Founder: Gavin Pathross, Ross Digital
Current location: #05-06 The Centrepoint, 176 Orchard Road (co-located with JustCo)
Beans: A collaboration with Singaporean company Common Man Roasters for the unique Ratio Blend comprised of 50% Santo Antonio, Brazil and 50% Samambaia, Brazil beans, and a brighter Blend 53, comprised of 50% Finca El Hato, Guatemala and 50% Kayon Mountain, Ethiopia.
Kopi: To differentiate themselves, Ratio is also a painstakingly trained tao chiew (kopi brewer), which will brew the coffee from scratch in a traditional long spout pot and sock, then tarik (pull) it to the right consistency.
Ease of use: Ratio wants you to customise your drinks to your preference, hence the Ratio app is equipped with sliders to add or decrease shots, adjust syrups and sweetness, and choose from different beans. These can be saved to your preference for future orders. On the touchscreen at the self-ordering kiosks, you can make straightforward drinks orders with the easy interfac
National Gallery Singapore s first robot museum guide
One of the best ways to enhance your museum experience is through a docent tour. As part of its ongoing bid to become a smart museum, the National Gallery Singapore piloted its first autonomous robot guide, Temi, in September last year. Developed by a US-based startup of the same name and helmed by Israeli robotics expert Yossi Wolf, the one-metre‑tall robot offers visitors a 20-minute on-demand physically guided audio tour of a series of four artworks on people and portraits at the DBS Singapore Gallery 1.
Meet Emma, the robotic masseuse
Singapore-based startup AiTreat takes a modern approach on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) with its robotic masseuse Emma, or short for expert manipulative massage automation. Launched in 2017, the robot mimics the action of a human palm and thumb to replicate the traditional Chinese therapeutic massage tui na strokes, which targets various acupoints.