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Officials hail nanotech trucks

Mobile nanotechnology-based water purification vehicles have been launched to strengthen emergency water supplies in disaster-hit areas, as authorities seek to improve resilience against increasingly frequent floods, droughts and water contamination.

Bangkok Post · Jul 5

B20m AI platform targets universities

The Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) and the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) have co-invested 20 million baht to launch the home-grown "ABDUL Uni" artificial intelligence (AI)-based higher education platform, which serves as a teaching assistant to support personalised learning for students.

Bangkok Post · Jun 23

Panel set to request B1bn AI budget

The national artificial intelligence (AI) committee will ask the new government to allocate a budget of 1 billion baht to accelerate the creation of 30,000 AI jobs over three years.

Bangkok Post · Jul 12, 2023

Activist sets sights on GT200 case

Activist Srisuwan Janya said he will petition the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) to look into the army's hiring of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) for 7.5 million baht to examine fraudulent bomb detectors purchased years ago.

Bangkok Post · Jun 5, 2022

Army 'wasted' B7.5m probing duds

A Move Forward Party (MFP) lawmaker on Friday claimed the army hired the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) for more than 7.5 million baht to examine GT200 bomb detectors that had already been proven to be fake.

Bangkok Post · Jun 4, 2022

Zinc batteries in view with plans for plant

Thailand looks set to construct a zinc-ion battery plant to support electric vehicles (EVs) and utilise its own domestic resources.

Bangkok Post · Apr 20, 2022

BOI welcomes establishment of Bio Base Asia Pilot Plant

Ms. Sonklin Ploymee, Deputy Secretary General of the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) joined the press conference held to announce the "Cooperation in establishing Bio Base Asia Pilot Plant (BBAPP)", a joint venture between Thailand’s National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) and Belgium-based Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP),…

Bangkok Post · Apr 11, 2022

State banking on EECi to overcome middle-income trap

The government has high hopes the Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi) will play a key role in helping Thailand develop its own technology to escape the middle-income trap.

Bangkok Post · Apr 6, 2022

Biorefinery slated for operation in 2024

Bio Base Asia Pilot Plant (BBAPP), which manages the multi-purpose biorefinery pilot plant in the Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation in Rayong, is scheduled to start operation in 2024.

Bangkok Post · Mar 31, 2022

PTT, NSTDA foster polymer evolution

National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc plans to scale up production of special-grade face masks and it wants to commercialise implants used in the reconstruction of the human skull -- all made of polymer -- through cooperation with the state-run National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA).

Bangkok Post · Feb 4, 2022