Coding is an essential skill for anyone looking to work in software or technology. But for a class of girls, it’s also a way of expressing creativity. Girl’s Learning Code Day, held by the non-profit Ladies Learning Code, hosted a …
Robot Overlord DJ Sures and Professor E show robots that were built with the EZ-B v4 Developer Kit and IoTiny. Many special guests in this episode, including R2D2, Wall-e, ATAT Walker, Dalek and an InMoov. See what’s inside EZ-Robot’s Developer Kit! …
In a childcare centre classroom, 15 pre-schoolers are using tablets and playing a digital game called Manta Match Mania. With laser-like focus, they use their fingers to drag different shapes on the right of the screen, to fit into a …
These days, almost everyone has a smart phone with dozens of mobile apps installed. Whether it’s an app for games, information or work, mobile applications have become part of our daily life. Rather than letting your kids be passive passengers …
“Coding” involves writing programs for the creation of computer software, websites and apps. How old do you have to be to learn this skill? As it turns out, children in kindergarten are able to grasp the concepts of coding and …
Singapore’s most exciting tech carnival is back! Double the fun, Tech Saturday, an event of Smart Nation Innovations Week, is upsized with more tinkering stations, cool demos and gadget and free workshops. There’s something for everyone! Tech Saturday was attended …
School-going children in Singapore will soon be using a pocket-sized, codeable computer, called the micro:bit, to pick up coding skills. The move is aimed at instilling passion for technology among young Singaporeans. The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) will work …
The digital revolution is disrupting jobs and impacting wages, and governments must choose between insulating themselves or equipping their citizens with the relevant skills to ride the waves of the revolution. Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation initiative Vivian Balakrishnan said …
Traditional programming languages are very powerful. However for many software projects they are over complicated, requiring you to go to a great deal of effort to learn them, write code and read it later. For example, the human mind is …
Singapore is often praised for its high standards of education, so it might be surprising to some that the nation state suffers from a huge knowledge-skills gap. According to the Hays Global Skills Index, despite Singapore having one of the …