"INNOVATION"

Social media analytics consultancy Wisesight said on Friday that new categories would be added to the 9th Thailand Zocial Awards.

The King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang unveiled an innovation on Friday that can be used to help fight the new wave of Covid-19 infections.

The Education Ministry will work with the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) in setting up an innovation fund for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with the aim of creating at least 1,000 start-up SMEs with revenue exceeding Bt1 billion per year within five years.

Thailand’s fruit farmers have been handed a simple and eco-friendly way of protecting their crop and boosting profits: recycled paper. The special wrapping to protect ripening fruits from pests is made by Chonburi’s AP Recycle Industrial company with a grant from the Technology and Innovation-Based Enterprise Development Fund (TED Fund).

The National Innovation Agency (NIA) in cooperation with 12 private partners is launching a campaign to promote startup agricultural entrepreneurs to use innovation for boosting product prices instead of relying on government aid, NIA director Panart Chairat said.

National Security and Dual-Use Technology Centre (NSD) has developed "MagikTuch", a touchless elevator button to protect people from contagious diseases.

The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) collaborated with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Chichibu Chemical in the construction of a Plastic Rainwater Storage Structure (PRSS) to prevent damages from inundation at industrial estates in Thailand, starting with a pilot run at Latkrabang Industrial Estate in Bangkok on Thursday (December 19).

A researcher at Suranaree University of Technology (SUT) this week successfully demonstrated the prototype of a pm2.5 dust eliminator using ions and a negative electric change, which could soon be installed in communities.

Finland recently lent a helping hand to Thailand’s tech sector through an academic seminar called “[email protected]” that demonstrated how to develop technology and innovations using the Nordic method.

A model of a dog’s brain simply constructed of paper and cardboard at Chulalongkorn University was deemed useful enough to veterinary studies to win an award in Europe last spring and was recently patented.

A Thai product manufactured by Khaoyai Panorama Farm has received the gold medal at the annual International Invention & Trade Expo organised by the World Invention Intellectual Property Association (WIIPA) in London.

The Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) of the Ministry of Energy has conducted a poll via its facebook page “@StartHaiUpTH” under the topic of ‘What innovations do you use the most’.