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Technological innovation is crucial in today's challenging market circumstances. Key players in the ICT world recognize this and are coming together to launch a new grants program for the Asia Pacific Information and Communication Technology (ICT) community.

Read more of the article entitled 'ISIF channels important funding into the Asia Pacific ICT community '

Malaysia produce 70 million tons of organic wastes annually. Most of these are either incinerated or dumped in landfill and both of which have serious impact on the environment. A research is conducted at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak to reutilise the wastes and explore their potential as energy sources.

Read more of the article entitled 'Microwaving Waste Goodbye'

Typically, palm oil quality is determined in a destructive manner using wet chemical analysis, which can be costly, time consuming and error prone. Here, researchers developed an automated technique of estimating quality based on fruit colour captured in JPEG format.

Read more of the article entitled 'A Computerized Digital Imaging Technique to Estimate Palm Oil Quality Based on Fruit Colour'

Keio University applied the technology “to operate the computer using brain images released last year and succeeds in enabling a disabled person suffering muscle disorder to stroll through “Second Life®, to walk towards the avatar of a student and to have a conversation with the student using the “voice chat” function.

Read more of the article entitled 'World’s First Demonstration Experiment on Using Brainwaves to Chat and Stroll Through Second Life'

Borneo's Dolphins are finally getting the attention they needed. On 15 May 2008, a collaborative effort for the conservation of these animals was forged between Sarawak Shell Berhad, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak and Sarawak Forestry Corporation.

Read more of the article entitled 'Sarawak Dolphin Conservation Project'