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Hindustan Times
Body to check health technology on cards
Chandigarh Tribune
New Delhi: The government has formed a committee headed by a top Health Ministry official to look into instances of assault on doctors and the need for a central legislation to provide protection to them. Union MoS (Health) Anupriya Patel said the ...
India to establish Medical Technology Assessment Board | india ...Hindustan Timesall 6 news articles »

The Ministry of Science and Technology has come up with a ‘Solar Power Tree’, an innovative way to generate electricity using solar power in a limited space. Developed by the Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur, a laboratory of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the solar power tree model is actually designed like a tree with branches made of steel to hold the photovoltaic panel. The technology developed under the leadership of

Researchers in central China’s Hubei province have successfully manufactured metal parts and molds using new 3D printing technology. The new metal 3D printing technology addresses existing problems in traditional metal 3D printing methods, said Zhang Hai’ou, leader of the 3D printing technology research team at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology. These problems, such as flowing, dropping or crumbling of fused materials due to gravity, cracking, stress and rapid heating

CBC.ca
Pokemon Go: How a Google prank spawned a mobile gaming phenomenon
CBC.ca
The origin of Pokemon Go is as peculiar as any of the Voltorbs or Snorlaxes that players track and capture in the surprise hit game. Its hybrid DNA flows from a digital mapping pioneer's fascination with the world around him, Google's affinity for ...
Pokémon Go launches in Japan amid safety warningsThe Guardianall 2,365 news articles »

Karbonn Mobiles said on Friday it has set up a manufacturing plant in Haryana that will make 30 million mobile phone handsets a year.
The Karbonn plant — which is the third as two manufacturing units are already operational in Noida, Uttar Pradesh — has been set up in a short span of six months in Bawal town in Rewari district and has 22 assembly lines.
“With an aim to bring the benefits of smartphone telephony to the masses, the manufacturing

Mauritius: Science and Technology As Drivers of Sustained Economic Growth for Mauritius, Says President of the ...
AllAfrica.com
'Mauritius has to develop new strategies and policies in order to bolster its economy and that will also help generate employment and improve the living conditions of its people. This implies building new pillars of development in which science and ...and more »

Google has dispensed with the Chrome app launcher for Windows, Mac and Linux, a news that is being greeted with mixed reactions. While some believe that the app launcher was one of the “worst features” of the browser, its dedicated users are disappointed at Google’s move. The app launcher has been done away with in Chrome 52. The app launcher allowed users to launch Chrome apps without opening the browser.
However, this was similar to app launchers that are native

TechCrunch
Israel is opening an innovation center to showcase Israeli technology and inspire young entrepreneurs
TechCrunch
It's no secret that Israel is a hotbed of technological innovation. Just over the past few years the country has given birth to popular consumer startups like Waze, Viber and Fiverr. Plus, Israel also is the birthplace of many hard science inventions ...and more »

Brookings Institution (blog)
Why Pokémon Go's technology is no fad
Brookings Institution (blog)
Pokémon Go has ignited the digital world. Every news organization has reported on why Pokémon Go, the smartphone app based on the Japanese cartoon game from the 1990s, is extraordinarily popular. The smartphone game is making people exercise, ...
Technology doesn't make people play Pokémon Go in inappropriate places. Rudeness does.Washington Post
@GaryVee: Nintendo's

Syrian news service, the Revolutionary Forces of Syria Media Office, has circulated images showing children apparently in war zones holding printouts of Pokémon characters, in a bid to turn the attention of the world to their plight in the war-torn country.
The campaign involving children in Syrian villages has latched on to the Pokémon Go craze, asking gamers in the west to take a break from their frenzied hunt for digital creatures to turn their attention to young people trapped

Hunting for Bulbasaur, Charmander and Pikachu – all characters in the augmented reality game Pokemon Go, which has lately become a global sensation just might turn into a fulltime legitimate profession for some!
Bengaluru-based Babajob, an online livelihood marketplace has advertised for a new job category ‘The Pokemon Catcher’ with applicants required to have “a vast knowledge of the Pokeman database.”
The advertisement seeks to build a team of exceptional Pokeman

IPWatchdog.com
Cincinnati Children's Seeks Technology Manager for its Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC)
IPWatchdog.com
Cincnnati Childrens Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is seeking a Technology Manager for its Center for Technology Commercialization (CTC) in Cincinnati, OH. About the Position: The Technology Manager will manage intellectual property ...and more »

Attractive deals for consumers in India’s 4G data telecom space are expected to continue, ahead of the commercial launch of Reliance Jio, ranging from better handsets at lower prices and more data limits at existing tariff, according to analysts and top brokerages.
But companies will prefer to incentivise their customers not by lowering tariff, but by offering higher data downloads for the same price, in a bid to protect their average revenue per user, the research papers add.
This apart,

The Globe and Mail
Waterloo screen technology company inks deal with LG Display
The Globe and Mail
A Waterloo, Ont., technology company, Ignis Innovations, has inked a deal with LG Display to allow the Korean screen manufacturer to license its organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screen technology. OLED displays have the potential to be much thinner ...
In the race to develop foldable, flexible smartphones, LG picks Ignis' technologyZDNetall 16 news articles »

Travel search marketplace ixigo has launched ‘ixibaba’ — an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot which is designed to simplify online search for travellers.
The chatbot provides quick, quirky answers to all travel planning and booking-related queries.
“ixibaba is a personal travel assistant that can help you with travel queries just like a friend would do. We believe we are at the forefront of this evolution when it comes to travel,” said Aloke Bajpai, CEO and Co-Fo

Scientists have developed a new system that can let you imagine how you would look with a different hairstyle and colour, or in another time period, age or country.
After uploading an input photo, you type in a search term – such as “curly hair,” “India” or “1930s,” researchers said.
The software’s algorithms search internet photo collections for similar images in that category and seamlessly map the person’s face onto the results, they said.