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FEATURE / MALAYSIA TECH MONTH 2021
MALAYSIA TECH MONTH 2021: DIGITAL DISRUPTORS Malaysia Tech Month 2021 featured an enlightening session themed “Five Lessons of Resiliency and How Exponential Technologies Are Transforming Businesses and Society”. dealing with powerlines, Aerodyne is able to accelerate the process by four times. Common concerns on reliability, safety and compliance to regulatory requirements have all been addressed with track record and proven effectiveness to drive adoption rates.
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he Digital Disruptors session featured five speakers who addressed various topics on disruptions in industry and business. The session was moderated by MDEC’s Gopi Ganesalingam, Vice President Tech Ecosystems and Globalisation (TEG), and Ryan Chan, Head of Global Business Development, Tech Ecosystems and Globalisation. In his opening address, Gopi said, “Undeniably, technology is changing the very fabric of our society. We are experiencing digital transformation that has fundamentally altered the way we work, live and interact with one another.” He adds that in any domain technology is driving business growth and inclusion, empowering individuals, driving entrepreneurship, improving the delivery of healthcare services and enabling crucial changes in our ability to tackle shared societal challenges. The discussion encompassed the driving of purpose to technology, creating positive outcomes to the wider world.
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KAMARUL A MUHAMED Founder & Group CEO, of Aerodyne Group - The Future of Flying Robots On the topic of large organisations managing critical assets across large areas, Kamarul explains that lack of proper management leads to rising costs, revenue loss, and threats to national security, among others. He proposes the use of robots in effectively and efficiently managing these assets. In using drones, the question has always been whether these equipment are ready for commercial use as they are often viewed as only beneficial for military purposes. Kamarul shares that using robots is an advanced approach to solving problems in industry, business and government. He added that through Aerodyne’s robots, the company is able to provide faster, better, cheaper and safer solutions to the market. On the readiness of robots for industry, Kamarul says that Aerodyne has been able to show that productivity can be increased by 300%. When
TS. ALVIN KOH Founder & CEO, Blinkware Technology – Saving Lives Through Advanced AI Technology Alvin explains that Blinkware, a pioneer in advanced AI software especially image processing and vision technology, pivoted to be a society-centric company in order to deliver affordable solutions. Previously, the company had successfully completed a project for a Japanese car manufacturer to use its solution in their supply chain to detect defects. With that, as the demand for machine learning grows in the market, Blinkware started to focus on providing technology to fuel industry efficiencies. In 2018, dentists at a hospital in Adelaide, Australia approached Blinkware, to create a technology that allows them to identify cavities fast. At the same time, Blinkware was also working on more advanced technology for the medical field in regards to chest X-rays; and in 2019 when COVID-19 hit the world, Blinkware decided to focus on image processing and image recognition. The company created Airre Scan, an enhanced version of x-rays for the human body. Blinkware worked
