Tech Talk

Neurostimulation technologies designed to help stroke victims may soon be producing better athletes, better musicians and, perhaps, a better you. We’re not the only ones upgrading ourselves: AI is learning to do it, too.

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Satellite smartphones, radiation detecting snakes, contraceptive vaccines and accent morphing AI are just some of the stories in this week’s Weird Science selection.

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Many of us may have started using fitness trackers, or calorie trackers to keep an eye on how we move and consume, you might also subscribe to a virtual gym membership so that you can attend sessions with other like-minded individuals. But this is not the limit of how tech is involved in fitness and wellbeing - not by a longshot. We talk to Dev about the involvement of AI in tech amongst other things, and how it could help us on our way to a healthier lifestyle.

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What will it take to get us back to work? How many of us are confident that employers will keep offices safe and COVID-free? Today we look at some of the hybrid models that aim to have us back in the office, at least some of the time.

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Anime avatars are becoming wildly popular across many streaming platforms, garnering over 1.5 billion views monthly on YouTube alone. The trend is often thought to have started in Japan back in 2016 with Kizuna AI, created by a Japanese start-up named Activ8, one of several agencies who design characters and hire actors to embody them online, earning revenue through donations using YouTube’s Super Chat function. We’ll be exploring the world of Vtubers, and asking whether they could be a signal for the next frontier of digital entertainment.

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Not too long ago, companies were relying on trade shows, conferences and a slew of other physical activities to generate leads for their businesses. Fast forward to the pandemic, nearly all modern marketing programs have turned digital, with customer experience under the spotlight now more than ever. Hyper-personalisation has been recently lauded as the future of marketing and customer experience, with the ability to provide businesses with a turnaround and capture more market segments.

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The battle for control of the metaverse is pitting companies that want to create a corporate-curated Ready Player One experience against those who want it to develop with the organic chaos of the current Internet. And no one has even built it yet.

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1.44 Million, that is the number of COVID-19 cases Malaysia has recorded thus far. That is potentially 1.44 million instances where the recommended physical distance measures were not adhered to, leading to the transmission of the virus. We're used to checking in using our homegrown app, but what if there were an alternative solution? SM4RT TRACE developed by SAT Asia, can help prevent the spread of Coronavirus by monitoring the distance between two individuals and alerting the wearers accordingly.

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120 years ago the best-selling car in the world was electric. An electric car was the first to break the 100kmh barrier. Henry Ford teamed up with Thomas Edison to create an electric powered vehicle. This is the secret history of electric cars.

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Gone are the days where consumers have had to rush home in time to catch their favourite prime time shows. The introduction of video streaming services has since allowed viewers to stream high quality video content over the internet on demand and on-the-go. Increased broadband access and smartphone penetration globally also contributed to the rise in demand for OTT services. With over 500 million active users each month, 6 billion hours watched every month, and known as the Netflix of China, iQiyi is one of the largest online video sites in the world. We catch up with Dinesh Ratnam, Country Manager of iQiyi Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei to discover just how this freemium service profits in the highly competitive OTT space.

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