From a smartphone app delivering market prices to Guatemalan farmers to online nutrition tips in rural Colombia, the push to end hunger has entered a new era with the U.N. food agency deploying the latest technology to fight it. The World Food Programme’s (WFP) new innovation hub, launched in Munich ... Read More »
A new update to Microsoft’s Windows 10 is coming, but you’re forgiven if you didn’t know. It turns out not many people are going to tell you. Admittedly, there’s not much to talk about. The list of refinements for Microsoft’s free paper-anniversary update to Win 10 can fit on a ... Read More »
The Windows 10 Anniversary Update – the largest update to the PC operating system since its big revamp in 2015 – began rolling out to consumers on Tuesday. More than 350m devices have been upgraded since Windows 10 was released in a Microsoft campaign that bombarded computer owners with invitations ... Read More »
Registration is now open for the second annual Fall Ramp-up event, Aug. 16 and 17. All faculty are invited to attend these 50-minute sessions that focus on the campus learning environment and provide timely information to help you prepare for the upcoming semester. Topics will include: Active Learning and Flipped Classrooms ... Read More »
SAN FRANCISCO — A roboticist and crucial member of the team that created Google’s self-driving car is leaving the company, the latest in a string of departures by important technologists working on the autonomous car project. Chris Urmson, a Carnegie Mellon University research scientist, joined Google in 2009 to help ... Read More »
The latest technology is state of the art and ready to help students tackle anything that comes their way, whether it’s a noisy roommate or wanting to listen to music, colossal school project or even staying on top of their fitness game. Alan Rios, Geek Squad technology education agent at ... Read More »
You might call this one a long-term review: I’ve had these headphones now for over six months and I thought it might be worth pointing out what I like about them and why I currently default to them when using headphones. First of all, wireless headphones have huge ergonomic advantages ... Read More »
“How many robots can I control with this? In theory, up to 255 at one time. That really is a robot army.” I’m in a room at Google’s London headquarters listening to creative technologist Zebedee Pedersen show off the company’s latest research project. Despite how it sounds, world domination isn’t ... Read More »
Pakistan’s leading cement producer, Lucky Cement Limited, is investing Rs. 20 billion for establishing a new, fully integrated green field cement manufacturing plant. Lucky Cement is already operating two plants in the country, one at Pezu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and one in Nooriabad, Karachi. In these areas, Lucky Cement is not ... Read More »
Reston, VA – In-Plant production pros will have plenty to choose from when GRAPH EXPO 16 welcomes show visitors to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL, September 25-28, 2016. For these print pros who will come seeking new growth strategies and ways to manage their costs and improve efficiencies, ... Read More »
Ford has introduced new technologies into its new Ford Everest SUV to prevent fatal crashes. According to the WHO’s Global status report on road safety for 2015, reflecting information from 180 countries, the total number of road traffic deaths worldwide has reached 1.25 million per year since 2007. The latest ... Read More »
At Human Longevity Inc. (HLI) in La Jolla, California, more than two dozen machines work around the clock, sequencing one human genome every 15 minutes at a cost of under $2,000 per genome. The whole operation fits comfortably in three rooms. Back in 2000, when its founder, J. Craig Venter, ... Read More »
