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What's it like to ride in a flying taxi? The South China Morning Post's Celia Chen rode in EHang's passenger-carrying drone. It seats two, and can fly autonomously -- no pilot needed! How did Celia's test flight go? Find out in the video!
Researchers in Singapore have invented clothes that can boost connectivity and save battery life on wireless devices such as headphones and smart watches. The team from the National University of Singapore worked on the technology for over a year.
China's first commercial rocket Smart Dragon-1 made its maiden flight at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China on August 17, 2019, according to reports in Chinese state media. The rocket, which sent three satellites into orbit, was developed by the China Rocket Co, a unit of China Aerospace Science …
Beijing has given Shenzhen special status to carry out wide-ranging reforms in a plan unveiled on August 18, 2019. It hopes the country’s high-tech capital just across the border from Hong Kong will become a model city for others to follow.
Facial recognition cameras have been installed on garbage bins in a complex of flats in the Chinese capital, Beijing. The lids of the bins automatically open when a device recognises the face of a person previously registered on the community’s system. The hi-tech trash cans are in place at one of about 100 apartmen…
Daniel Seah, chief executive of Digital Domain Holdings, said the Hong Kong-listed company spent two years designing the digital avatar for Marvel supervillain Thanos in two blockbuster films. The company created about 800 shots used in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame.
Minneapolis police released files on their investigation into the alleged rape of a student by Chinese tech tycoon Richard Liu. Liu, the 46-year-old CEO of China’s e-commerce giant JD.com, was arrested in August last year. He was accused of raping Liu Jingyao, a 21-year-old Chinese undergraduate at the University of…
Founded in Hong Kong in 2016, Sandbox VR has developed into one of the world’s leading virtual reality (VR) game companies.
The photo-editing smartphone software called FaceApp is raising privacy concerns over the fact it is Russian-owned and because user data is uploaded to Russian servers.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made history as the first humans ever to leave footprints on the moon. An estimated 650 million people around the world watched as they stepped onto the lunar surface on July 20, 1969. Fifty years later, space enthusiasts celebrate the historic day and commemorate the launch of Apollo 11.
On July 20, 1969, humans set foot on a celestial body for the first time, as US astronaut Neil Armstrong reached the moon to take what he described as “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”.
A glass skywalk with ‘5D’ effects was open to the public on July 13 in southwest China’s Guizhou province. The skywalk has a floor made with laminated glass featuring ‘5D’ technology that shows effects like glass-cracking. The structure is 80 metres above ground and can handle 400 visitors simultaneously.
Monaco became the first country in Europe to set up a 5G mobile phone network on July 9, 2019. The network was built using technology from Chinese tech giant Huawei, which has been placed on a US blacklist. Despite security concerns voiced by Washington and other world governments, the local operator has defended it…
The popular Chinese payment app, Alipay, is encouraging users to fight desertification. An initiative in the app allows users to engage in low carbon emissions activities to grow virtual trees and collect energy points. With enough energy points, a virtual tree can then be converted into one real tree that will be p…
As the world’s largest refiner and supplier of rare earths, China is imposing tighter export controls on the metallic chemical elements widely used in hi-tech products, as Beijing tries to elevate its domestic industry.
While many organisations and world leaders have been pushing for better STEM education for the next generation, one 10-year-old girl from Hong Kong is teaching herself and others on her YouTube channel. Using her online name, Purple Oranji introduces other kids to the wonders of science, technology, engineering, and…
Hong Kong has long been known as the “Pearl of the Orient” and until the late 17th century enjoyed a thousand-year-old reputation for wild pearl harvesting.
Megvii, commonly known as Face++, is one of China’s most ambitious artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups. The company was founded in 2011 by three graduates from Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University. Megvii provides facial recognition and other AI technology for a range of uses, including for public security a…
The US government has issued a warning that drones made by Chinese manufacturers may pose risks of cyber-espionage, and threaten the national security of the United States.
British engineer Richard Browning has taken to the skies over Bangkok to demonstrate his flying suit that resembles one worn by action hero Iron Man.
San Francisco became the first US city to ban local police use of facial recognition technology. The ban does not apply to personal, business or federal government use. It’s part of broader oversight legislation that orders local agencies to spell out details of any surveillance currently in use. Supporters say faci…
Chinese-made short video app TikTok has taken the world by storm. Here’s what it's all about.
As one of Hong Kong’s pillar industries, tourism is being shaped by an emerging breed of young tech-savvy travellers. They follow their peers or key opinion leaders (KOL), focus on experience, take shorter trips and as a result, spend less on each visit. Paul Chan, a local tour guide, who weaves history and human st…
The massive Cauchari solar farm project in northern Argentina is a testament to China’s rising influence in Latin America.
Unspun, a Hong Kong and San Francisco based start-up, will make its customers perfect-fitting jeans, on demand, by using a 3D body scan. The company’s jeans are made with a mixture of recycled fibres and organic cotton and it aims to be waste-free by early 2020 when it introduces a 3D weaving technology into the man…
A remote-control system that uses advanced 5G mobile networks to operate a car has taken pole position in the race for attention at the 2019 Shanghai Auto Show.
Terry Gou, founder and chairman of Foxconn Technology Group was ranked the richest man in Taiwan in 2018. He has an estimated net worth of US$7.4 billion.
Hong Kong artist Victor Wong spent three years creating a robot that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to paint Chinese shuimo artwork.
China's ruling Communist Party has been holding events to draw more users to a new app designed to teach users "Xi Jinping Thought" or the Chinese president's political theory that has been enshrined in the constitution. The Xuexi Qiangguo app launched in January features news on Xi's activities and his accomplishme…
European robots maker ABB is betting on China - the world’s largest industrial robot market - to build its biggest factory yet. Set to open in 2020 in Shanghai, it will churn out 100,000 robots annually – a quarter of the total global production capacity in 2017.
SpaceX has completed an unprecedented commercial rocket mission using its Falcon Heavy rocket to send a telecommunications satellite into orbit for Saudi Arabia-based firm Arabsat.
An international scientific team has unveiled a landmark achievement in astrophysics: the first true image of a black hole. The image reveals the black hole at the centre of Messier 87 (M87), a massive galaxy in the Virgo galaxy cluster, about 54 million light years from Earth.
When Wang Yu was diagnosed with late-stage lung cancer in late 2017, he knew he had limited time left with his family. He decided to prepare a special farewell gift for them, travelling from their home in China’s western autonomous region of Xinjiang to the capital Beijing to record his voice for use in a smart home…
Chief News Editor Yonden Lhatoo explains why the next big export for tech-savvy South Korea may be the dirty business of “molka” or secret camera porn, rather than more squeaky clean K-pop idols.
A London-based startup called The Shellworks is developing a method to transform chitin, a biopolymer in shellfish waste, into new bioplastic products that are both biodegradable and recyclable. The method aims to tackle plastic pollution and offers a solution to reduce single-use plastic.
The US has expressed concerns that Beijing could access personal information submitted by the 27 million (or more) users of the gay social networking app, Grindr.
Nasa announced earlier in March that astronauts Christina Hammock Koch and Anne McClain will be conducting the first all-female spacewalk, but on March 26, the plan has been nixed because there’s only one suit aboard the International Space Station that fits both women. Nasa has decided that Koch will be the one to …
The CEO of Boeing has announced that the US aircraft maker will soon release a software update for its troubled 737 MAX jets. The announcement comes after an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 jet went down on March 10, killing 157 people. It was the second fatal air crash in the 737 MAX 8 in less than half a year.…
The University of Minnesota has suspended ties with Chinese tech giant Huawei in February, shortly after ending a nearly 10-year relationship with the Confucius Institute, a Chinese government programme promoting its language and culture overseas. As China-US relations hit a new low, Washington accuses Beijing of us…
A slick tool for teaching “Xi Jinping Thought” has become the most popular smartphone app in China. The country’s ruling Communist Party launched the app as part of a new campaign calling on its cadres to immerse themselves in political doctrine every day.
Samsung has revealed its highly anticipated Galaxy Fold in San Francisco on February 21. It is using the Galaxy Fold, a groundbreaking foldable smartphone, to spur more people to upgrade their phones. Samsung saw its smartphone sales fall 8 percent last year as the the overall market shrinks. The Galaxy Fold will se…
Now a Chinese company has developed new software that can identify people by how they walk. The gait-recognition technology analyses movements to create unique models of people, allowing identities to be matched up even when faces are not clear.
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QR codes are usually computer generated, but one Chinese craftsman is weaving them from bamboo strips. Bamboo weaver Xie Shiyang needs about three hours to create one of the code blocks. The idea of weaving the centuries-old skill with modern technology came up as part of a programme to develop creative cultural pro…
A digital installation which superimposed public faces on an oversize image of China’s iconic terracotta warriors has been shut down by authorities after it drew widespread criticism. Using 3D-modelling technology, the device scanned faces of visitors and then projected their images onto the installation for three m…
When Emma Yang learned her grandmother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, she was determined to use her coding skills to create an app that would empower patients suffering from the disease. Emma is now the founder of 'Timeless,' a STEM advocate and an award-winning innovator at the age of 14.
Chinese tech giant Alibaba has unveiled what it calls a hotel of the future in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Open to the public since December 2018, the 290-room hotel is called FlyZoo, a name playing on a Chinese phrase meaning “it’s a must to stay here”. Guests can check in and unlock hotel rooms with facial-recogn…
Hong Kong researchers are developing a soft magnetic robot that moves like a caterpillar on hair-like legs to deliver drug treatments. The device being developed at City University of Hong Kong can be cut into various shapes and sizes, and ultimately will be miniaturised to travel along blood vessels in human patien…
Vlastimil Gular’s life took a turn for the worse one year ago when minor surgery on his vocal cords revealed throat cancer. Doctors had to remove his larynx, and with it, his voice. But the 51-year-old father of four is still chatting away using a recreation of his own voice rather than the tinny timbre of a robot –…
