Fermentation technology for ‘nicer’ coconut water
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY ASMAHANIM AMIR A RESEARCH TEAM from the National University of Malaysia (UKM) has successfully developed a cutting edge technology which removes turbudity in matured coconut water. Known for its cloudy and poor quality, turbid coconut water is not marketable as a beverage. The research team applied fermentation method to remove turbidity and made the […]
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 […]
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 […]