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Monday 27 August 2018
AI can help travel service firms better meet consumer needs, says Lotus executive
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be applied to the travel service industry to better gauge the real needs of consumers through deep machine learning, according to CH Kuo, chief strategy...
Monday 27 August 2018
ITRI starts operation of AIdea
Taiwan government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has kicked off operation of AIdea, a platform for developing AI (artifical intelligence) solutions to enterprises'...
Friday 24 August 2018
Taipei smart lavatory to double as emergency call center
A Taipei park has kicked the official use of Taiwan's first smart public lavatory allowing citizens to experience IoT-backed smart living, and the lavatory will double as an emergency...
Wednesday 22 August 2018
Taipei to trial no-cash convenience store
Taipei's Department of Information Technology, to promote its smart city program, will cooperate with OK Mart convenience store chain to set up a no-cash retail store at the city...
Wednesday 22 August 2018
Taiwan has advantages in developing healthcare innovations, says Acorn Campus co-founder Chester Wang
Co-chairman of SVT Angels and co-founder of Acorn Campus Ventures, T Chester Wang taught college courses in Saudi Arabia and invested in real estate in Silicon Valley before he began...
Wednesday 22 August 2018
Taiwan seeking tie-up with Texas Medical Center on digital health
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) is actively promoting the development of Taiwan's biomedical industry through international cooperation, and its officials stationed...
Tuesday 21 August 2018
Taiwan should encourage early-stage investments, says LuxNet chairman Hsing Kung
LuxNet chairman, Hsing Kung, has founded three companies. Among them, SDL was established in 1983, specializing in manufacturing optical communication devices. It was sold for US$41.1...
Friday 17 August 2018
Taiwan team unveils low-cost AI chip
A team of Taiwan researchers and an IC design house have jointly unveiled a deep-learning image-recognition AI chip whose production cost could be as low as only US$1.
Wednesday 15 August 2018
Taiwan players set rules for digital token trading
Taiwan players have unveiled their first set of self-discipline rules for virtual currency exchange houses, with the regulations mainly focusing on how to enhance regulatory compliances...
Friday 10 August 2018
TUL gearing up for blockckchain technology R&D
Taiwan-based TUL, specializing in AMD graphics cards, has announced a move to team up with National Taiwan University of Science and Technology (NTUST) and regtech (regulation &...
Tuesday 7 August 2018
Taiwan AI startup Appier to buy India marketing platform QGraph
Taiwan AI Startup Appier has announced that it will move to acquire India marketing automation startup QGraph as a wholly-owned subsidiary to be renamed AIQUA, in a bid to deepen...
Tuesday 7 August 2018
Major robot brands introduce versatile models for Taiwan market
The just-concluded annual Taipei International Industrial Automation Exhibition saw a major gathering of industrial robot brands from around the world, showcasing a variety of robots...
Monday 6 August 2018
Delta Electronics showcases CPS application to smart manufacturing
Power supply maker and industrial automation solution developer Delta Electronics showcased a 3D machine vision-based inspection solution matched with CPS (cyber-physical system)...
Monday 6 August 2018
UR unveils new collaborative robots for Taiwan clients
Denmark-based Universal Robots (UR) is gearing up to promote sales of its latest flagship e-Series collaborative robots in the Taiwan market to help local small and medium-size enterprises...
Friday 3 August 2018
New smart city promotion body to be formed in Taipei in 2019
In a bid to help Taiwan makers explore smart city business opportunities at home and abroad, Taipei City Government has plans to set up the Global Organization of Smart (GO Smart)...