Factory Runs By Robots to Make Robots Swiss robotics company ABB has revealed that it’s spending US$150 million to build an advanced robotics factory in Shanghai — one that will use robots to build robots. The company will rely on its YuMi single-arm robots, which it once used to conduct an orchestra, for small parts […]
Introduction Every month, a meter reader, wearing light blue shirt, will be entering our house compound to read the electricity meter at our house. Then, he will drop the electric bill into our mailbox. This October’s bill reads RM294. We dream of a day that we will receive a cheque from the meter reader instead […]
Introduction The World Trade Report 2018 (The Report), published by World Trade Organization, examines how digital technologies are transforming global commerce. The Report describes four digital technologies, namely artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things , additive manufacturing (3D printing) and blockchain, which have been achievable by the exponential rise in computing power, bandwidth and digital […]
Making Overseas Call Then In early 2000, my son was accepted to study at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in the US. Being my wife’s boy, she wanted to talk to him regularly on the phone. We would call the local telephone operator and she got him connected to us. Then the magic word, […]
Our consulting company, bison consulting, are entering into a partnership with Blockon Group, blockon.biz, a global Blockchain services company, to offer: Advisory, consulting and compliance for blockchain Initial coin offerings (ICOs) Cryptocurrencies Blockchain Token Training in DLT (Distributed Ledger Technology) and its applications in […]
Introduction Previously, we wrote an article on the development of cochlear implant. This article will cover the business of cochlear implantation. Market research company, Grand View Research, estimated that the cochlear implantation market was worth US$1.1 billion in 2015. As a medical device, with cochlear implant, a person can achieve better sentence understanding as compared […]
This article is courtesy of Jagdish Pandya and Shahin Noble Pilli, which was published in Forbes India Marquee, March 2018. Summary The world held its breadth and witnessed in wonder , the most prominent among news-worthy stories, the rise of a Fintech innovation called ICO in 2017. In laymen’s language-Initial Coin Offering. ICO implies crowdfunding […]
Today, we have an opportunity to discuss with Professor Sayed Azam Ali, CEO, Centre of Crops for the Future, located at University of Nottingham Malaysia. Among the topics of discussion were the impact of climate change on major crops in Malaysia, such as oil palm and rice. A higher variation of temperatures observed over a […]
Background An article in the London Times on August 28th, 2018, described a miracle moment of baby Max when a cochlear implant was switched on in May 2018, just after his first birthday, and Max turned to his mother, Rebecca, in wide-eyed, open-mouthed astonishment. The cochlear implants, which cost about US$10,00 for each ear, are […]
Dato’ Dr Anuar Md Nor is a specialist in the area of innovation management, venture capital and business networks as strategic resources. He teaches these subjects at Azman Hashim International Business School, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. He is also Adjunct Professor at the the School of Management, Asia e University, Malaysia. He founded Bison Consulting, a […]