Biometric database leads to immigration arrests

A biometric database enabled authorities to arrest 1,600 immigration offenders at Singapore checkpoints last year, a 167% increase from 2004, officials said Wednesday. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said the system

File zip scores big in medical imaging

A method of compressing huge medical images so they can be transmitted accurately, quickly and inexpensively via the internet has been developed in Singapore. “This is a brand new, paradigm-shifting technology,” The