Thai Science And Technology Ministry To Unveil Locally-Developed Weather Forecast And Disaster Warning Machine

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Science and Technology Ministry to Unveil Disaster Warning Device

The Science and Technology Ministry will this week unveil a locally-developed weather forecast and disaster warning device.

Science and Technology Minister Weerachai Weerametheekul said the National Science and Technology Development Agency is set to unveil its weather forecast machine some time this week.

He noted his ministry will coordinate with the Interior Ministry on the use of the device to alert residents in disaster-prone areas of possible incidents, in addition to the sending of alert messages via the Internet and the cellular network.

Weerachai added the ministry has been supporting research and development of robotic technology by various agencies.

The ministry, along with Seagate Technology Thailand, the Thai Robotics Society and the National Electronics and Computer Technology Center, jointly organized the Thailand Robotics Humanoid Soccer Championship 2011 in January.

The Phoenix team from King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi won the competition and will compete in an international event in Turkey this July.

The minister noted the younger generation of Thais have spearheaded fast improvements in technology, as evidenced by the number of awards won at international competitions.

He said in the future, robotic technology in Thailand will be further developed and employed to assist in social works such as nursing and disaster prevention and relief.

-- Tan Network 2011-03-28

[janetdoe]

I saw this Thailand Robotics Humanoid Soccer from the Seagate guys in Panthip Plaza yesterday. Big crowd, lots of photos, lots of hype - very little robotics or football!

[MaiChai]

Shouldnt this be split into two different stories?

[asdecas]

"a locally-developed weather forecast and disaster warning device"

Held together with ปลาร้า, no doubt. This I must see.

Edited March 28, 2011 by asdecas

[elcent]

The ministry stuff is reading to much Japanese cartoons.

[givenall]

Must be getting ready for April fools day

[kevbap]

Must be getting ready for April fools day

Thought that was every day in Thailand ?

:jap:

[1weatherman]

The main story devolved into the robotic soccer playing machines. So maybe they will have the robots go around and warn everyone of impending disaster.

[arrowsdawdle]

Actually, this new device will cost upwards of 3 billion baht and is a bowl of somtam that you place on the back porch. If it is wet, it is raining. If it is moving, it is an earthquake. If it is under water, it is flooding. If it is moving horizontally through the air, it is a typhoon. If it is gone, call the fortune teller and confirm with a second opinion from the Tarot.

[stevehaigh]

Actually, this new device will cost upwards of 3 billion baht and is a bowl of somtam that you place on the back porch. If it is wet, it is raining. If it is moving, it is an earthquake. If it is under water, it is flooding. If it is moving horizontally through the air, it is a typhoon. If it is gone, call the fortune teller and confirm with a second opinion from the Tarot.

perhaps the soccer playing robots are been trained to make the somtam?

[travelmann]

Is the device a man running round shouting fire fire??

[cloudhopper]

Shouldnt this be split into two different stories?

Yeah fluff and bullshit. Unless the weather forecasting and disaster warning machine is to be operated by a robot of course.

I'da thought the Thai Asian News Network would be too embarrassed to translate some of these stories clearly geared for domestic consumption.

[Dukeleto]

Must be getting ready for April fools day

Thought that was every day in Thailand ?

:jap:

Hahahahaaa

[Dukeleto]

The main story devolved into the robotic soccer playing machines. So maybe they will have the robots go around and warn everyone of impending disaster.

Thats the only chance it has of working

[dckuser]

... in the good old times "devices", like this, were here called "Mor Doo", right?

[SantiSuk]

What self-respecting organisation would seek to reinvent something that must be available off the peg from any number of developed and developing nations. Answer - an overly self-regarding nation like Thailand.

Used to see this all the time as a management consultant - petty local company despots reinventing the wheel for the sake of their own egos; they always fall flat on their faces and end up wasting tons of dosh to get an inferior product.

[jonclark]

"Science and Technology Minister Weerachai Weerametheekul said the National Science and Technology Development Agency is set to unveil its weather forecast machine some time this week."

And here it is!!!!!

dowsing.bmp

[asiawatcher]

Shouldnt this be split into two different stories?

No - that is how Thai journalists work, split the story in case one fails. Confusion reigns (rains) of course (pun intended).

[gosompoi]

I guess they found another use for those hand held bomb detecting devices that didn't work.

[kennalder]

“The Science and TechnologyMinistry will this week unveil a locally-developed weather forecast anddisaster warning device.

Science andTechnology Minister Weerachai Weerametheekul said the National Science andTechnology Development Agency is set to unveil its weather forecast machinesome time this week.”

Perhaps we canget the machine to warn us what day that might be, after all I am sure it willqualify as a disaster. But then so was this story and it came with no warning.DOH!

[swillowbee]

... a Thai-made machine to predict impending Thai disasters ... right ... in English, we know it as an "election".

[softgeorge]

The main story devolved into the robotic soccer playing machines. So maybe they will have the robots go around and warn everyone of impending disaster.

DANGER Will Robinson.................

Edited March 28, 2011 by softgeorge

[softgeorge]

What self-respecting organisation would seek to reinvent something that must be available off the peg from any number of developed and developing nations. Answer - an overly self-regarding nation like Thailand.

Used to see this all the time as a management consultant - petty local company despots reinventing the wheel for the sake of their own egos; they always fall flat on their faces and end up wasting tons of dosh to get an inferior product.

Before you can be the Hub of disaster you have to create it.

[zaZa9]

Tell me its not JJ wiith a jetski, a pair of binoculars and a mobile phone...........

[geriatrickid]

Is the device a man running round shouting fire fire??

[geriatrickid]

Tell me its not JJ wiith a jetski, a pair of binoculars and a mobile phone...........

Some of you guys are on a roll today. I suppose I shouldn't comment on everyone, but I am laughing so hard now, the cleaning lady thinks I'm having a seizure.

[tigermonkey]

Is the device a man running round shouting fire fire??

No, actually it is a robotic Chicken Little, who runs around screaming " The sky is falling. The sky is falling!"

Edited March 28, 2011 by tigermonkey

[ukfool]

I managed to find a secret dossier photo of the Thai weather warning system, and must admit they are advancing their technology quite rapidly, although surely more string should have been utilised ?

Edited March 28, 2011 by ukfool

[bangon04]

Must be getting ready for April fools day

Thought that was every day in Thailand ?

:jap:

The trouble with reading "The Nonsense" articles everyday is that when April 1st does come around, there is no way left to surpass the everyday stuff.

Maybe the new device is a G200 bomb detector attached to a blimp. When it reaches the (very low) clouds, it will detect if the sun is shining or not.

Made in Thailand. Where else?

Amusing Thailand.

[siampolee]

My old gran was our weather forecaster on the farm . If her bunions were giving her stick, rain on the way , if her rheumatics kicked in cold weather was on the way.

If her wrist and hands tingled a warm dry spell was assured. What with her and a bit of seaweed and a pine cone that both hung by the door of the cowshed our weather forecast was around 95% accurate.I

Edited March 28, 2011 by siampolee