May 2nd, 2020
Looking for a Mother’s Day gift? Thrill her with the latest and the bestest OnePlus 8. Pre-order online on Lazada (via LazMall) with promotion bundle. Prices below.
Early birds in Singapore can pre-order online on Lazada (exclusively) until 7 May, with a pre-order gift bundle.
Launched online on 14 April, the 5G-capable OnePlus 8 was launched alongside the slightly bigger and heftier OnePlus 8 Pro.
Lazada Exclusive With OnePlus 8
Early birds in Singapore can pre-order online on Lazada (exclusively) until 7 May, with a pre-order gift bundle.
After that, the two phones can be purchased exclusively from Lazada for another two weeks from 8 May.
Pre-orders on the official OnePlus store on Lazada (via LazMall) will receive the following limited edition items (worth S$149):
- Cyan Bumper Case
- Nylon Bumper Case
- Bullets Wireless Z Earphones
The OnePlus 8 ships with the top end Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 chipset and is capable of taking high quality photos with the four cameras onboard.
The rear cameras comprise a 48-megapixel main camera with the formidable Sony IMX586 sensor, a 2-MP macro lens and a 16-MP ultra wide angle lens.
There is no optical zoom.
The front camera is the 16-MP camera with Sony IMX471 sensor with electronic image stabiliser.
I love the Interstellar Glow design on the back of the OnePlus 8, with iridescent, changing colours.
This is exclusive to the OnePlus 8, while the Glacial Green and Onyx Black are also available for the OnePlus 8 Pro.
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May 1st, 2020
Xiaomi’s online global launch unveils the three new phones and an Mi Smart Standing Fan 1C. Available in Singapore from 18 May. Prices and promotions below.
Redmi Note 9 Pro will be available in three colours: Interstellar Grey, Tropical Green, and Glacier White.
The new phones will be available for pre-orders (11-17 May) and sale (18 May onwards) on Xiaomi’s online LazMall Flagship Store and authorised Mi Stores in Singapore.
Singapore Prices (18 May)
- Redmi Note 9 Pro
- 6GB/64GB: S$369
- 6GB/128GB: S$399
- Redmi Note 9
- Mi Note 10 Lite
- 6GB/64GB: S$499
- 8GB/128GB: S$549
Those who pre-order (11-17 May) on Xiaomi’s LazMall store will receive various complementary gifts.
Pre-orders for Redmi Note 9 Pro will come with a complimentary Mi Fan Festival Bundle set.
Every pre-order of the Redmi Note 9 will come with a complimentary Mi Fan Festival Xiaomi Doll.
Pre-orders of the Mi Note 10 Lite will come with a complimentary Mi Fan Festival Gift set.
More details about the phones from the press release below.
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April 30th, 2020
The new and affordable Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 128GB Wi-Fi features a redesigned S Pen for note taking and creating, and a generous display for enhanced entertainment. Available in Singapore from 2 May at S$598. Promotions below.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 128GB Wi-Fi aims to help consumers capture ideas, create, stay organised and multitask effectively.
Designed for students and young professionals, the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 128GB Wi-Fi sports a generous screen space, a thin and compact body, along with an S Pen included in the box.
Availability, Pricing & Promotions
The Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 128GB Wi-Fi will be available in Oxford Gray from 2 May, sold exclusively at Challenger and Hachi.Tech, at a recommended retail price of S$598.
Starting 2 May, enjoy a special rate for the Samsung Book Cover retailing at only S$85 (U.P. S$108) with any purchase of the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 128GB Wi-Fi, while stocks last.
Exclusive promotions are available for ValueClub Student members who can purchase the Galaxy Tab S6 Lite 128GB Wi-Fi at S$498 (U.P. S$598).
Students with a valid edu.sg email address that have not been registered on ValueClub enjoy a complimentary 12-month ValueClub Student membership.
The updated S Pen serves as a note-taking and multitasking assistant for the tablet, snapping magnetically onto the right side of the tablet, or to the optional Book Cover.
The new S Pen features a refreshed design to make it as practical and comfortable to use as a traditional pen.
The S Pen, with its improved pen latency and 0.7mm pen tip, offer precision for note-taking and drawing.
Smart and intuitive features include Screen Write and Smart Select.
Screen Write enables you to take a full-screen screenshot and jot down ideas that can be saved or shared with colleagues.
Smart Select allows you to select, clip and collect whatever content you want.
Users can capture animation and Smart Select can turn this into a GIF for easy sharing with friends and on social media.
More details below from the press release.
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April 29th, 2020
Just as IoT is taking the tech world by storm, ingestible pills enable doctors and researchers to emplace micro sensors in our bodies to monitor sustained measurements for diagnosis or research.
In this guest blog, Nick Van Helleputte and Chris Van Hoof discuss how ingestible or electronic pills can revolutionise the way stomach ailments are diagnosed.
Mock-up of an ingestible pill with prototype transceiver. Image: Imec.
Speak about an electronic pill or a small ingestible machine that can be swallowed by patients to monitor their bodies – and what comes to mind is often swarms of nanobots.
The reality is a little different.
Today, breakthroughs in electronics are making it possible to imagine such ingestibles, which are small enough to be swallowed so they can stay inside a body to monitor, say, a person’s stomach condition over a period of time.
Editor’s Comments
These nifty gadgets open up a whole new frontier in medical diagnosis and research.
Think the Internet of Things (IoT) but applied to the interior of our bodies.
By emplacing sensors within our bodies, doctors and researchers don’t just get a one-off snapshot of the organ of interest.
The sensors can provide sustained monitoring of measurements over a period of time, enabling the identification of trends in the data, or triggering of alerts to flag out anomalies breaching threshold levels.
This means a doctor would be able to more accurately see the changes in a person’s digestive tract, for example, instead of having only a quick look by using a scope or collecting stool samples.
So, instead of a number of nanobots swimming inside a person, ingestibles are miniaturised versions of electronic devices that require low power and have reliable wireless communication to relay the signals that they are reading.
In February 2020, Belgium-based research outfit imec presented the world’s first fully integrated millimetre-scale wireless transceiver for ingestibles or electronic analytical devices that can be swallowed.
This breakthrough, presented at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) 2020 conference at San Francisco in February, means that in the future, ingestible devices could be easier to be manufactured and be more effective in staying in a stomach to monitor important signs of diseases, such as diabetes, Crohn’s Disease or coeliac.
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April 28th, 2020
Google Pay supports Singapore food establishments amid the nation’s COVID-19 outbreak – by offering a free menu discovery feature for food establishments; and enabling patrons to discover eateries by cuisine, browse menus and contact merchants to place orders from over 250 eateries.
Discover and order food from F&B establishments in Singapore while staying home during Circuit Breaker.
To help Singaporeans and the local food services industry during the circuit breaker period, Google has launched a new feature to discover food pick-up and delivery options on the new Google Pay Singapore app.
“Quick food pick-ups and door-to-door deliveries are now a necessity, as Singaporeans stay home during this critical period. Like several others in Singapore, we too were sharing food menus among family and friends. So we thought, what if we could scale this and make this easier for consumers and restaurants? We rallied our employees to come together quickly and discussed ways in which we could offer a solution,” said Patrick Teo, Director of Engineering for Payments and Engineering Site Lead at Google Singapore.
Many food establishments had to pause their dine-in services and rely on informal methods to share their menu and publicise their pick-up or delivery options.
Developed specifically for Singapore, this new menu discovery experience brings a variety of restaurants, coffee shops and hawker stalls online starting with over 100 businesses in addition to existing restaurants like Burger King, Canadian Pizza, Cedele, Da Paolo Group, The Daily Cut and Tuk Tuk Cha, giving patrons over 250 eateries to order from.
With the new Menu Discovery feature, Singaporeans will now be able to get family meals from Kok Sen, O Banh Mi, and Outram Park Ya Hua Rou Gu Cha or order restaurant-style spreads at home from Blue Ginger, O.BBa BBQ Jjajang and NUDE Seafood.
With the new menu discovery feature, customers can browse menus, select items, and contact the food establishment to place their order and pay.
Depending on the eatery, customers can choose to pick up their order or have it delivered.
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April 27th, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is spurring the healthcare industry to turn to robots for help. Darrell Adams shares how cobots – collaborative robots – reduce the risk of healthcare workers by minimising in-person contact with patients who are isolated.
* Darrell Adams is the Head of Southeast Asia & Oceania at Universal Robots.
A UR5 cobot collaborating with a healthcare worker.
COVID-19, the global pandemic, took the world by surprise and suddenly the healthcare system has to confront one of the toughest challenges on a global scale.
Millions of Nurses Needed
The global healthcare system is cracking under the strain of this global pandemic.
Yet, a recent report shows that globally, we are in need of 6 million more nurses to achieve global health targets, even without a global pandemic.
This is an alarming number, and it is unlikely that over a short period of time, the demand can be met.
Healthcare workers are working round the clock and the intense workload at the frontline led to exhaustion in many, virus infection in others, and some sadly passed away in their line of duty.
Human Factors and Errors
In the study of human factors and fatigue, factors which contribute to human errors within the confines of human factors include sleep deprivation, shift schedules, repetitive tasks, physically demanding tasks, and of course, stress.
In the medical sector, besides the lack of nurses, the healthcare industry faces other challenges such as a high instance of human error due to a pressurising and non-automated environment, working on shifts, with a substantial amount of time dedicated to administrative tasks, which takes away precious time from patient care.
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April 26th, 2020
GN Hearing offers hearing assessments and fitting of its ReSound hearing aids in conjunction with ReSound Assist Live.
New ReSound Assist Live from GN Hearing gives hearing care professionals the ability to conduct remote in-ear tests using hearing aids.
GN Hearing, a global leader in hearing aid technology, has announced new in-ear tests (also called in-situ tests) available as an extension to ReSound Assist Live at-home services.
The technology allows hearing care professionals to offer complete hearing care remotely, including hearing assessment and hearing aid fitting.
Testing and fitting of hearing aids from the comfort of the home.
It allows people with hearing loss to get their hearing tested from the comfort and safety of home.
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April 25th, 2020
The ROG Strix GA15 (G15DH) is now available in Singapore (from $1,298), at the ASUS Exclusive Store, ASUS Online Store and all authorised retailers.
The ROG Strix GA15 gaming desktops from ASUS are equipped with AMD Ryzen processors to offer E-sports-ready performance that also accelerates streaming, multitasking, and more.
The new ROG Strix GA15 (G15DH) gaming desktops zero in on gaming fundamentals to fit serious e-sports performance into a convenient and portable package.
Specifications for the ASUS ROG Strix GA15 (G15DH). Click image to enlarge.
Lean and lightweight, the new ROG Strix GA15 (G15DH) gaming desktop leverages powerful, latest-generation AMD Ryzen™ processors that capably handle hardcore gaming, streaming, and multitasking.
Each desktop is compact and weighs only 10 kg, and a built-in carrying handle offers easy portability.
The efficient cooling design helps quietly deliver a gaming experience that can hold its own at LAN parties, tournaments, and beyond.
More details from the press release below.
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April 24th, 2020
The new wireless portable printer from Canon enables printing and scanning for business professionals on the go. Prices below.
The new Canon Pixma TR150 wireless portable printer.
With direct printing from smartphones, a USB-charging battery pack, and the ability to store user-designed form templates in device memory, the PIXMA TR150 offers PC-free operation for all high-quality document needs.
Pricing and Availability
The PIXMA TR150 will be available from 25 April 2020 at authorised dealers.
S$399 – Pixma TRR150
S$529 – Pixma TRR150 with Battery
S$179 – Optional Battery Kit for Pixma TRR150
The compact size and slim profile of the PIXMA TR150 allows it to slot easily into a carry-on bag or briefcase.
A high-contrast 1.44” OLED display adorns the top panel, and makes it easy to change print settings without a connected laptop, while displaying information such as remaining battery levels, ink levels, as well as on-location Wi-Fi signal strength.
More details below from the press release.
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April 23rd, 2020
Singapore IoT and smart wearables firm KaHa teams up with healthcare partner EasyCare International (iDOC) to launch Remote Monitoring Solution in Singapore.
By leveraging technology, the partnership between KaHa and EasyCare iDOC aims to bring greater convenience and efficacy to healthcare management.
As part of the company’s commitment to health and wellness, Singapore Internet of Things (IoT) solutions company KaHa launched today its partnership with medical solutions provider EasyCare and its brand iDOC.
Availability
The iDOCWATCH will be available from May 2020 at iDOC ePharmacy (online retail platform) and iDOC Clinics in Hougang and Jurong West.
The iDOC Remote Monitoring Dashboard will be rolled out in phases starting with non-clinical uses such as with gyms, health coaches and fitness instructors before deployment for research and clinical use.
iDOC Clinic is a medical group founded by the EasyCare team, and EasyCare works with iDOC Clinic in the implementation of its healthcare technologies in the primary care setting.
As part of its services, EasyCare conducts annual or biannual chronic disease screening for corporate clients.
In between screenings, the iDOCWATCH together with mobile app iDOC Easy Track, will be made available to individuals to enable continuous monitoring of their health by collecting and analysing essential health data from the user to be sent to the iDOC Remote Monitoring Dashboard, which aims to improve health and fitness amongst users.
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Tags: Apps, EasyCare, healthcare, iDOC, IoT, KaHa, MedTech, Singapore, telehealth, telemedicine
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