Science & Tech

Several Taiwanese organizations led by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) recently showcased the nation's latest milestones in drone engineering at a European trade show for autonomous systems, autonomous mobility and robotics in Germany.

Fifteen companies from a Taiwanese drone industry delegation are currently in Germany to participate in a European drone industry trade fair, the delegation's organizer, the Taiwan Excellence Drone International Business Opportunities Alliance (TEDIBOA), said Tuesday.

Mark Liu (劉德音), the former chairman of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), has founded an academic center at the University of California, Berkeley to enhance U.S. tech competitiveness.

A submarine cable connecting Taiwan and the Matsu Islands suffered a "complete disconnection" on Sunday, the second such incident affecting the fiber optic telecom link this year, the Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA) said Monday.

Audrey Tang (唐鳳), Taiwan's ambassador-at-large for cyber affairs, said on Saturday that freedom and security are not mutually exclusive, and praised Taiwan's approach to digital challenges.

A Taiwanese company is seeking to introduce its state-of-the-art colored solar panel system to Palau in a bid to promote its technology overseas and develop green energy in the Pacific ally.

In an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven world largely powered by the chips of Nvidia, the history and blueprint of the Silicon Valley chip giant founder Jensen Huang (黃仁勳) is considered by many to be every bit as interesting as that of his world-leading company.

Taiwan plans to boost its national computing power from the current 160 petaflops to around 1,200 petaflops by 2029, a 7.5-fold increase over the next four years, the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) said Thursday.

The Taiwan Space Agency (TASA) announced Wednesday that the Taiwan-Japan co-developed small satellite "ONGLAISAT" had hit a key milestone by completing 50 imaging operations and successfully testing three key technologies.

Taiwanese researchers from National Chung Cheng University (CCU) and National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) have identified a novel signaling mechanism in pancreatic cancer patients, knowledge of which might help improve survival rates for the deadly disease.