Hong Kong secures multiple upcoming MICE events amidst COVID-19 challenges

Dr YK Pang, Chairman of the Hong Kong Tourism Board (Photo: Business Wire)

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 -- Hong Kong was recently chosen as host city for four international MICE events, including the city’s first-ever events of high strategic values and two repeated events amidst the COVID-19 challenges.

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New Teledyne e2v optical module perfect for scanning, embedded imaging, IoT applications

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 -- Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies company and global innovator of imaging solutions, has announced the expansion of its product portfolio with a 2 Megapixel compact module featuring a pre-focused, industrial-grade scanning optic.

According to a statement, this MIPI interfaced module finds a variety of uses in scanning, embedded vision and many other computer vision applications to enhance productivity and throughput in logistics, sorting, retail POS, and other industrial sectors.

 

Designed specifically for scanning and embedded vision applications, the sensor includes patented Fast Self-Exposure™ mode that ensures the first, and all subsequent frames, are correctly exposed, enabling the fastest possible decoding/image processing by the downstream digital system, even in rapidly changing light conditions.

As a turnkey sensor/optics for imaging systems, this 2MP module offers customers significant reduction in development time and cost savings.

Teledyne e2v Senior Marketing Manager, Gareth Powell said: “This 2MP optical module is an exciting launch and the forerunner in a family of MIPI modules. It provides customers with a solution to significantly reduce their integration times and shorten their time to market.”

For details, visit www.teledyneimaging.com

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Tower Defense game Final Fate TD now on Google Play, App Store

Welcome to Luna – an immersive fantasy world of anime-themed adventure (Graphic: Business Wire)

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 8 -- Final Fate TD welcomes players to Luna, an immersive fantasy world of anime-themed adventure as it is now available on iOS and Android.

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CADBURY DAIRY MILK CELEBRATES THE GOODNESS OF EVERYONE

The brand aims to inspire and encourage acts of generosity in everyone

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 7 (Bernama) -- If there’s one thing that knows no boundaries even in the most difficult of times, it’s Generosity. It’s the very instinct to share goodness with those around you, in the selfless hope of genuinely improving another person’s life and Cadbury Dairy Milk believes “There’s Goodness In Everyone”.


CADBURY DAIRY MILK CELEBRATES THE GOODNESS OF EVERYONE

CreditSights buys minority stake in Alphastream

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 4 -- CreditSights, an independent fixed income research provider has taken a minority stake in Alphastream, a Singapore-based fintech company. 

As part of the investment, CreditSights Chief Product and Technology Officer, Bala Subramanian will join Alphastream’s board.

According to a statement, CreditSights’ close collaboration with Alphastream will help drive new product innovation and business expansion.

"CreditSights’ 20-year track record has been underpinned in delivering relevant research that resonates with the most sophisticated financial professionals,” said CreditSights President, Chris Ucko.

“AlphaStream’s platforms will complement our mission to help our clients know more and risk better.”

Alphastream technology empowers financial professionals by delivering mission critical data and workflow solutions to a wide range of market participants using a cloud-based software platform.

CreditSights empowers nearly 15,000 financial professionals among the world’s largest institutions with the credit-risk tools, independent research and comprehensive market insights they need to make well-informed credit-risk decisions.

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'Global Innovation Challenge 2021 -- Living Assistance Robot Award' open for entries

 KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — The Global Innovation Challenge Executive Committee has launched ‘Global Innovation Challenge 2021 — Living Assistance Robot Award’, aimed at helping people with leg disabilities to stand and walk on their own.

The ‘Global Innovation Challenge 2021 — Living Assistance Robot Award’ now accepts entries until Feb 28, 2021.

The award has been established to ensure that innovative robots which help people in wheelchairs fully use their residual functions to walk on their own will be globally used.

The award will support those engaged in research and development of such robots worldwide.

According to a statement, organisations which are qualified to enter this award are organisations which develop robots that help people whose lower limbs are paralysed to walk on their own.

The organiser will set up seven assumed scenes of daily life and judge whether participating robots can allow physically disabled people to walk on their own in each scene.

Participants must achieve one, some or all of the given tasks. The award offers a US$1 million total prize. (US$1 = RM4.149)   

The screening results will be announced on July 1, 2021, while the award ceremony and demonstrations of prize-winning robots on Sept 5, 2021. More details at https://global-innovation-challenge.com/en 

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AGAINST SILENT KILLER IN WORKPLACE

 

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 (Bernama) -- The air we breathe around us may appear to be clean, but it carries many types of microscopic particles, such as mineral particles, water droplets, pollen, various kinds of biological material and man-made pollutants, that can’t be seen by the human eye. These particles a.k.a silent killer can affect the health, wellbeing and productivity of people working in your workplace with weaker health conditions such as allergies, asthma, bronchitis, pneumonia and lung cancer and exacerbate the conditions of people who already suffer from them. Studies have found that poor air quality reduces most measures of office performance by 6-9%.  

Factors affecting infection risk

Airborne particles can be composed of both solids and liquid droplets, each of which can have a wide range of chemical components derived from natural minerals, man-made materials or industrial pollutants. These particles can also be of biological origin, such as viruses, bacteria, fungal spores (including mould), pollen, particles of skin, hair and dried droppings of animals and humans. 

There are several scenarios that cause airborne transmission: 

i. Talking, coughing and sneezing are sources of airborne particles that contain microbes from human lungs, nose, throat and mouth. These common human activities create airborne particles in a wide range of sizes that can be measured in millimetres down to nanometres and either particles land on surfaces or enter ventilation system to be spread around the building 

ii. Damp surfaces provide a suitable environment for bacteria and fungi to grow. These can occur in office building ventilation systems, fridges and surfaces made wet by condensation or water leaks.

iii. Airborne particles can enter office buildings from outside through open windows and doors, ventilation systems, joints and cracks in walls and ceilings, and on clothes, shoes and food. 

iv. Organic gases, usually termed VOCs (volatile organic compounds), are produced by human, animal and plant metabolic processes. These gases are also present in a large number of manufactured products including many building materials and furnishings and consumer products, including carpets, furniture, paints and varnishes, cleaning products, deodorants, perfumers, etc.

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