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ISIF channels important funding into the Asia Pacific ICT community
19-June-2008

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.

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Contact: Dianekayanie Said Institution: International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
 
Microwaving Waste Goodbye
17-June-2008

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.

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Contact: Resni Mona Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
 
A Computerized Digital Imaging Technique to Estimate Palm Oil Quality Based on Fruit Colour
15-June-2008

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.

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Contact: Dr Nayan KANWAL, FRSA, ABIM Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM)
 
World’s First Demonstration Experiment on Using Brainwaves to Chat and Stroll Through Second Life
11-June-2008

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.

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Contact: Center for Research Promotion Institution: Keio University
 
Sarawak Dolphin Conservation Project
5-June-2008

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.

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Contact: Resni Mona Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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