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Daily Express
2 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Express
Sabah karatekas fight to stand top at Bukit Jalil
Published on: Tuesday, July 29, 2025 Published on: Tue, Jul 29, 2025 By: GL Oh Text Size: Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Karate Association (SKA) were crowned overall champions in the karate event at the National Martial Arts Championship held at the Axiata Arena in Bukit Jalil over the weekend. They captured 11 gold, three silver and three bronze medals to top the medal tally, well ahead of second placed Selangor State Karate-do Association, who only managed four golds, two silvers and six bronze followed by Perak Karate-do with two golds, three silvers and two bronzes. The gold medal winners were Nur Rasyiqahfari'ah Razmi (Cadet Female Kata), Adlin Vince Viceroy @ Irwan (Cadet Male Kata), Danish Rayyan Rajis (Cadet Male Kumite -52kg), Al Zovqinz Zurizal (Cadet Male Kumite -63kg), Amirah Syahidah Azlan (Cadet Female Kumite +61kg), Nur Farhadylia Ershan Jr (Junior Female Kata), Nur Radhiah Fathiah Razmi (Junior Female Kumite -48kg), Muhammad Farish Danish Mohd Saidin (Junior Male Kumite -61kg), Audrey Adreana Baking (Junior Female Kumite -59kg), Nurul Afqatul Khairiyah Jahari (Junior Female Kumite -66kg) and Mickail Zaquan Zurizal (Junior Male Kumite -68kg). Silver medals delivered by Dezzie Chell Davis (Cadet Female Kumite -47kg), Ryyen Ryee Gerrard Rojin (Junior Kata Men), . Putra Rayn Nazwan Heryzuan (Junior Kumite Men -55k), while the bronze medals from Gerrard Lady Gary (Kumite Men +70kg), Liew Ameera Jnita– Junior Kumite Women -53kg 3. Ivan Nicholas Chai (Kumite Men +76kg). SKA secretary general Julian Chin was overjoyed with the team's achievement despite not setting any target for them. 'It was a superb overall performance from the whole team. They took the advice and grabbed the opportunity to do their best and delivered the goods for Sabah. 'Their achievement is a clear indication that they are heading for a promising future. We need to plan ahead to improve them further so that we have a good pool of excellent athletes to solidify our position as a major force in the national karate arena,' he said. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Daily Express
6 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Express
Sabah Karate Association sending 22 karatekas to National Martial Arts Championship
Published on: Friday, July 25, 2025 Published on: Fri, Jul 25, 2025 By: GL Oh Text Size: The karatekas from SKA who will be taking part in the National Martial Arts Championship pose with team officials. Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Karate Association (SKA) will be represented by a 22-member squad to compete in the National Martial Arts Championship at the Axiata Arena in Bukit Jalil starting Saturday (July 26). The 12 male athletes in the team are Adlin Vince Viceroy @Irwan (cadet individual kata), Danish Rayyan Rajis (cadet Jeffisten Jeffrin (cadet -57kg), Al-Zovainz Zurizal (cadet-63kg), Leonard Vresley Binajen (cadet-70kg), Gerrard Lady Gary (cadet +70kg), Ryyen Ryye Gerrad Rojin (junior kata), Putra Rayn Nazwan Heryzwan (junior -55kg), Muhd Farish Danish Mohd Saidin (junior -61kg), Mickail Zaquan Zurizal (junior -68kg), Mohd Idzham Zairie (junior -76kg) and Ivan Nicholas Chai (junior +76kg). The females on the list are Nurrasyiqah Fari'ah Razmi (cadet individual kata), Dezzie Chell Davis (cadet -47kg), Lim Leyca (cadet (-54kg), Rose Dayan Mohd Hamli (cadet-61kg), Amirah Syahindah Azlan (cadet +61kg), Nurfarhadylia Ershan Jr (junior individual kata), Nurradhiah Fathiah Razmi (junior -48kg), Ameera Jnita Liew (junior -53kg), Audrey Adreana Baking (junior -59kg) and Nurul Afiqatul Khairiyah Jahari (junior -66kg). The two-day event also featuring silat, muaythai, wushu and wrestling is organised by the Youth and Sports Ministry through the Youth and Sports Department. SKA secretary general Julian Chin said they are not setting targets for the athletes and urged them to do their best. 'This will be another opportunity for them to gain valuable experience and I hope it will also help them to improve their skills,' he said. Meanwhile, the team led by manager Ayunah Majabin with Mahfudz Azeem, Jackson Cyprianus and Grace Tiwon as coaches left for Kuala Lumpur on Thursday. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Yahoo
6 days ago
- Science
- Yahoo
Aussie researchers warn of 'unintended' Starlink issue amid growing adoption
Australian researchers are highlighting a frustrating problem in the skies above us as the growing number of satellites providing high-speed internet connectivity are having unintended consequences, potentially hindering our ability to understand the universe. New research has shown how the satellite technology of private companies like Starlink — increasingly relied upon by Aussies — is inadvertently interfering with the ability of researchers to study the depths of the cosmos. The warning comes after astronomers in Western Australia undertook the world's biggest study of low frequency satellite radio emissions. And it comes at a particularly critical time as construction continues in the state on what will become the world's largest radio telescope — a massive project known as the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) that promises to help answer some of the biggest questions in the field. "It's going to be the largest radio telescope of all time, and it's looking for very faint signals from the early universe," PhD candidate and study lead Dylan Grigg told Yahoo News Australia. "And so what we wanted to do was understand the prevalence of satellites at the frequencies that the Square Kilometre Array would be looking over." The researchers essentially took an image of the sky every two seconds for about a month, totalling some 76 million images. "We detected a lot of satellites in the images. The overwhelming majority of those were Starlink satellites," Grigg said. "And what we found was that they're not transmitting at their designated downlink frequency, there's some emissions coming from some electronics on board the satellites." At some frequencies about a third of the images were ultimately impacted, and the disturbance was observed at frequencies that are set aside for radio astronomy. For instance, 703 satellites were identified at 150.8 MHz, which is meant to be protected for radio astronomy. While Starlink, which had more than 7,000 satellites in low-Earth orbit during the period when the study was carried out, isn't doing anything wrong, the devices "just happen to be [emitting] over frequencies that radio astronomers will want to be conducting science with the SKA," Grigg said. Industry and academia clash as space fills up Australians in regional areas have increasingly adopted Starlink's internet services, with the company previously saying it has more than 200,000 local subscribers. While many residents in the bush rely on it for fast home internet, caravan travellers also take it on the road to stay connected at campgrounds and remote spots around the country. The WA astronomers don't dispute the boon the service provides, but hope the research will help lead to solutions to ensure scientists and private business can operate in harmony. "We've had a dialogue ongoing with SpaceX about it. They've made good mitigations in the past for optical astronomy, like they've painted their satellites with a darker paint, and they've put visors up on them. So we're hoping that by doing a study like this, we can continue the dialogue with them and hopefully see if we can get them to make some similar mitigations for radio as well." With Amazon launching satellites in a bid to compete with Starlink, and a raft of other companies launching their own satellites for various networks including emerging direct to mobile technology, low-Earth orbit is becoming an increasingly busy place. "Starlink isn't the only satellite network, but it is by far the biggest and its emissions are now increasingly prominent in our data," Executive Director of the Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy and study co-author Steven Tingay said in a statement. New SKA project puts astronomy on 'edge of golden era' Being assembled at more than 500 sites in the Australian outback and due to be finished by the end of the decade, the SKA will be the largest and most sensitive radio telescope on the planet. The international project has been likened to one of the world's biggest science experiments that will be able to peer back into the earliest time of the universe. "It'll be a game-changer," Grigg told Yahoo News. Professor Tingay said it will help answer some of the most important questions we have. "We're standing on the edge of a golden era where the SKA will help answer the biggest questions in science: how the first stars formed, what dark matter is and even test Einstein's theories," he said. "But it needs radio silence to succeed. We recognise the deep benefits of global connectivity but we need balance, and that starts with an understanding of the problem, which is the goal of our work." Their research highlighting the "unintended Starlink broadband emission on radio astronomy" in the SKA bands was published this month in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. Love Australia's weird and wonderful environment? 🐊🦘😳 Get our new newsletter showcasing the week's best stories.
Daily Express
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Express
Sabah Karate Association returns with five gold medals
Published on: Tuesday, July 08, 2025 Published on: Tue, Jul 08, 2025 By: GL Oh Text Size: The SKA contingent after the closing ceremony on Sunday. Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Karate Association (SKA) finished sixth overall in the 4th Shureido International Karate Cup championship concluded at Gelanggang Olahraga Ciracas in West Jakarta, Indonesia on Sunday. They took home five golds, two silvers and 14 bronzes in the three-day competition which attracted more than 2,000 participants. The gold medal winners were Lennon Klopp Whoyleon (U10 kumite male -30kg), Christopher Chrisvly Shalven (kumite male -40kg), Iona Siew Lin Maria Fernandez King (U14 kumite female +52kg), Nur Rasyiqah Fariah Razmi (cadet kumite female -54kg) and Nur Farhabatrisya Ershan Jr (U12 kumite female +30kg). The silver medals came from Marinus Zanna Mae (U12 kumite female -30kg) and Dafne Henry Saimpon (U10 kumite +25kg), while the bronze medals were contributed by Cresentia Collin Gahis Calsey (U8 kata female, kumite -20kg), Qaish Basyeer Alrajhi Tsabbit Aqdamana (U8 kumite male +25kg), Dafne Henry Saimpon (U10 individual kata female), Whoyleon Lennon Klopp (U10 kata male), Amber Alley Walter Glen (U10 kumite female +25kg), Under-12 team kata male, U14 team kata female, Putra Ray Nazwa Heryzuan (kumite male -45kg), Qaish Mokhtar Albukhary Tsabbit Aqdamana (cadet kumite male -70kg), Ivan Nicholas Chai (cadet kumite male +70kg), Shawanda Dania Sharul (cadet kumite female -47kg), junior team kata male and Muhammad Irfan Shah Mohd Fadli Shah (junior kumite male -76kg). The contingent represented by 83 athletes accompanied by nine coaches was making a return to the competition after one-year lapse. They last participated in Pasay City, Philippines two years ago and managed to win 12 golds, 14 silvers and 16 bronzes. SKA secretary Julian Chin had earlier stated that no target was set and only hoped the athletes will take the opportunity to gain experience against strong foreign opponents and give their best. * Follow us on our official WhatsApp channel and Telegram for breaking news alerts and key updates! * Do you have access to the Daily Express e-paper and online exclusive news? Check out subscription plans available. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express's Telegram channel. Daily Express Malaysia
Otago Daily Times
03-07-2025
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
IT experts developing revolutionary technology
Two New Zealand-based IT experts are working on a ground-breaking technology that promises to revolutionise computing by creating a computer inside a computer memory chip. The innovative project, known as SADRAM (Symbolically Addressing DRAM), is being developed in Oamaru and could dramatically change how data is processed worldwide. Dr Robert Trout and Nicolas Erdody bring more than a century's combined experience in information technology to the ambitious endeavour. Dr Trout is the original inventor of SADRAM, a new type of memory chip architecture that can organise, access and even process data internally — without relying heavily on traditional central processing units (CPUs) to micromanage operations. "This is a paradigm shift," Dr Trout said. "Instead of the CPU managing every step of data processing, SADRAM moves computing power closer to the memory itself." Nicolas Erdody, director of Open Parallel and a key partner on the project, elaborated on the current state of computing technology. "Multicore processors, with multiple CPU cores on a single chip, have been the norm in phones, laptops and supercomputers for decades," he said. "But this architecture has barely changed in 50 years, and CPUs have hit a performance wall." Mr Erdody said designers could no longer extract significant improvements or better efficiency using the old designs. "SADRAM's architecture addresses these limitations head on." The new "information architecture and concept" behind SADRAM was designed to boost performance, reduce energy consumption and streamline the computing processes that modern technologies demanded. By embedding computation directly within the memory chip, the technology could reshape everything from artificial intelligence to data centre operations. Mr Erdody's company, Open Parallel, was selected in 2012 by the New Zealand government to help design software for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the world's largest radio telescope project. The company worked on SKA until 2019. He also directs the annual Multicore World Conference held in New Zealand, which attracts leading global thinkers in computing innovation. Originally from Uruguay, Mr Erdody has lived in Oamaru for over two decades with his family. He met Dr Trout earlier this year at the Multicore World Conference in Christchurch, where the two "like-minded" experts decided to collaborate on further developing SADRAM technology from North Otago. "We're jamming like musicians in a band — when like-minded people come together, ideas flow naturally," Mr Erdody said from their shared office space at the Business Hive in Oamaru's Thames St. Dr Trout, who hails from Palmerston North but now lives in Hamilton after decades in the United States, holds the worldwide patent for the SADRAM concept. Over his career, he has built several tech companies and pioneered novel computing architectures. As founder and president of Pico Computing Inc (2004-15), he developed FPGA (field-programmable gate array) products widely used in cryptography, genetic analysis and CPU acceleration. "FPGAs can outperform conventional CPUs in many specialised tasks," Dr Trout said. "The real revolution in computing came in the 1970s when the industry shifted from discrete components to printed circuits, separating design from fabrication. This enabled exponential growth in computing power for the past 50 years." But he warns: "We are now hitting physical and quantum limits. We cannot keep squeezing more performance from the same old CPU-centric design." The pair are focused on designing cost-effective technology to overcome these challenges. Their plan includes creating a company, hiring experts and developing hardware kits — either manufacturing them or licensing the design to major industry players such as Samsung. "The big picture is to build a design centre in New Zealand that proves cutting-edge tech can be developed anywhere. We want to inspire future generations to innovate locally with global impact," Mr Erdody said.
