Innovation Insights

Bridging academia and industry  Universities are strongholds of knowledge and ideas, but getting those innovations to the market can be a challenge. Here are four strategies to boost industry-academia collaboration.   Many ground-breaking innovations have their humble beginnings in academia. For instance, Alan Turing carried out much of his foundational work in computing at Cambridge University in the UK and...

Intellectual property in the ASEAN context   Industry experts from the ASEAN region shared their thoughts on the importance of intellectual property and how to make the most of it.      With a combined GDP of close to US$3 trillion, ASEAN is the sixth largest economy in the world and the third largest in Asia. The economic bloc has seen...

Insulating against disruption  Not every company can afford to 'go it alone' when it comes to R&D, hence open innovation is essential for survival, says Amanda Khoo of Nipo International Pte Ltd.    More than half of the world’s population is housed in cities, and according to a report by the United Nations, this demographic is expected to increase to...

Ingredients for the future of food  Consumers are demanding healthier food and becoming more aware of food waste. Food technology companies are innovating to rise to these challenges.    Some people eat to live, while others live to eat. On one hand, people are enjoying their food too much, to the extent that diet-related conditions such as diabetes and obesity...

MedTech from European SMEs Tiny sensors, wearable health trackers and health data analysis platforms were among the technologies featured at TechInnovation 2018. Bill Gates wrote in 2013 that, “I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.” This statement is just as relevant today as it was then, especially in the healthcare...

Producing food in urban centres  As sensor technology and genetic tools converge, even cities now become hubs of agricultural activity.     With rapid population growth, increasing urbanisation and a shrinking rural labour force, food production methods need to be modernised if society is to feed 9.7 billion mouths by 2050. Technology is a key enabler of productivity in many...