Pre-empting intruders and fires
Reading Time: 2 minutesA SIMPLE theft can bother us a little too much. Good if we would detect and stop an intruder or a fire from happening immediately. Dr Mohammad Hanif Saad, a senior lecturer from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, (UKM) has invented an intelligent system called CAISER to help pre-empt untoward events that are about to happen and […]
Drones to buzz in digital agriculture
Reading Time: 3 minutesTHE ever popular imagery of Malaysian artists – featuring the buffalo, a plough and a tardy paddy farmer in a kampong scene may soon be iconised in art forever in the near future. Malaysia’s stereotype rural landscape is on the cusp of embracing digital agriculture – a matrix that will change the face of the […]
MTDC pushes Industry 4.0 at conference and exhibition
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE Malaysian Technology Development Corporation which champions the adoption and deployment of Industry 4.0 technologies (I4.0) among the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) convened industry experts at its recent MTDC Technology Conference & Exhibition 2019 (MTCE2019) in Kuala Lumpur. The two-day conference held at the TM Convention Centre featured speakers and panellists from Malaysian companies […]
Pos Gob adventure for 200 participants
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY ASMAHANIM AMIR GUA MUSANG: More than 200 people, including Government agencies and NonGovernmental Organisation (NGO) such as Royal Malaysia Police (RMP), Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia (FRDM), Ministry of Health (MoH), Department of Indigenous Development (JAKOA), National Registration Department (NRD) and Rescue Adventure Team (RAT 4×4) with the ASEAN youth volunteer was camped […]
Limestone forest conservation campaign
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY SITI SURIAWATI ISA FACULTY OF FORESTRY, Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia conducted a campaign on the awareness and conservation of limestone forests for the third year in Langkawi from September 26 to October 1. The campaign was extended to include Kuala Nerang and Pendang, Kedah from October 1 […]
S’wak leads in producing TRIZ practitioners
Reading Time: 2 minutesSarawak leads in deploying the mechanics of thinking creatively, known as TRIZ method in 2019. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) championed the initiative for the state by developing more than 200 TRIZ practitioners. This year, three institutions – UNIMAS, Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) and Tabung Ekonomi Gagasan Anak Bumiputera Sarawak (TEGAS) – have involved in this […]
Faisal Rafiq is eighth USM VC
Reading Time: 2 minutesUNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA (USM) has announced that the Ministry of Education Malaysia has appointed Professor Dr. Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan as its new Vice-Chancellor effective from Oct 4 until Oct 3, 2022. The appointment was based on the recommendation of the Public Universities Selection Committee that appoints vicechancellors in public universities, chaired by Tan Sri […]