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Robots Keep Spotless Score
Researchers from Singapore have designed a sensor for autonomous cleaning robots making them better cleaners.
SUTD students initiate Sustainability Design Hackathon
To raise local youth’s awareness of environmental issues and sustainable development, students from SUTD’s environmental club organised the Sustainability Design Hackathon. The competition attracted more than 150 student participants from 19 schools.
Making artificial intelligence work for sustainability
Artificial intelligence (AI) systems today are already transforming industries and becoming an indispensable part of our daily lives.
How live streaming sounds of nature is saving wildlife worldwide
If a tree in a protected forest is felled with a chainsaw, does it make a sound? It depends on who – or what – is listening.
Five S’pore university student unions form a new network to champion youth issues
The network will collectively tackle issues concerning undergraduates here, such as mental health, employability and sustainability.
Unis plan new courses on data analytics, sustainability
The Singapore University of Technology and Design will take in the first cohort of students for its design and artificial intelligence programme.
New power plans could change the tide
For developing Mekong states Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia tangible opportunities exist to meet future electricity demands and CO2 emissions …
Get machines to fire workers? But they lack intuition, consciousness
The science fiction trope of artificial intelligence (AI) going against human beings has been creeping into real life, with some businesses …
SUTD sets aside $10 million for sustainability research over next few years
Speaking to The Straits Times, Professor Chong Tow Chong said this injection of seed funding is part of a larger plan to find sustainable solutions for the world through better design.
Designing a greener and happier world
It could be as simple as laying out stone slabs on the ground to direct people across a garden, or a staircase painted like piano keys to …
