ABEATS 2023: Humanising technology for resilient and sustainable futures
Reading Time: 2 minutesPENANG: Following the two days of insightful discussions and proactive participation, the 5th ASEAN Business, Engineering, and Technology Symposium (ABEATS 2023) concluded on 2 December 2023, leaving a profound impact on the discourse surrounding “Humanising Technology for Resilient and Sustainable Futures”. Hosted on 1-2 December 2023, the symposium brought together diverse participants of esteemed scholars and industry experts from […]
Mathematics can save lives at sea
Reading Time: 3 minutesHUNDREDS of people die at sea every year due to vessel and aeroplane accidents. Emergency teams have little time to rescue those in the water because of the probability of finding a person alive plummets after six hours. Beyond tides and challenging weather conditions, unsteady coastal currents often make search and rescue operations exceedingly difficult. New […]
Makcik Kiah19 to do delivery rounds at hospitals
Reading Time: 2 minutesIN the present highly infectious pandemic climate at hospitals – what better way is there to deliver food and dispense medication to Covid-19 patients in hospital wards – than to enlist the assistance of Makcik Kiah 19 or MCK19. [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3,5″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] MCK19 was created by Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Hospital Canselor Tuanku […]
“On-Site Learning” Takes UMS Engineering Student to a Closer Look into 3D
Reading Time: < 1 minuteAN ON-SITE learning program for the construction of Kingfisher Sandakan Condominium by a total of 61 students of Civil Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) recently could take the student a closer look into the 3D (Difficult, Dangerous, and Dirty) elements which can be seen and understood better in a real […]
Highly skilled talent for Malaysia’s railway sector
Reading Time: 2 minutesTHE creation of a future-ready highly skilled talent for Malaysian rail sector is the focus of a strategic cooperation agreement between HARTASUMA Sdn Bhd (HARTASUMA) and Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL). Deputy Minister of Transport, Dato’ Kamarudin Jaafar said in his officiating speech at HARTASUMA UniKL Graduates Employability Training Scheme (GETS) closing ceremony said highly skilled […]
How much energy do we really need?
Reading Time: 3 minutesTWO fundamental goals of humanity are to eradicate poverty and reduce climate change, and it is critical that the world knows whether achieving these goals will involve trade-offs. New IIASA research for the first time provides a basis to answer this question, including the tools needed to relate basic needs directly to resource use. Researchers […]
New way to turn heat into electricity
Reading Time: 2 minutesAN INTERNATIONAL TEAM of scientists has figured out how to capture heat and turn it into electricity. The discovery, published last week in the journal Science Advances, could create more efficient energy generation from heat in things like car exhaust, interplanetary space probes and industrial processes. “Because of this discovery, we should be able to […]
Look ma, no barcodes!
Reading Time: 2 minutesFOR SHOPPERS with cart loads of groceries, especially at hypermarkets, shopping will soon be a wee bit breezier. There will be no more long queues and long waits at payment counters as the process of scanning the products’ barcode will be a thing of the past. The ITxRetail, an ingenious bench-top gadget packed with artificial […]
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 […]