In July 2017, we wrote about an interesting take on a wallet. This was the Baggizmo Wiseward Smart Wallet. It was hailed as the world’s smartest and most technologically advanced bi-fold wallet. The Baggizmo Wiseward seemed the ideal solution to keep your device safe from pickpockets, hackers, and our own forgetfulness. How reliable is the Baggizmo Wiseward Smart Wallet? Well, thanks ...
09 categories for 09 industries and 57 winners. This is the SLT Zero One Awards. In case you’re lost, the Zero One Awards is an initiative that was launched by SLT in 2016. The aims of this initiative are to recognize excellence amongst the everything digital in Sri Lanka. And this year it will return to recognize the best digital ...
It’s a sunny Friday morning at Mahinda College. The birds chirp as we climb a steep hill and make our way to the Olcott Hall. After taking a moment to catch our breath, we take a look around the hall. It’s packed with rows of students from all over the Southern Province. Why were they here? Having met the teachers, the ...
One of the most important individuals that shape the world we live in our teachers. For they are the ones that shape the minds of the future. As such, it is crucial that they encourage their students to look towards the future and innovate. Yet here in Sri Lanka, for many teachers, this is a challenge even for the most ...
With the aim of spreading awareness of the BBC Micro:bit, Micro:bit SLUG organized a micro:bit hackathon. Held on the 6th and 7th of July 2018 at Trace Expert City, the HackBit Micro:bit hackathon saw teams from 11 universities and 14 schools taking part. The HackBit hackathon was initially announced by Micro:bit SLUG and opened it for idea submissions in January ...
Hello again. It’s time for another look at some of the really cool gadgets floating around both the local and international market. All items mentioned here are in Sri Lankan Rupee (LKR) format and are available at the time of publishing. So without further ado, here are a bunch of cool gadgets for the month of July. Razer Atheris Wireless ...
If you travel a lot, chances are that you use Google Maps to find the best route. I rely extensively on Google Maps because it shows me an accurate traffic layout and also the best route to get to where I’m going. However, one thing that was missing for Google Maps for Sri Lanka was the ability to display public ...
It’s a global phenomenon. It has gone across Sri Lanka introducing entrepreneurship to different communities. This is Techstars Startup Weekend. By now you’re probably familiar with this 54-hour event, where participants aim to build a startup over the weekend. The latest edition of this global event in Sri Lanka took place at Batticaloa. These are the startup ideas we saw ...
Caring to the needs of the visually handicapped is indeed a challenge. This is especially true when it comes to providing them access to reading materials. Converting a full-length novel or an educational textbook to braille is a costly endeavor. It is also time-consuming. Aiming to find a solution to this, Mobitel, launched a voice library recently. This was done ...
When Dhanika Perera made his first steps towards entrepreneurship, little did he know he would end up producing an award-winning product, one with over 4 million Sri Lankan users. What started off as a university project became a reputed technology company that gave birth to products like Helakuru. But how did it all come to this? We decided to take ...
If you recall, a couple of weeks ago, a group of Sri Lankan eSports athletes made their way to Vietnam to take part in the Qualifiers for the 2018 Asian Games. The athletes would represent Sri Lanka in gaming titles such as League of Legends, StarCraft 2, Hearthstone, Clash Royale and Pro Evolution Soccer 18. They fought hard and proved ...
Advancements in AI and machine learning are helping us make smarter decisions, in turn making our business processes more efficient. They are also helping us automate our day to day tasks, making our lives easier. One such task is facial recognition. We use it to unlock our phones, send filtered pictures to one another and even see how we would ...
At the Inter-University eSports championship organized by held on the 21st of April 2018, MSI unveiled their latest lineup of gaming laptops. Powered by Intel’s 8th Generation processors, the lineup comprises of the MSI GS65 Stealth Thin, GT75 and GE Raider RGB Edition gaming laptops. Further, MSI is also announcing the new GT83 Titan and GT63 Titan gaming laptops as ...
Formed in 2014, ISM APAC is a company of e-commerce specialists. Its roots are based in Europe with its parent company, the ISM e-Group having been in the e-commerce industry for 25 years. They build e-commerce solutions and help maintain them for their clients. It primarily focuses on the B2B market. However, that doesn’t mean ISM hasn’t taken up B2C ...
“It’s just a balloon with icing. We don’t have the f***ing cake yet,” said Mangala Karunaratne – Founder & CEO of Calcey Technologies. I had asked him whether Sri Lanka actually was an innovative nation. While we do have innovative companies, as a nation we can’t pride ourselves on being known for innovation just yet. In Sri Lanka, remittances play ...
When Pokémon GO was first released in 2016, it promised to make us the best that no one ever was. It kicked off with a lot of expectations. Pokémon fans such as myself were excitedly awaiting what new wonders we would expect with Pokémon Go. It wasn’t unusual to see groups of people at places such as Viharamaha Devi Park ...
Over the weekend we saw the Yarl Geek Challenge Season 7 Juniors unfold. In case you’re lost, the Yarl Geek Challenge Juniors is a hackathon conducted by the Yarl IT Hub. This is one of their many initiatives among others in their mission to make Jaffna the next Silicon Valley. This hackathon is primarily aimed at school students and is ...
Aiming to recognize and “Celebrate Ingenuity”, the SLASSCOM Innovation Awards 2018 were held on the 14th of June at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel, Colombo. Here, Innovators across a range of categories in the IT/BPM industry were celebrated for their innovative products and solutions. Over 90 ninety submissions were recorded across seven award categories. The Winners at the SLASSCOM Innovation Awards ...
What is Cryptocurrency? How do you mine it? More, importantly, how do you get rich off it? Back in December 2017 Bitcoin was valued at $17,000. Since then the price has dropped, but if you still want to jump onboard the bandwagon in Sri Lanka there are two ways to do so. You can either mine cryptocurrency coins yourself or invest in ...
Following the workshops for both Educator and Students, the Galle IT-BPM Week will also consist of a Deep Dive workshop. If you missed, it, the Galle IT-BPM Week kicks off from the 4th of July 2018 to the 7th of July 2018. Organized by SLASSOM, ADB, and ICTA, the Galle IT-BPM Week also has a number of universities joining. As ...
