Asia Pacific

With a latency of just 0.5 seconds, smartphones can now convert text to speech in 21 languages, thanks to Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications Technology.

Delivering the network that's helping to preserve and foster a greater understanding and appreciation of the rich and diverse cultural heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

A team of network engineers from the Nepal Research and Education Network and researchers from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development based in Kathmandu, Nepal have built a sensor network using wireless technologies to monitor high altitude climate change.

Mitigation of the effects of natural disasters and major accidents will be supported by a collaboration with the European Union Earth observation program, Copernicus.

Genetics technical specialists at the Biomolecular Resource Facility are using the Globus data movement service through AARNet to share huge datasets with national and international collaborators.

A Japanese research consortium involving NICT and partners has developed a 64-qubit quantum computer based on superconductivity.

eduroam is now available at university campuses in The Phillipines, allowing students, researchers, and staff of the participating institutions to connect to the internet at their own campus and when they visit other partner universities and institutions worldwide.

Research and education networks in the Asia Pacific collaborated to provide the ‘SuperSpeed’ network to deliver an interactive live volumetric video performance between Sydney and Tokyo at SIGGRAPH Asia 2023.

Observation of processes inside live cells, optical communication in deep space, and quantum computers are examples of applications which will benefit from a new Japanese technological achievement.

Collaborating to develop the world’s first smart card systems able to withstand even quantum computer attacks.

Through the cooperation of multiple networks, three different international redundant routes were established between the two sites and created a highly robust telesurgery environment.

A trial in Japan has demonstrated the world’s first system able to store genome data from many individuals in multiple locations so that they can be used for medical treatment and healthcare.