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An Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system is one great way to help call centres automatically direct incoming calls. It may even help reduce staffing requirements if some call issues can be resolved automatically. We envisioned ...
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You could say we’re seeing the future of input pointing gadgets here. It’s like what Tom Cruise used in Minority Report. This week, Leap Motion officially starting shipping its shiny new gadget that enables you to ...
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Scanadu Scout has become the most successful project on Iniegogo crowdfunding platform. The Scanadu Scout is a gadget from the world of Star Trek. Heard of the Tricorder? It’s a handheld scanner that scans, analyses and ...
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Some people get passionate about their keyboards. I’m more the kind that go for functionality. I’ll have a bunch of requirements, but they all revolve around practical needs and functionality. It’s quite likely ...
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One of the fascinating things about the Raspberry Pi is that it’s supposed to be cheap. The Model B, which comes with wired Ethernet built-in, costs S$45. When it was first announced, many people were excited about this ...
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Science is an important part of our lives, and it’s never too early to expose our kids to the exciting world of science. As part of the Singapore Science Festival 2013, A*Star and Science Centre Singapore have organised ...
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We run some storage pods that are built based on BackBlaze design. Our latest build is a chassis containing 45 pieces of 3TB drives, giving us a total raw disk capacity of 135TB. It’s a nice system that provides plenty of ...
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The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC), which comprises Google, Facebook, eBay, Yahoo and Salesforce, blasts our Media Development Authority’s (MDA) new licensing requirements for Internet news sites. A strongly worded letter ...
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The haze in Singapore reached record levels last month, hitting a 3-hour PSI reading of 401 on 21st June. Many of us were a little disappointed at the “laggy” PSI reports provided by our National Environment Agency, ...
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Portable external USB hard disks are a pretty common sight nowadays. In the last year, there is an increasing demand for such gadgets to be more than simply functional. I don’t mean just value-added features. Just like ...