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Daily Cuts - S1E32: Technology gives him a voice

Toh Kok Peng has Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, a neurological disease that causes muscle weakness, which affects his speech, among many other things. He started leaning on eye-tracking technology to find his voice and continue in his career. He “speaks” to Daniel Martin in this edition of Tech Talk through this technology.

Guests: Toh Kok Peng, Vice President, Motor Neurone Disease Association Singapore; Tan Xuet Ying, Treasurer, International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication. She is also a Senior Speech Therapist at Tan Tock Seng Hospital.

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Daily Cuts - S1E86: The Table Guy

Singapore Today's Melanie Oliveiro and Cheryl Goh speak with local artisans The Table Guy – they specialise in wood furniture-making. Co-founder Samantha Zhuang discusses how theirs is a sustainable business and how they customise orders for customers.

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Daily Cuts - S1E84: Smartphone signals on flights

If aviation experts say smartphone signals are too weak to impact flight equipment, why do we have to switch them off? Singapore Today’s Melanie Oliveiro and Cheryl Goh speak to Associate Professor Neelakantam V. Venkatarayalu, from the Engineering cluster at the Singapore Institute of Technology for more.

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Daily Cuts - S1E83: Don't rush to buy bunnies this Year of the Rabbit

It’s the Year of the Rabbit and many may be tempted to purchase a cute bunny to mark the new year. Singapore Today speaks to Anbarasi Boopal, Co-CEO, ACRES, on why you should think twice.

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Daily Cuts - S1E82: Don't Leave Our Wildlife Homeless!

Singapore Today speaks with Richard Hartung, Freelance Writer and Volunteer with the Jane Goodall Institute, about the need to ensure our wildlife do not lose their homes amid our rapidly-developing urban infrastructure.

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Daily Cuts - S1E81: Look Up At The Sky... It's A Green Comet!

Singapore Today speaks with Dr Brad Tucker, Cosmologist at the Australia National University Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, about a rare green comet, which will be passing our Earth for the first time in 50 thousand years.

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