TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen ranked 44th on Forbes magazine's 2018 list of billionaires with a $28.2 billion fortune, and invested heavily in research projects in his hometown of Seattle.

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies of cancer, aged 65

Oct 17, 2018, 5:00 am
IBM's "cyber tactical operations centre" (above) is tucked inside a customised truck (top).

IBM takes its 'escape room' on the road

Oct 17, 2018, 5:00 am

Tharman says Fourth Industrial Revolution must create quality jobs

Oct 16, 2018, 12:01 pm
Dr Rachel Teoh (at right) and patient Ferlene Tan showing features of the MaNaDr app on their phones. The app is one of many offering more convenient access to doctors and pharmacists here.

Book a consultation or get blood test results through app

Oct 16, 2018, 5:00 am

Uncertain world offers many opportunities: Ng Chee Meng

Oct 14, 2018, 5:00 am

Creating a business-friendly environment to encourage innovation

Oct 12, 2018, 10:01 pm
ABB's Singapore managing director Johan de Villiers says South-east Asia is on the cusp of the fourth industrial revolution, and ABB's expanded presence in Singapore aims to tap into it. Its new customer innovation centre includes a robotics applicat

Going digital with ABB's innovation centre

Oct 12, 2018, 5:00 am

Containment 2.0 - with China in the crosshairs

Oct 12, 2018, 5:00 am
French researcher Marc Teyssier has invented MobiLimb, a robot finger that plugs into a mobile phone and can be programmed to touch the phone's user - an idea that most people found creepy. He hopes that people can one day interact with phones throug

Let phone finger touch you? It's crazy and creepy

Oct 12, 2018, 5:00 am
Why is a finger sticking out of your mobile phone is so creepy?

Creepy? Wagging finger sticking out of cellphone that can stroke you, drag itself across desk

Oct 11, 2018, 7:48 pm