Sir Charles Kao, the inventor of fiber optics who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics, passed away in Hong Kong on 23 September. Fiber Optics is seen as the kernel of broadband and internet over the past two decades, for its capability to disseminate a large quantity of digital data in no time. The

At the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, there is no smell of disinfectant and the need to queue; just a control panel bearing your medical history and results from the recent tests, against a backdrop of bigger screens giving diagnosis, treatment suggestions and ready to