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Design Crucial Element in Successful Innovation

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Multidisciplinary approach to design key for successful products that provide a better human experience.

 

 

Disruption has become the new normal and in order to harness technologies for better outcomes, creatively designed solutions are required. Design-led innovation can bring about environmentally sustainable solutions that lead to a better human experience.  

 

Playing a Lead Role in Innovation for Sustainable Development

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Singapore has the attributes to be a leader in this emerging field where technology helps tackle environmental challenges

 

A key theme that came out of the discussions during TechInnovation at SFF x SWITCH (Singapore Fintech Festival x Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology) was that Singapore can play a leadership role in the field of innovation and sustainable development which looks at developing technology solutions to tackle the environmental challenges that the world faces.

 

Nutrition Gets Personal

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Companies hoping to tap the personalised nutrition pie need to think both about the products they are offering as well as their business model. 

 

We are what we eat—the dietary choices we make are reflected in the state of our health. For example, eating too much sugary and oily food is a common gateway to type II diabetes, a chronic condition that affects over 420 million adults worldwide.

Igniting Innovation — Dro Tan of Matex

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Going green and growing sustainably 

 Find out how this Singapore-based company used an open innovation strategy to cope with tectonic shifts in the global chemicals industry.

 

While pigments and dyes add colour to our world, not all of them are environmentally friendly. Should these chemicals leach into streams and lakes untreated, for example, they may cause harm to the organisms that reside in or drink from those water bodies.

Teaming Up to Create Smart Solutions

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When a Singapore company that distributes smart waste bins met a Finnish firm that produces wall robots that clean building exteriors at a technology matching event co-organised by IPI and the Helsinki Business Hub, the two were drawn to each other. Their focus on smart products meant they could collaborate on research and innovation.

Nuts & Bolts - Sink or Swim with Innovation

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A deep dive into aquaculture technology
 Advanced water management systems, diagnostic kits and high-tech floating platforms are now available to the modern-day fish farmer.

 

The world’s oceans are a vast source of food for humanity. However, to meet burgeoning consumer demand while limiting the damage to natural ecosystems, aquaculture is becoming a necessary element of the seafood supply chain.

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