Keeping up with innovation in the year ahead
 Get up to speed with the latest tech trends

The start of a new year can bring both hope and anxiety, especially as disruptive innovation remains the only certainty in the foreseeable future. Keeping abreast of tech-related trends across a wide swathe of industries can help business owners and innovators better position themselves to ride a rising tide or avoid potential pitfalls. In no particular order, we’ve put together a list of five tech trends to watch as the year unfolds.

Never too late to innovate
 Check out some of the hottest innovations on IPI's Online Marketplace in 2018

Matching experience and ambition in medtech
 In the highly-regulated medical device sector, industry veterans on IPI's TechExpert platform can help inventors and entrepreneurs avoid pitfalls and identify opportunities for growth.

A deep dive into aquaculture technology
 Advanced water management systems, diagnostic kits and high-tech floating platforms are now available to the modern-day fish farmer.

The world’s oceans are a vast source of food for humanity. However, to meet burgeoning consumer demand while limiting the damage to natural ecosystems, aquaculture is becoming a necessary element of the seafood supply chain.

Ingredients for the future of food
 Consumers are demanding healthier food and becoming more aware of food waste. Food technology companies are innovating to rise to these challenges. 

MedTech from European SMEs
Tiny sensors, wearable health trackers and health data analysis platforms were among the technologies featured at TechInnovation 2018.

Bill Gates wrote in 2013 that, “I have been struck again and again by how important measurement is to improving the human condition.” This statement is just as relevant today as it was then, especially in the healthcare sector, where the first step of diagnosing disease typically involves measuring some physiological parameter, be it body temperate or heart rate.

How supply chains are benefitting from innovation
 The weakest link in a supply chain could cost companies dearly. Here are three TechOffers making logistics more tractable and efficient.

Spicing up the F&B industry with technology
 If you thought whipping up a good meal was just about putting food over a fire, think again. Blockchain, AI and 3D printing are some of the latest trends in food innovation. 

How a local SME is still going strong after 45 years 
 Focus on building creative, capable and adaptable teams to reap the benefits of open innovation, says Phyllis Ong of Armstong Industrial Corporation Limited.

Imagination and ambition put the first man, Neil Armstrong, on the moon. Singapore-based Armstrong Industrial Corporation Limited (Armstrong Industrial) was founded in 1974 with similar gumption, albeit in the domain of precision engineering.

The tech side of medicine
 Whether you need to develop a vaccine in record time or detect a pathogen in a patient sample, these three TechOffers have got you covered.