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Rah-rah for elderly in rehabilitation with this pet robot dog
SINGAPORE - It is a pet robot dog which can move and bark as it spurs on seniors doing their therapy exercises. It is also part of a system which allows caregivers and therapists to monitor the seniors' exercise data over the cloud. The project by Singapore Polytechnic (SP) beat 15 others to bag the top prize in the technology category at this year's National Assistive and Rehabilitation Technology Student Innovation Challenge.
Five free online courses launched in new partnership to raise awareness of e-waste recycling
SINGAPORE - Five virtual courses were launched on Monday (July 18), as part of a new collaboration to raise awareness on electronic waste management and the sustainability of resources. They are part of the partnership between waste management company Alba E-Waste Smart Recycling Pte Ltd and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), which was also launched on Monday (July 18).
Anchor tenant of $16.8m coffee shop moving out, but not over rent
SINGAPORE - The anchor tenant of a coffee shop in Tampines that sold for $16.8 million in May will move out by the end of the month, but said it was not over rental hikes. Indian-Muslim restaurant Saffrons, which operates 10 of the 11 stalls at the coffee shop in Block 201D Tampines Street 21, said that its last day of operations there will be on July 27. Already a subscriber?
Residents and stallholders worry about price hikes as coffee shop sales see record prices
SINGAPORE - Until recently, civil servant Norman Lopez did not think much of what he pays when patronising the KPT Kopitiam at Block 848, Yishun Street 81 twice a day for his coffee fix. But that changed when food and beverage giant Chang Cheng Group forked out $40 million in June for the coffee shop, a transaction that followed two other recent high-price coffee shop sales. Already a subscriber?
E-Bridge Pre-School teachers win top prize after using nature's elements to teach Mandarin
SINGAPORE - One tried-and-tested way to engage and teach preschoolers is to develop characters or props using loose materials like branches, leaves, wood chips and bottle caps. Ms Fang Liyuan, Ms Chu Ya-Li and Ms Xu Ruijin, from E-Bridge Pre School, used the strategy to teach their students Mandarin, encouraging them to collect leaves, twigs and branches and guiding them to create different characters and props which were then used to put together a storybook.
Heartland businesses, households find ways to use less electricity to cut their utility bills
SINGAPORE - Small businesses, some of which have seen their electricity bills doubling, have taken steps to reduce their energy bills but are still finding it difficult to make ends meet. Ten shopkeepers ST spoke to in Kovan and Ang Mo Kio on Thursday (June 30) cited other pressures, such as competition from e-commerce, as contributing to difficulties faced by heartland businesses. Already a subscriber?
12 winning entries at Chinese radio scriptwriting contest
SINGAPORE - One winning script at this year's Chinese Radio Drama Script Writing Competition was about a man who gets his wish to live forever but is unable to die later on. Another involved an artificial intelligence (AI) device that knows a man inside out. All in, there were 361 entries submitted by more than 900 students from over 60 educational institutions this year.
New initiative aims to help green Singapore and raise funds for social causes
SINGAPORE - A new initiative that aims to help green up Singapore's urban areas and raise funds for social causes was launched on Friday (June 24) by events management company Circus Maximus International. The effort, called Target15.sg, involves the initiative partnering with organisations such as schools to grow 150,000 trees over the next five years on their premises from seeds or seedlings sourced from partner nurseries in Malaysia and Indonesia.
NTU spin-off firm to help transform data centres into energy-efficient set-ups
SINGAPORE - Scientists in Singapore are using artificial intelligence (AI) to help transform typically energy-sapping data centres into energy-efficient ones. Following successful trials, the team from Red Dot Analytics, a spin-off company from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), is now looking to commercialise the technology developments, the company revealed at a media briefing on Tuesday (June 14).
SLA and NTU ink agreement to use satellite data to measure effects of climate change
SINGAPORE - To better monitor changes to Singapore's land height and sea levels, up to four new coastal Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) reference stations will be installed across the island for data collection. This move comes under a new four-year partnership signed on Monday (June 6) between the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) and the Nanyang Technological University's Earth Observatory of Singapore (EOS).
Durian prices up as bad weather hits harvest and labour, fertiliser costs rise
Karen See, Sabarna Manoharan and See Yi Ro SINGAPORE - He was not keen on increasing durian prices, but Mr Zen Ho, the founder of Durian Empire, has been forced to charge more for the fruit this season. The price of Malaysia's musang king durians at Punggol's Durian Empire was between $15 and $18 per kg pre-pandemic, but Mr Ho estimates that the variety will cost anywhere between $20 and $25 per kg now.
Boatmen braved searing heat to ensure nobody was trapped in the burning yacht
SINGAPORE - Sprinting barefoot for 200m, the father of two ran towards a yacht that was on fire, worried that there might be people trapped in the inferno. The yacht, which was anchored at Marina at Keppel Bay, had caught fire on Monday morning (May 30). Already a subscriber? Log in ST One Digital Package - Monthly $9.90 $0.99/month No contract $0.99/month for the first 3 months, $9.90/month thereafter. T&Cs apply.
'I lost everything': Housewife regrets not buying fire insurance
SINGAPORE - To escape an electrical fire that engulfed her second-storey Housing Board flat, Madam Norizan Abuhassan, 42, her husband and son jumped from her window. The fire, which occurred on Feb 28 last year, destroyed the two-room flat in Block 22 Jalan Tenteram, in Whampoa, and personal belongings worth $6,000. Madam Norizan, a patient service officer, said that when she moves into her new flat in Punggol in September, home insurance will be a must.
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How to Start Living Exactly How You Want To
Too many of us live our lives based on what we think we’re supposed to do or should be doing. Without realizing it, we have let others’ beliefs become our own. That’s fine when those beliefs leverage our strengths and passions and move us toward our dreams. But all too often, these internalized beliefs lead us in the wrong direction and cause us to make choices that are inconsistent with who we are and what we want. So we take the job that fills the wallet but not the heart.
How Can I Live A Happier Life?
Too many of us live our lives based on what we think we’re supposed to do or should be doing. Without realizing it, we have let others’ beliefs become our own. That’s fine when those beliefs leverage our strengths and passions and move us toward our dreams. But all too often, these internalized beliefs lead us in the wrong direction and cause us to make choices that are inconsistent with who we are and what we want. So we take the job that fills the wallet but not the heart.
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