Workers use shovels to turn longans inside brick kilns at a cultural festival in Nantou County’s Jhongliao Township yesterday. Manual stirring ensures that the longans are exposed to even heat during a slow-roast process and gives the dried fruits a smoky flavor.
Photo courtesy of Nantou County Government
Taiwan and other technology democracies have a "golden but narrowing" three-to-five-year window to lay the foundations for an advanced robotics supply chain outside China, particularly for humanoid robots, a Taiwan-based researcher said yesterday. A report released on Monday by the Research Institute for Democracy, Society and Emerging Technology (DSET) examines China-West competition in physical artificial intelligence (AI) and Taiwan’s potential role in developing alternatives to Chinese robot supply chains. Humanoid robots remain unproven, meaning China’s lead in shipments currently has a limited impact on the real economy, Nathanael Cheng (鄭秉信), a policy analyst in the DSET Economic Security Program, said in a
Shares in King Slide Works Co (川湖科技), a supplier of rail kits used in servers, rose by the 10 percent daily limit to close at a record high of NT$13,750 yesterday, making the company’s founder and chairman Lin Tsung-chi (林聰吉) Taiwan’s richest person for the time being. According to Forbes’ real-time billionaires list, Lin’s net worth increased by US$1.8 billion to US$19.5 billion yesterday, surpassing Yageo Corp (國巨) founder and chairman Pierre Chen (陳泰銘), who has a net worth of US$17.4 billion, to become the richest person in Taiwan and rank 140th globally. The stock’s rally came as the company on Friday
