webfact Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janetdoe Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaiChai Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Shouldnt this be split into two different stories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdecas Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 (edited) "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcent Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 The ministry stuff is reading to much Japanese cartoons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
givenall Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Must be getting ready for April fools day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevbap Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Must be getting ready for April fools day Thought that was every day in Thailand ? :jap: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1weatherman Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrowsdawdle Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehaigh Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelmann Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Is the device a man running round shouting fire fire?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloudhopper Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukeleto Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Must be getting ready for April fools day Thought that was every day in Thailand ? :jap: Hahahahaaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukeleto Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dckuser Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 ... in the good old times "devices", like this, were here called "Mor Doo", right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SantiSuk Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonclark Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 "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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asiawatcher Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 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). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosompoi Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I guess they found another use for those hand held bomb detecting devices that didn't work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennalder Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 “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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swillowbee Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 ... a Thai-made machine to predict impending Thai disasters ... right ... in English, we know it as an "election". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softgeorge Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
softgeorge Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaZa9 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Tell me its not JJ wiith a jetski, a pair of binoculars and a mobile phone........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Is the device a man running round shouting fire fire?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geriatrickid Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigermonkey Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukfool Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangon04 Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siampolee Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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