Innovation Insights

Tapping on open innovation to add value to data centres  ERS has been providing solutions to data centres for more than two decades. Its CEO, CK Cheong, tells us how open innovation has helped his company stay competitive. Although the hype surrounding digitisation often revolves around software applications, the hardware aspects of managing digital data are equally important. With proper...

Keeping abreast of the emerging trends in manufacturing. Looking to ride the wave of the fourth industrial revolution? This trio of trends could be the wind in your sails. As the saying goes, ‘they don’t make them like they used to’. Over the years, the types of products available in the market have evolved, and so have the methods used...

A trio of TechOffers from TechInnovation 2017 TechOffers that deliver comfort, convenience and cleverness were on display at TechInnovation 2017. Amidst a lively and congenial atmosphere, inventors and enterprise owners mingled at TechInnovation 2017, Asia’s premier industry-technology matching event organised by IPI Singapore. Over a span of two days, we scoured the sprawling innovation marketplace of more than 400 emerging...

How co-creation is a boon for the healthcare sector  Sean Carney, Chief Design Officer of Royal Philips, shares his insights into how co-creation drives innovation and creates value in the healthcare sector.   Illness and frailty are part and parcel of the human condition, and as populations around the world age, the global healthcare system is coming under immense strain...

How SMEs can benefit from Open Innovation. Open Innovation (OI) is not just for large multinational corporations; small and medium enterprises also have a lot to gain. Promising to deliver crispy, tasty food cooked with 80 percent less oil, the AirFryer has found its way onto many a kitchen countertop. Since it was launched by Dutch consumer appliance giant Philips...

Brokering international partnerships with IPI.  IPI Singapore is a gateway to global innovations, helping local and regional enterprises tap on technological solutions for future growth. It is one thing to be an inventor and quite another to be an entrepreneur. Dr. Sze Tiam Lin, senior director of the IPI, found this out back in 1997 when he developed a short-message-service...