Tech300

[Marcelene Vasconez]

CityUniversity of Hong Kong, on 8 May, launched the first ever HK Tech 300 Southeast Asia Startup Competition (HK Tech 300 SEA Competition) in Kuala Lumpur, extending the innovation and entrepreneurship programme to Southeast Asia, picking Malaysia as the location for the launch of the competition to foster startups and innovation and technology development in the region.

A large scale flagship innovation and entrepreneurship programme by City University of Hong Kong, HK Tech 300 is organised with a total commitment of up to HK$600 million (RM340 million). It was launched in March 2021.

The HK Tech 300 SEA Competition is being held in partnership with universities and incubators in the region, including Universiti Malaya and Universiti Putra Malaysia from Malaysia, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Chulalongkorn University from Thailand, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Selangor Information Technology and Digital Economy Corporation (SIDEC), and various chambers of commerce. Professor Dr Sabri Musa, Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Malaya said that they are delighted to be a partner in the competition and hope to create synergy for the startup ecosystem in the region.

Through these partners, the competition will bring together the most promising startups in the region. The Top 10 winners will each be awarded angel funding of up to HK$1 million (RM565,000), providing a significant boost for their entrepreneurial endeavours.

To date, HK Tech 300 has cultivated more than 560 startups, each of which received HK$100,000 seed funding, and it has provided up to HK$1 million in angel funding to more than 110 startups while over 1,300 people have participated in its entrepreneurship training. Over 150 experienced industrialists and successful entrepreneurs have served as mentors.

Riding on the success and positive impact of the programme, the expansion of the HK Tech 300 initiative to Southeast Asia demonstrates the vision and determination of City University of Hong Kong to make HK Tech 300 the biggest university-based innovation and entrepreneurship programme in Asia.

The expansion aims to promote technology transfer and commercialisation in the region, showcasing the University's commitment to support Southeast Asian startups in expanding their business to Hong Kong, Mainland China and the whole region, leveraging the unique advantages and resources available in Hong Kong. Visit www.cityu.edu.hk/hktech300/seasia for more information.

I'm still struggling to get my head around it. 30 requires two digits, of course, so is it saying the last two digits displayed are basically nonsense? Why bother with a five or six digit display, in that case?

The Brymen 789 has 5 digits in the display and auto range. If I measure a 1.5V battery, it will display 4 digits after the dot. If I measure mains (230V), it will (only) display two digits after the dot. You can essentially say, the lower the voltage the more digits after the dot you will get.

A friend of mine works professionally as an electrician. He has (through his job) a Fluke DMM (do not know the actual model, it is a rugged one), and when comparing the measurements of a 1.5V AA battery, the difference between the two is 0.0003 volts. Measuring a 10K resistor gave same result. Not tried with a capacitor but I believe it would also be very close.

I have to add my list:

In the spare room with my ham radio equipment is a BK toolkit 2703A that was part of a test set for a former product of a former customer.

In the garage, A Beckman tech300 that I bought in 1980 when I began my data communication consulting business.

In my shop, an unknown DVM identified as MY-6Y. My former business had dozens of excess DVM, so I selected one for home use.

Also in the shop is a Simpson 260 that I was issued in the 1970's by Airforce MARS, a military amateur radio affiliate organization.

All get used when necessary and all still work.

Paul

To be honest, neither do I. Maybe the claim is that the DMM uses 30 digits internally which is then rounded to fit into the 5 digit display. That would be quite impressive (and probably unnecessary), though!

I have a several multimeters of varying quality both digital and analog. The one I use the most frequently though is a Siglent SDM3045X. Not a high end multimeter but not a slouch either, it's a pretty good value in my opinion. The ability to dump readings into a file on a USB drive is pretty handy.

Tom...

PS. I wonder about DMMs that have these fantastic digital resolution, then tell you the last digit can be 30 to 70 counts out.

When you analyze the accuracy you can throw out the last 1 or 2 digits anyway.

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