As you get older, you’ll find your joints getting stiffer. Simple movements like squatting, climbing stairs or bending over become more difficult. What’s actually happening in the joints as you age? Is there anything you can do to prevent, slow down or even reverse these changes? Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Dr Rajesh Singh walks us through the effects of ageing on our joints.

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For our first Live & Learn episode of 2021, we reflect on some of the lessons we’ve learned in 2020 when it comes to politics, and discuss the reforms required to strengthen democracy in the country, with Thomas Fann, Chairperson of Bersih 2.0.

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The percentage of women directing top-grossing Hollywood films reached historic highs in 2020. But there’s still plenty of work left to be done. We discuss the findings of the Annual Celluloid Ceiling Report and also why it’s important to have more women working behind the scenes on film sets.

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Voice assistants are becoming standard features in new cars, no matter the price range. But how helpful are these voice assistants, really? A mobility tech analyst takes a look at the tech, and how they can change the way we drive altogether.

By 2021, according to various Silicon Valley luminaries, bandwagoning politicians and leading cab firms in recent years, self-driving cars would have long been crossing the US, started filing along Britain’s motorways and be all set to provide robotaxis in London.

1st of January has not, however, brought a driverless revolution.

It’s safe to say that COVID-19 changed everyone’s lives in some way, shape, or form; but what effect will it have on city infrastructure, transportation lines, and travel etiquette of the future?

As much as we’re keen to put 2020 behind us, it’s worth taking a pause to reflect on lessons learnt and predict what 2021 holds. We speak with Rachel Ler from Commvault about how data will drive 2021 trends, what the year holds for buzzwords like Digital Transformation, Cloud Connectivity, and Remote Work, and how businesses prepare themselves for the new year ahead.

Why does it take so long to repair a computer? Why does changing a battery take a week? These are the questions Jerome and his team asked themselves before embarking on Secondlifeasia - a service outlet that’s disrupting the tech-repair scene by offering same-day repairs, with a warranty attached. We speak to Jerome about competing with the big brands, servicing a B2B market, and expanding his range to include Android devices as well. 

Semiconductor player Mi Technovation is on a high-growth path, and its solutions can already support wafer sizes of 7nm and below, versus the current norm of 14nm. Would it still maintain its head office in Malaysia, or shift to China or Taiwan to be closer to its customers and access more engineering talent? And as companies like Apple, Microsoft and Amazon move into chip designing and as the US-China trade war continues, how might the semiconductor industry respond? Oh Kuang Eng, the group CEO, discusses these issues.

2021 is poised to be a year of recovery for many industries, but the fact remains that the pandemic will continue to be a challenge for most people and businesses. To find out the outlook for SMEs and the challenges ahead, we speak with Datuk Michael Kang, President of the SME Association of Malaysia.

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