Green-integrated technology, solar energy, fuel cells, bacterial factories and genetically-based engineering have been predicted as the top five emerging technologies by local scientists and technologists at the Thai Academy of Science and Technology Foundation.

Central bank establishes system for Internet payments

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has approved the setting up by the Thai Bankers’ Association of a national Interbank Transaction-Management Exchange (ITMX) to provide electronic payment services on the Internet.

Further review for electronic transaction laws

To build competitiveness for Thailand, the legal reform sub-committee has been reviewing the electronics transaction law and it will submit the reviewed law to the electronic transaction committee and the national policy committee by the end of this year. Those committees will then send the new draft to the Cabinet next year.

Computers aid rural children’s enjoyment of art

Every day is beautiful for Chongtip Seangpara, a nine-year-old student at Thawatchaburi Welfare School in Roi-Et, even if her life and family are not perfect.

Scanner instantly checks for present state of health

A woman with headphones sits by a desk where a physician is examining her. As she listens to the beeps, her eyes fall on a computer screen where the graphics of internal organs appear constantly, each of which has a number of signs painted in several colours, indicating the condition it is in.