Where advanced home safety systems meet DIY creativity, making STEM learning worry-free for every family.

SINGAPORE and HONG KONG, Sept. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Global digital creativity brand ugee today announced the official market availability of Funbox, its first desktop 3D printer designed specifically for children and beginners. Now shipping to customers in Singapore and Hong Kong, Funbox combines home-grade safety, one-tap operation, and AI-powered creative tools to turn abstract ideas into tangible 3D creations—making STEAM learning truly accessible, worry-free, and fun for families.

As demand for personal 3D printing and educational tech gadgets surges across Asia-Pacific, Funbox arrives as a timely solution for parents seeking high-quality, child-safe STEAM resources, and for gift buyers looking for innovative tech presents for children aged 6 to 12.

“As 3D printing evolves, there is robust market demand for safe, easy-to-use printers tailored for kids and beginners. Backed by UL certification, our printers provide comprehensive eco-friendly safety protection to put parents’ minds at ease. We aim to make 3D printing accessible to all, not just tech experts. We iterated products around safety, ease and fun: full one-tap operation from unboxing, streamlined workflows and kid-focused interfaces. AI fuels easy creation, making home toy printing simple and delightful. Most importantly, children build creative thinking and problem-solving skills through play, fully aligned with STEAM education,” said Amy Yuan, Global Brand Director of ugee.

Safety: Home-Grade Full-Spectrum Safety Protection Delivers Reliable In-home Usage

Marking an industry benchmark for home safety, Funbox features fully enclosed rounded-edge chassis paired with 12V low-voltage DC power supply complying with strict IEC safety norms to avoid electric shock risks. Equipped with exclusive H12 HEPA filter + activated carbon cotton dual air purification module, along with a 6010 large-sized active exhaust fan — the largest in its class.  It has earned UL GREENGUARD, ASTM F963-23, EN71 & EN62115 international toy safety standards, and the device efficiently traps ultrafine particles and unpleasant odors generated during printing. Different from open-structured rivals like Bambu Lab A1 Mini with exposed high-temperature nozzles and unfiltered exhaust, Funbox supports stable overnight printing inside closed carpeted rooms, eliminating parents’ core worries over indoor air pollution and accidental scalding. Real-time heating indicator alerts also remind users of hot nozzle status whenever replacing filaments or calibrating components for extra protection.

Ease of Use: Zero-Threshold Overall Design Lets Kids Operate Independently

In terms of usability, Funbox comes fully 100% pre-assembled right out of packaging with zero requirement for bed leveling, screw installation or complicated mechanical debugging. Adopting Wi-Fi 6 dual-band wireless connection and proprietary UFun mobile application, it delivers a peak print speed of 500mm/s and ultra-fine 0.05mm minimum layer precision. Three-tier hierarchical slicing modes covering Fast, Standard, and Fine satisfy diverse needs from preschool beginners to teen hobbyists. Built-in 2MP HD camera enables real-time remote monitoring and creative time-lapse shooting, while practical built-in functions including power-loss resume printing and filament jam auto-detection effectively reduce print failure rates and lower daily maintenance burden for both kids and guardians.

Fun & Creation: AI Powers Diversified Creation for Edutainment STEM Experience

Highlighting immersive creative fun and STEM education value, Funbox’s proprietary AI ShapeGen algorithm realizes three intelligent generation modes: voice description, text input and hand-doodle conversion, instantly turning kids’ casual sketches and random ideas into printable 3D models. The UFun App hosts a continuously updated rich resource library filled with toys, stationery, animal crafts and mechanical models, paired with serialized free online STEM tutorial courses that guide children to learn structural design and engineering logic during hands-on making. Unlike Toybox’s closed ecosystem locking users into overpriced proprietary filaments, Funbox fully supports all mainstream universal 1.75mm PLA materials to cut long-term household operating costs and maximize creative freedom.

Pricing & Availability

Funbox is now available for purchase through ugee’s official website, with shipping to Singapore and Hong Kong.

About ugee

A global creative hardware enterprise distributing products across 100+ nations, ugee focuses on digital art equipment and educational STEM tools, extending its layout from drawing tablets to household 3D printing to fuel children’s hands-on creativity.

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The iconic venue is the first in Indonesia to deploy Sennheiser Spectera

JAKARTA, Indonesia, Sept. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As the largest performance venue within Jakarta’s Taman Ismail Marzuki arts and cultural complex, Teater Besar is a 1,200-seat theatre designed for large-scale productions. Its stage and production infrastructure support theatre, musicals, concerts and other cultural performances, with each production having its own technical requirements. To support these demands, Teater Besar has become the first venue in Indonesia to deploy Sennheiser Spectera, the world’s first wideband, bidirectional wireless ecosystem.

Hosting a diverse programme means no two productions at Teater Besar are exactly alike. Different production companies, technical crews, stage layouts and wireless requirements mean that the venue’s technical team has to prepare and configure the audio system for every performance.

In 2016, the venue began planning a major upgrade to its audio system, moving from an analogue to a digital setup. The new system was introduced in 2018, with Albeta, the venue’s system integrator, overseeing its implementation. As production requirements evolved, however, the growing number of wireless microphones created new challenges around RF coordination, setup time and equipment footprint.

For the venue’s technical team, the priority was a wireless system that could make day-to-day operations easier without limiting future possibilities.

“What we’re looking for is basically a system that is simple, easy to set up, doesn’t take up too much space and has a fuss-free installation process,” said Dwi Winarno, Technical Audio Specialist at Teater Besar. “At the same time, it needs to have room to grow as our future requirements evolve.”

Rather than replacing the venue’s existing audio infrastructure, the project focused on expanding its wireless capabilities as production requirements continued to evolve.

Meeting the demands of modern live productions

Large-scale theatre productions can require dozens of wireless microphones operating simultaneously, creating complex RF environments.

“One of our biggest challenges was RF interference,” said Dwi. “Previously, we used a traditional one-device-to-one-receiver architecture, where frequency clashes became common whenever 40 to 50 wireless microphones were operating simultaneously. These clashes created noise and unwanted interference, which could seriously disrupt large-scale theatre productions.”

The venue itself also presents acoustic challenges. Architectural features and the behaviour of sound within the room can affect audio performance, making careful preparation an important part of every production.

Before Spectera, Teater Besar’s conventional wireless architecture meant that the number of receivers and supporting equipment grew with the number of microphones required. For productions using 32 wireless channels, this meant large equipment racks and additional time for loading, setup and installation.

For the venue’s technical team, the challenge was therefore not simply to accommodate more microphones, but to find a more efficient way of managing an increasingly complex wireless environment.

A new approach to wireless audio

Teater Besar became the first venue in Indonesia to deploy Spectera, introducing the platform while it was still relatively new to the market.

“When I first presented Spectera to Mas Dwi, my understanding was based largely on product presentations and discussions with the Sennheiser team,” said Yosafat. “I had seen the system being tested, but I hadn’t yet experienced it being used in a major live production.”

The compact architecture was one of the first aspects to stand out during the demonstration.

“Previously, when using 32 separate units, we had to prepare very large racks to accommodate all the equipment,” Dwi explained. “With this system, a single compact unit can accommodate everything. Most of those large racks have now been removed.”

Today, the deployment includes a Sennheiser Spectera Base Station, 2 DAD antennas, 15 bidirectional body packs and Sennheiser HSP 4 headset microphones. The system primarily supports theatre productions and musicals, while also being used for corporate events, talk shows, panel discussions and similar productions.

Simplifying wireless operations and RF management

Around 70 percent of productions requiring wireless systems at the venue now use Spectera, with a typical setup involving around 15 wireless channels. Since its deployment, the system has supported approximately eight to ten productions at Teater Besar.

The reduction in equipment has made a tangible difference to the venue’s workflow.

“The difference compared to our previous analogue system is significant,” said Dwi. “It is much more compact and efficient, both in terms of time and space.”

RF management has also become more measurable. Before each event, the technical team can power on the devices being used and analyse the RF environment through the Spectera WebUI. The system displays RF activity visually, allowing engineers to identify frequencies with lower interference and select the most suitable options for the production.

“Previously, we had no way of visualising the RF environment like this,” Dwi explained. “Now, RF performance is visible and we can analyse it directly through the monitoring software before an event begins.”

The Spectera WebUI also provides visibility into signal quality, device status and battery condition during operation.

“The biggest source of confidence is the Spectera WebUI. It gives us detailed, real-time visibility into the RF environment throughout the performance.”

The ability to monitor RF conditions in this level of detail gives the technical team greater visibility before and during a production.

Confidence, behind the scenes

The value of Spectera at Teater Besar is ultimately reflected in how the technical team works during a production. With full visibility of device status such as volume, latency, battery levels and RF health in real time, the team can spend less time dealing with wireless infrastructure and more time focusing on the performance itself.

Having been with Teater Besar since 2018, Dwi has experienced several generations of audio technology at the venue. His assessment of Spectera is grounded in that experience and in its day-to-day use across productions.

“Since we began using Spectera, I haven’t encountered any interference or technical issues,” Dwi said. “As long as the system has been set up correctly and everything is connected properly, we simply monitor its performance through the software during the event.”

For Teater Besar, that reliability and visibility are becoming part of a more streamlined approach to wireless production, one that can adapt as the venue’s technical requirements continue to evolve.

“Up until now, there really hasn’t been another system quite like this.”

For a venue hosting production of different scales and formats throughout the year, the right wireless system is one that can support the complexity of each production while remaining unobtrusive to the people delivering it.

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Latest video intelligence solution supports safer driving amid rising enforcement, penalties and road safety risks in Singapore

SINGAPORE, Sept. 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Geotab, a global leader in connected transportation, video and asset tracking solutions, today announced the launch of the GO Focus Plus® AI dash cam and its new video intelligence platform in Singapore, expanding access to advanced AI video telematics designed to help fleets proactively reduce risk and improve driver safety.

The dual-facing dash cam delivers proactive, in-cab voice support that helps drivers self-correct risky behaviours such as distraction, fatigue or tailgating. In a recent large pilot, the voice coaching functionality helped reduce tailgating by 90% and mobile phone use by 95%. This system turns every alert into a coaching opportunity, aiming to prevent accidents and create a measurable impact on fleet safety culture.

The launch comes amid a sustained rise in speeding-related risk across Singapore’s roads, with violations surging by 45.5% in just the first half of 2025 and traffic police recording an average of hundreds of cases daily[1]. With higher penalties now in effect, unsafe driving behaviours such as speeding carry greater financial and operational consequences for fleet operators. Timely, in-the-moment guidance is increasingly paramount in this operating environment.

For commercial drivers operating under tight schedules in dense urban conditions, the margin for error has narrowed considerably. Congested expressways, busy arterial roads and long shifts heighten exposure to risky behaviours such as speeding, distraction, tailgating and fatigue – factors that continue to feature prominently in serious and fatal accidents. At the same time, fleet operators face growing expectations from regulators, insurers and the public to demonstrate proactive duty of care, beyond post-incident accountability.

“In Singapore, transport operators are navigating an increasingly unforgiving operating environment,” said Ezanne Soh, Associate Vice President, Southeast Asia, Geotab. “Drivers are under constant operational strain, and the cost of getting safety wrong is higher than ever. This is accelerating a clear shift across the industry, from reacting to incidents after they occur to preventing risk in real time before it leads to harm.”

The GO Focus Plus AI dash cam combines Geotab’s connected vehicle insights with intelligent, in-cab coaching to give drivers instant support exactly when they need it. At the same time, it helps fleet managers focus their attention on the issues that matter most, reducing day-to-day oversight burden and enabling more effective intervention without the need for constant monitoring or manual review.

Key Features of GO Focus Plus

Proactive Driver Coaching: The Go Focus Plus provides instant, in-cab voice prompts to drivers when risky behaviours like distracted driving (e.g., phone use, fatigue) or tailgating are detected, helping them correct habits.Targeted Fleet Management: AI-driven video intelligence surfaces the most urgent risks and repeat patterns for quick review, eliminating the need for fleet managers to sort through extensive footage. Each alert includes video and contextual data, enabling targeted and effective coaching.Seamless Workflow and Safety Culture: The MyGeotab platform allows for a seamless workflow, including the assignment, tracking, and recognition of progress, reinforcing a strong culture of safety within the fleet.

Improve Fleet Safety with Geotab’s Evolving AI Video Intelligence Platform

Geotab’s video intelligence platform is built to continuously evolve. Its advanced AI models refine detection and coaching automatically with every update, ensuring fleets always have the smartest, sharpest tools to stay ahead of risk without extra administrative work. The platform’s open architecture is designed to support a growing family of advanced cameras, with new models and capabilities planned in the coming months.

The new video intelligence platform, with the GO Focus Plus AI dash cam, represents a significant step forward in Geotab’s commitment to fleet safety, uniting driving data and video, to deliver a complete picture of risk and a path for improvement. It marks the next chapter for Geotab, dedicated to helping fleets create safer roads and a stronger, more supportive operation.

Learn more about the GO Focus Plus and Geotab’s new Video Intelligence Platform on our website.

About Geotab

Geotab is a global leader in connected operations, video telematics and AI-powered insights. Trusted by more than 100,000 customers — from small and mid-size fleets to Fortune 500 enterprises and public-sector organisations, including the U.S. federal government, Geotab connects approximately 6 million vehicles and assets and processes 100 billion data points daily. With ISO/IEC 27001:2022, SOC2, FIPS 140-3 and FedRAMP authorisations, Geotab’s open platform and 700+ partner ecosystem unify safety, compliance and operations in a single system. Our mission: a safer, more efficient, and more sustainable world in motion.

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