By Chew Wei Che, Manager, Smart Nation Platform Solutions The next time you visit a museum, your guide may be highly knowledgeable and informative, has tons of additional museum content at their fingertips, and is great at navigating you through the exhibits. And, they may not be human. Meet…

By Sandra Ang, Assistant Director, Smart District Division Frequently when my friends talked to me about Smart District, they would refer to it as one entity in itself. However, Smart District, to me, is made up of many smaller components — smart energy management, smart retail and smart buildings, for…

By Elin Tan, Assistant Director, Platform Management Have you watched the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics? And which is your favourite event? I personally enjoy watching sports involving teamwork and coordination like Artistic Swimming. It is amazing to see how various members of the teams synchronised their every move despite not…

By Ang Soo Keong, Executive Manager, Smart Nation Platform Solutions A Smart Nation means using technology to make better decisions; better decisions mean a better quality of life for everyone. A better quality of life could mean a Singapore that is resilient, sustainable, and liveable. Integrating physical infrastructure with digital…

By Lim Chinn Hwa, Senior Director, Smart Nation Platform Solutions This is a question we have been asking ourselves since PM Lee Hsien Loong launched the Smart Nation initiative in 2014 with a vision to weave technology into nation-building. As PM Lee has put forth, our key objectives from the…

By Jack Toh, Executive Manager, Smart Nation Platform Solutions Smart cities are only as good as their connectivity. As Singapore embarks on her quest to build a Smart Nation, network connectivity — in my opinion — is core to this vision. The possibilities of future cities are endless: with technologies…

By the Smart Nation Platform Solutions (SNPS) team When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Singapore in late January, the Smart Nation Platform Solutions (SNPS) team quickly developed solutions to support the nation’s efforts to combat the virus. …

By Kwan Wei Pin, Executive Manager, Smart Nation Platform Solutions, GovTech Have you ever thought that the ubiquitous lampposts along the roads could take on another important role in Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative? An effort is underway to turn these lampposts into a platform for smart sensors, adding a new…

By Chong Jia Yi, Distinguished Engineer, Smart Nation Platform Solutions, GovTech. With an ageing population posing long-term challenges to Singapore’s labour force, our Smart Nation Platform Solutions team is exploring technological solutions like smart sensors and autonomous robotics to transform the nature of work, easing the reliance on human intervention…