Mexican entrepreneurs develop the world’s first animal cruelty-free leather
Reading Time: 2 minutesEVERY year more than a billion animals are slaughtered for their skins and hides to make clothing and accessories. Skin is ripped off from elephants, crocodiles, and snakes to make leather. Sheep are often beaten and mutilated to steal their wool and their skin for shearing. Goats are abused for cashmere and mohair. All these are […]
Stuart’s on ‘upward mobility’ with vertical farming
Reading Time: 5 minutesWITH the advent of issues like climate change, decreasing arable lands, and a rapidly growing population, how does one plan to ensure food security without incurring additional costs to businesses and the environment? Stuart Thomas, 26, sees a solution to that problem in his enterprise, Babylon Vertical Farms. Operating out of a 320 ft2 shipping […]
Local SMEs to soon be I4.0 competent globally
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY JAYASYALINY JAYARAJ BANGI: The Ministry of Entrepreneur Development (MED) and Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) through a strategic collaboration launched a pioneer project to prepare the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) towards utilisation of digital technology in their business. The launch of the project held on 9 December at Bangi Resort Hotel aims to […]
3D Gens spearheads 3D-printing application for medical sector
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY JAYASYALINY JAYARAJ THE 3D-printing revolution is here. From guns and houses to prosthetic limbs and vehicle parts – if you can “think” it, you can print it. In fact any inanimate matter can be 3D-printed. Imagine being able to print a human kidney, or a brand new beating heart! 3D Gens Sdn Bhd, a […]
Peace of mind with Calms Technologies ®
Reading Time: 3 minutesBY JAYASYALINY JAYARAJ Tell us about CALMS Technologies and its beginning. Established in 2002, CALMS Technologies—a home-grown company provides a cost effective, smart ID solutions which enables multi applications to function on a single platform. We started as a small company with only 3 staffs and now we hire almost 40 dedicated staffs, a great […]
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 […]
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 […]
MTDC lends support for wrist rehab
Reading Time: 2 minutesKUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Technology Development Corporation (MTDC) has introduced a new technology to help with wrist physiotherapy – a modality specially for stroke patients and patients undergoing therapies at the wrist area. The modality, called Wrehab, was developed by Mohd Idris Mat Sahat and Mohd Azrul Hisham Mohd Adib, researchers from Universiti Malaysia Pahang […]
Enterprising Jane ventures to create preventive vaccines
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the course of the last few decades infectious diseases have grown to become a major global health issue. Initiatives to eradicate vector-borne killer diseases such as dengue and malaria still continue to be a daunting task while resurgent tropical diseases such as Zika continue to be a worldwide menace. The race to find vaccines […]
Tentra helps groom businesses to face new revolution
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSERDANG: The first anniversary celebration of the MTDC Technopreneur Training Centre (TENTRA) was officiated recently by its chief executive officer Datuk Norhalim Yunus. In an interview with The Petri Dish, Norhalim said the academy will continue grooming novice technopreneurs through its signature programme called “Symbiosis” where face-to-face training, mentoring and advisory services are provided The […]