dyson’s new Technology Centre in Singapore, in the presence of Minister for Trade and Industry, S. Iswaran.
Dyson’s Singapore Technology Centre is being launched with the backdrop of Singapore’s Smart Nation vision, and a world where technologies are increasingly intelligent and connected. “As the way people shop is changing so to is our supply chain. The Dyson Control Tower connects our entire supply chain. Using the latest technology, it tracks real time machine reliability and delivery performance ensuring the highest quality products reach our customers on time,” said Jim Rowan, Chief Operating Officer, Dyson. Photo credit: Dyson.
Dyson is investing £330m in its future in Singapore.
“It is no coincidence that we are deepening our investment in Singapore to achieve our technology ambitions. Right here, some of the world’s brightest minds are working on artificial intelligence, machine learning, robotics, fluid dynamics, vision systems to bring hardware, electronics and software together. Good software allows Dyson products to actually improve over time and gives them intelligence to understand and respond to their environment”, said Sir James Dyson, Founder, Dyson.
The new facility has the latest development labs, bringing together the latest hardware and software expertise.
Dyson plans to grow the Singapore-based engineering team by 50 per cent.
Located in the heart of Singapore’s start-up community and next to the National University of Singapore, the new Centre’s engineering teams will focus developing new technologies for the future.
Dyson invests £7m a week in research and development and employs 3,500 engineers and scientists globally.
It has 1,100 people in Singapore split between its Technology Centre at Science Park I and its advanced digital motors manufacturing facility at West Park.
Dyson is seeking highly skilled engineers across a broad range of engineering disciplines including connectivity, motors, sensors, electronics, robotics, navigation, software and purification.
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Tags:Dyson, EDB, Iswaran, Science Park, Singapore, t4tEvents, technology
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Thursday, January 19th, 2017
The Acronis True Image 2017 New Generation personal backup solution offers protection against ransomware attacks, along with blockchain-based document certification and electronic signature technology. Subscription prices below.
Acronis True Image 2017 New Generation tackles the multi-billion dollar cyber-threat nightmare with real-time protection against ransomware attacks targeting data and offers the industry’s first blockchain-based certification and electronic signature technology.
The three core new features in Acronis True Image 2017 New Generation (over the existing Acronis TrueImage 2017) are:
- Acronis Active Protection – protects data against ransomware.
- Acronis Notary – ensures data authenticity with blockchain.
- Acronis ASign – provides easy-to-use digital signatures.
Acronis launched True Image 2017 New Generation in Singapore at its offices in Suntec City Tower 3. Here’s Mike Chadwick, Vice President of Engineering & Cloud Operations for Acronis, at the launch.
Pricing and Availability
The Acronis True Image 2017 New Generation will be available in 1, 3 and 5 computer offerings, at the price of S$139.99, S$200.99 and S$224.99 respectively.
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Tags:Acronis, ASign, backup, Blockchain, data, digital signatures, launch, Notary, protection, ransomware, Singapore, software, t4tEvents, True Image
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Monday, January 16th, 2017
Second visit to Shopee HQ in Singapore for Chinese New Year Lohei.
The Shopee HQ in Singapore is collocated with its parent company, Garena, at Galaxis in Fusionopolis.
The online social marketplace reached US$1.8b in annualised GMV (Gross Merchandise Volume) in November 2016.
That’s huge for a young startup that’s less than 2 year’s old.
For gamers & online shoppers – ever wondered what it’s like behind the scenes of gaming company Garena & its subsidiary Shopee? Here’s a part of the company’s office in Singapore which houses the combined staff of 500-odd employees working in an open office concept.
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Tags:eCommerce, Fusionopolis, Galaxis, Garena, LNY, LNY2017, Lohei, Marketplace, mCommerce, online, Shopee, t4tEvents, web
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Saturday, January 14th, 2017
The top 10 teams have completed their animation clips. These are now available for viewing at www.nemation.sg. You can now vote for your three favourite clips, and stand to win attractive prizes such as iPad tablets, Apple Watches and MacDonald’s vouchers.
Voting ends 5 February 2017.
Student animators from the Top 10 teams at the Downtown Picnic, which marks the commencement of public voting for N.E.mation! 11. With Ryan and Sylvia from Night Owl Cinematics.
There are four methods to vote.
You can vote on one or all of the following:
- N.E.mation! website if you’re on a desktop/notebook.
- N.E.mation! mobile website if you’re on a smartphone/tablet.
- Facebook app on mobile or non-mobile. Remember to “Like” first before voting.
- SMS to 76677 in the format below.
SMS format (to 76677)
NE11<space>WEB<space>C1,C5,C8<space>NRIC<space>Full Name
Example below:
NE11 WEB C1, C5, C8 T0123456D Darth Vader
The above example assumes you’re voting for C1, C5 and C5.
As you may guess, my favourite animation clips are:
Do check out their clips and vote for them if you like their animation as well.
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Tags:animation, competition, education, N.E.mation!, ne11, nemation, Nexus, schools, t4tEvents, Total Defence
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Thursday, January 12th, 2017
Singapore startup Touché launches what it boasts to be the World’s first Biometric Loyalty & Payment Solution platform.
Startup Touché CEO Sahba Saint-Claire (right) with CTO German Ruiz holding the Touche biometric payments terminal. Businesses are charged a pre-agreed monthly all-in flat-fee for the solution that includes the hardware, which processes payments through DBS Bank.
CEO Sahba shared with me the company’s roll-out plans.
Hopefully we’ll see pilot roll-outs in Singapore from February and in Japan from March.
Grignoter: This Bordeaux wine restaurant was the venue for Singapore startup Touché to launch its Biometric Loyalty & Payment Solution platform.To the left is Chef Justin in the blue shirt, opposite him is Touche CEO Sahba Saint-Claire.
The company now has 23 staff based in Singapore and Barcelona.
CTO German briefed me on the state of payments processing in the industry and the standards currently in place and being developed.
Sahba tells me that in just 3 months, 50 restaurants, 20 hotels and 5 private social clubs have shown interest in taking up this solution in Singapore; while discussions are being held with the potential partners, departmental stores, malls, technology firms, and retail chains etc.
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Tags:#Touche #startups #payments #identity #fintech #Singapore #Japan, t4tEvents
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Tuesday, January 10th, 2017
Canon ushers in the Lunar New Year in Singapore with an early Lohei lunch.
Canon Singapore hosted the annual Lohei lunch with media at Aura restaurant at the National Gallery Singapore.
To the left of the menu in the cover photo above, you can see the PowerShot SX430 IS.
The immediate reaction upon lifting up the camera is that it is incredibly light.
Preview of the new IXUS 190 (left) & PowerShot SX430 IS. These were part of 4 new compact cameras Canon has just unveiled. Prices & availability TBA.
So light that I thought it was a plastic prototype with nothing inside.
But it’s a fully functional superzoom with 45x optical zoom going from 24 to 1080mm.
Canon Lunar New Year media lunch in Singapore: Black Cod with Caciucco Sauce & Seasonal Vegetables – served at Aura in National Gallery Singapore.
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Tags:AURA, cameras, Canon, compact, IXUS, IXUS 190, LNY, LNY2017, Lohei, National Gallery Singapore, Powershot, PowerShot SX430 IS, previews, t4tEvents
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Sunday, January 8th, 2017
Singtel and Oh!K hosted a visit by Korean superstar Song Seung Heon, who met with fans and Singtel TV subscribers today as part of a promotional tour for upcoming drama, Saimdang.
* This story first appeared in The Travel Memoir.
Hallyu fever hit Singapore as Korean superstar Song Seung Heon met with fans and Singtel TV subscribers during a visit to Singapore hosted by Singtel and Oh!K. Photo credit: Singtel.
200 Hallyu fans got up-close with the charismatic actor, who is here to promote highly-anticipated drama Saimdang (师任堂), at a meet-and-greet event just for Singtel TV subscribers today.
Song Seung Heon takes a welfie with 1,500 excited fans at the public meet-and-greet event at The Cathay. Photo credit: Singtel.
The fans had the opportunity to take photos and interact with him, ahead of a public meet-and-greet event at The Cathay.
A very lucky fan (Jolene Ang) receives a 10-second back hug from Song Seung Heon. Photo credit: Singtel.
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Tags:entertainment, events, hallyu, Lee Young Ae, Saimdang, SingTel, Song Seung Heon, t4tEvents
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Saturday, January 7th, 2017
The Downtown Picic marks the commencement of public voting for N.E.mation! 11.
Highlights of the afternoon of fun include games, lucky draw, food, and Ryan and Sylvia from Night Owl Cinematics.
Student animators from the Top 10 teams will be present to showcase their completed 1-minute animations.
Admission FREE, registration NOT required. Bring along family & friends.
Tags:animation, Cathay, competition, MINDEF, N.E.mation!, N.E.mation! 11, ne11, nemation, Nexus, Singapore, t4tEvents
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Wednesday, January 4th, 2017
Samsung kick-starts the new year and unveils the first of its #Galaxy offerings for 2017 – the new Galaxy A series (from 21 Jan) mid-tier smartphones: 5.2-inch A5 (S$548) and 5.7-inch A7 (S$648).
The Galaxy A5 (2017) and Galaxy A7 (2017) will be available in three stylish colours – Black Sky, Gold Sand and Peach Cloud. The Galaxy A (2017) Neon Flip Cover is available in Black, Gold, Pink and Blue at $78.
Also released today is the Black Pearl version of the Galaxy S7 edge (S$1,198) from 7 Jan.
Samsung Galaxy A3 has been excluded from the series in Singapore, probably because it’s too close to the S$398 Galaxy J7 Prime – the top end of Samsung’s entry-level series of smartphones that’s available in Singapore.
The new Samsung Galaxy A series smartphones were launched in Singapore at Cocotte, the farm-to-table French Kitchen in Little India.
For the first time on the Galaxy A series, the smartphones are equipped with IP68-certified water and dust resistant capabilities, allowing it to withstand elements including rain, sweat, sand and dust.
It also enables users to enjoy versatility in its use – with a longer battery life and Fast Charging capabilities, the smartphones are ideal for active mobile lifestyles.
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Tags:A5, A7, Android, Cocotte, Galaxy, launch, Samsung, Singapore, smartphones, t4tEvents
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Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017
“Recent developments in the built environment sector require a new breed of architectural designers and technologists. We have brought the expertise of two schools – Design and Engineering – together so that the graduates of the new Diploma in Sustainable Architecture & Design can thrive in the future economy. We believe that they will be in great demand in multiple sectors, including architecture, construction, green and smart building development,” said Albert Lim, Director of School of Design, Nanyang Polytechnic. Image credit: Nanyang Polytechnic.
The built environment in Singapore is expected to evolve rapidly in the next decade with the Committee on the Future Economy (CFE) identifying areas needing innovations and rethinking the way we use resources, energy, spaces and transport.
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Tags:architecture, design, Diploma, education, launch, Nanyang Polytechnic, NYP, Singapore, sustainability, t4tEvents, technology
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