Podcasts

LED lighting provides brighter, lower-power, longer lasting illumination than traditional lighting systems, and can be programmed to change color and brightness instantaneously. Despite this, lighting in smart buildings still consumes a significant amount of energy.

Professor Archan Misra and fellow researchers at Singapore Management University look at the development of a smart…

Assessment is a powerful tool in education which can influence the way in which students respond to teaching, and their overall learning experience. Innovative technologies have also paved the way for alternative assessment formats, including video-based evaluations and interactive tools like VR.

A research team from Singapore Management University conducted a meta-analysis of the…

With the rapid growth of online shopping, e-commerce retailers face shifting operating costs and challenges, including shipping across geographic regions and time periods.

Research conducted by Yun Fong Lim and Marcus Ang from Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University and Song Jiu from the School of Economics and Management, Southwest Jiaotong University explores…

No longer just for gamers, VR is also becoming progressively more widespread, for example with uses in medicine, to give an interactive visualisation of the human body, or to provide employee training in a safe and scalable way, without the risk of the employees getting hurt or accidents occurring. Now, VR is beginning to find its place in reimagining education.

A team from…

Voice-based marketing is becoming increasingly popular on social media and video sites – Even in this very podcast, your player may drop an advert in for you to listen to.

How successful are voice-overs at increasing sales, though? And for a product or charity still raising funds, is it possible to increase their appeal through narration alone?

Researchers from Singapore…

Finding out why some collaborations are more successful than others is complex, and includes factors of culture, gender, and attitudes to conflict and creativity.

Associate Professor Roy Chua of Singapore Management University and Assistant Professor Mengzi Jin of Peking University have been investigating the way that men and women interact with people from other cultures when they face…

The trend of companies using technologies to improve their products, processes, and teams effectively is collectively described as a digital transformation. As digitization proliferates, companies are beginning to put more emphasis on their governance, risk, and compliance – but do investors understand their values and impacts?

Researchers from Singapore Management University…

Well-being is a well-established and growing field within psychology, and an increasingly popular area of study for psychology students. However, it’s also challenging to define: What does good well-being look like for any person, and what do we need to know to study it?

A team of researchers, led by Dr William Tov of Singapore Management University, attempt to define well-being, not…

Mobile Health, or mHealth, is a branch of digital health focussed on monitoring health-related information which can be sent directly to doctors and other healthcare professionals.

A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge and Singapore Management University investigate how head-worn technologies have only come about in the last couple of years or so, but look set to…

General equality rights can seem quite straightforward. But treating someone equally can become complicated when we apply the concept of equality to a specific government decision. How do we decide if a person has been treated equally in relation to a particular government decision? To what or to whom do we compare them?

Kenny Chng from Singapore Management University compares different…