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Singapore is a dense city, yet many of us have little interaction with our neighbours. Is this a cultural trait, or has urban design made connection more difficult? Professor Khoo Peng Beng (Head of ASD) shares his insights on Our Grandfather Story’s (OGS) ‘What The Fact’ series.

One of the winners is local robotics company LionsBot, with its autonomous robots that are armed with AI navigation, fleet management and generative AI support.

Dr Felicity Chan (LKYCIC) shares insights on how we can embrace nostalgia’s influence. Whether it’s dying cinema theatres or vanishing heritage trades, we feel the same cultural yearning for the past. And this is only likely to increase, with change the only constant in Singapore.

SUTD believes this is how one will innovate in future; it is also how one will craft the future of innovation for economy and society.

Professor Yow Wei Quin’s commentary on finding calm through walking and renewal through movement, featured on Shin Min Daily News.

Singapore Sports School signed a memorandum of understanding with local universities to facilitate athlete-friendly practices, including aptitude-based admissions or support to swop class groups to accommodate their training and competitions.

Fitback is a plug-in for an e-commerce platform that uses AI to help measure and recommend the right clothing size to consumers.

Professor Yow Wei Quin, Head of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS), writes about being financially savvy and ageing.

The Lobster Shell 3D Printing Composite material project follows a growing field of interest in chitin-based biocomposites. Earlier studies include a Martian biolith prototype by SUTD.

Studies are being done to help people weather the heat at home, without relying on air-conditioning too much. Researchers from SUTD and NUS have been tracking the thermal comfort of participating residents for two weeks with the help of skin temperature sensors, wearables and survey responses.