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Sharks: Can technology replace the need for nets and drumlines? - ABC Online

15-12-2017 23:56 via abc.net.au

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Sharks: Can technology replace the need for nets and drumlines?
ABC Online
If there was a shark in the water at your local beach, would you want to know about it before you dived in? Would you change your mind about swimming if it was a one-metre hammerhead? What about a five-metre great white? It looks like you may be having ...

Lessons from 2017: The Identity Crisis in the Technology C Suite - Forbes

15-12-2017 23:06 via forbes.com

Lessons from 2017: The Identity Crisis in the Technology C Suite
Forbes
CIO Network Insights and ideas for technology leaders. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Larry Biagini , Contributor. As I reflect on the many meetings and interactions I have had with CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs as well as my own ...

Technology isn't just taking jobs - it's creating new ones - New Zealand Herald

15-12-2017 23:05 via nzherald.co.nz

Technology isn't just taking jobs - it's creating new ones
New Zealand Herald
Throughout history, technology has simplified tasks and redirected workers away from certain roles and towards others, reconfiguring the workforce. While some industries shrink, others grow as the shake up creates new roles. Digital marketers, drone ...

Africa's leading innovation scholar, Calestous Juma, has died - Quartz

15-12-2017 22:18 via qz.com

Quartz
Africa's leading innovation scholar, Calestous Juma, has died
Quartz
Calestous Juma, the luminary Kenyan scholar who championed the cause of innovation and technology in transforming African countries, and whose books and papers about the environment, biotechnology, education, artificial intelligence, and the politics ...and more »

Pondering Humanity, Technology, and Net Neutrality at the Berggruen Institute Gala - Vanity Fair

15-12-2017 20:31 via vanityfair.com

Vanity Fair
Pondering Humanity, Technology, and Net Neutrality at the Berggruen Institute Gala
Vanity Fair
On Wednesday, hours after the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality, a black-tie clad group of tech and culture luminaries gathered at the New York Public Library were still reeling from the news. “It's extremely unfortunate ...and more »

The BBC Is Using Facial Coding Technology to Monitor the Effectiveness of Branded Content - Adweek

15-12-2017 20:09 via adweek.com

Adweek
The BBC Is Using Facial Coding Technology to Monitor the Effectiveness of Branded Content
Adweek
Facial coding has the benefit of providing insight into how people really feel, rather than how they say they feel. Getty Images. Share. By A.J. Katz. |. 1 hour ago. Share. It's not easy to prove the effectiveness of a branded content campaign, but the ...

A festival that brings art and technology under one roof - The Hindu

15-12-2017 20:08 via thehindu.com

The Hindu
A festival that brings art and technology under one roof
The Hindu
Art and technology share a symbiotic relationship. To bring out this aspect and to showcase how the two can collaborate for sustainable solutions to some of the world's problems, Bengaluru Fantastic 2017, an international tech-art festival, opened at ...and more »

How Technology Is Advancing Emergency Response And Survival During Natural Disasters - Forbes

15-12-2017 19:32 via forbes.com

Forbes
How Technology Is Advancing Emergency Response And Survival During Natural Disasters
Forbes
A search and rescue team searches for bodies at a property where a person was reported missing in Santa Rosa, California on October 12, 2017. (JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images). This was the year of natural disasters, from deadly earthquakes to record ...

Radio-frequency technology to speed travellers at Ambassador Bridge - Windsor Star

15-12-2017 19:26 via windsorstar.com

Windsor Star
Radio-frequency technology to speed travellers at Ambassador Bridge
Windsor Star
The idea is to help speed travel between Canada and the United States, which sees almost $2.5 billion worth of two-way trade daily, plus more than 400,000 travellers. Craig Pearson. Published on: December 15, 2017 | Last Updated: December 15, 2017 2:18 ...

2018: The revolutionary year of technology - Information Age

15-12-2017 18:19 via information-age.com

Information Age
2018: The revolutionary year of technology
Information Age
2017 has been an interesting year for the tech industry. Google's Deep Mind launched an ethics group to focus on societal issues raised by AI and to assure public trust in emerging technology. The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced considerable UK ...and more »

Father-son printing operation embraces evolving technology to stay competitive - Wichita Eagle

15-12-2017 18:07 via kansas.com

Wichita Eagle
Father-son printing operation embraces evolving technology to stay competitive
Wichita Eagle
When David Stiles started Superior Signs, producing a single one-color banner was a good day's work. "Now you kick out a four-color one in about 20 to 25 minutes," he said. For Stiles and his son, Adam, who's now a co-owner, keeping up with the latest ...and more »

Why technology should be at the heart of farming - Daily Nation

15-12-2017 17:41 via nation.co.ke

Daily Nation
Why technology should be at the heart of farming
Daily Nation
Nickson Muturi Project Manager for Business Development AME Syngenta speaks on the use of data in the agriculture . PHOTO| FRANCIS NDERITU| NATION MEDIA GROUP. In Summary. Many farmers experience poor yields because they lack information on the crops ...

5 Innovators Creating Human Connection Through Technology - HuffPost

15-12-2017 17:28 via huffingtonpost.com

HuffPost
5 Innovators Creating Human Connection Through Technology
HuffPost
In our modern world, technology is key to helping us create innovations of the future. From in-home devices to the newest gadgets used in hospitals across the country, health specialists and individuals alike are creating innovations to help enhance ...

Technology is proving to be such a turn-off after Ashes controversy... deep down, football knows it is not ready for ... - Daily Mail

15-12-2017 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk

Daily Mail
Technology is proving to be such a turn-off after Ashes controversy... deep down, football knows it is not ready for ...
Daily Mail
The broadcasters had replayed the footage more than a dozen times and, still, nobody was sure. They had been down the usual routes, Hot Spot, Snicko, ask an expert, and were no further forward than the split second after the ball had left Mitchell ...

Blockchain technology has potential for humanitarian aid - Independent Online

15-12-2017 16:32 via iol.co.za

Independent Online
Blockchain technology has potential for humanitarian aid
Independent Online
INTERNATIONAL - Denmark sees potential for blockchain technology in humanitarian aid and says it is considering becoming the first donor country to move money using cryptocurrencies. Blockchain is a ledger system tracking digital information and, among ...and more »

Meet the microgrid, the technology poised to transform electricity - Vox

15-12-2017 15:40 via vox.com

Vox
Meet the microgrid, the technology poised to transform electricity
Vox
If we want a livable climate for future generations, we need to slow, stop, and reverse the rise in global temperatures. To do that, we need to stop burning fossil fuels for energy. To do that, we need to generate lots of carbon-free electricity and ...

KAIST team develops technology to find optimum drug target for cancer - EurekAlert (press release)

15-12-2017 15:40 via eurekalert.org

EurekAlert (press release)
KAIST team develops technology to find optimum drug target for cancer
EurekAlert (press release)
IMAGE: Drug response prediction based on cancer cell molecular network dynamics and clustering of cancer cells by their molecular networks. view more. Credit: KAIST. A KAIST research team led by Professor Kwang-Hyun Cho of the Department of Bio and ...

Application window opens for £170 million Institutes of Technology cash - FE Week

15-12-2017 15:39 via feweek.co.uk

FE Week
Application window opens for £170 million Institutes of Technology cash
FE Week
The application window has opened for providers that want to apply for a share of £170m available for new Institutes of Technology status. Education secretary Justine Greening has today invited applications from further education and higher education ...

Technology Sector Update for 12/15/2017: MSFT, NXPI, QCOM, LFIN, AAPL, IBM, CSCO, GOOG - Nasdaq

15-12-2017 15:25 via nasdaq.com

Technology Sector Update for 12/15/2017: MSFT, NXPI, QCOM, LFIN, AAPL, IBM, CSCO, GOOG
Nasdaq
Technology shares were higher in pre-market trading on Friday, in the wake of the FCC's Thursday decision to repeal its net neutrality rules established two years ago. The decision was made by the five-person board at the US Federal Communications ...

Increasing Returns of Client Retention and Technology - Accountingweb.com

15-12-2017 15:11 via accountingweb.com

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Increasing Returns of Client Retention and Technology
Accountingweb.com
Despite the fact it costs more to get a new client than to keep an existing one -- five times as more, for some -- many still focus primarily on adding new clients instead of growing existing accounts. Advertisement. A better, more complementary ...

The Latest in Apartment Technology: Fridge Cams and Robotic Valets - New York Times

15-12-2017 15:01 via nytimes.com

New York Times
The Latest in Apartment Technology: Fridge Cams and Robotic Valets
New York Times
The latest in technology for apartments encourages residents not to lift a finger, except maybe to touch their phones. Developers are certain that buyers want gadgets that could, say, help shuffle boxes of books to storage areas, or allow a peek inside ...

Social-good technology initiative begins - Third Sector

15-12-2017 14:53 via thirdsector.co.uk

Third Sector
Social-good technology initiative begins
Third Sector
A new initiative has begun to help charities and funders develop technology that is used specifically for social good. It comes after research highlighted the difficulties many not-for-profits encounter when they seek funding to develop new social ...

Cutting-edge motion capture technology could transform creative industries - Phys.Org

15-12-2017 14:42 via phys.org

Phys.Org
Cutting-edge motion capture technology could transform creative industries
Phys.Org
TotalCapture is a real-time, full-body mocap system that uses standard video cameras, along with inertial measurement units typically found in mobile phones. The new system requires no optical markers or specialised infrared cameras and can be used ...

New Samsung smartphone concept with double-sided display spotted

15-12-2017 14:18

The new conceptshows a touch screen display that runs all the way to the rear of the smartphone. And while the front is predominantly filled with the display screen, around half of the space on the rear too is taken by it

Glow in the dark plants developed by MIT engineers

15-12-2017 14:05

While there have been earlier instances where genetically engineered plants have been made to glow, it had several drawbacks including a highly complicated process resulting in a low amount of light.

New Maryland company's technology lets quadriplegics use the phone without physical assistance - Baltimore Sun

15-12-2017 13:46 via baltimoresun.com

Baltimore Sun
New Maryland company's technology lets quadriplegics use the phone without physical assistance
Baltimore Sun
The Open Sesame app is one of the latest devices in the growing field of technology targeting those living with paralysis as well as other disabled people. Andrea K. McDanielsContact ReporterThe Baltimore Sun. A day after Obed Ben Dov appeared on ...

New Maryland company's technology lets quadriplegics use the phone without physcial assistance - Baltimore Sun

15-12-2017 13:46 via baltimoresun.com

Baltimore Sun
New Maryland company's technology lets quadriplegics use the phone without physcial assistance
Baltimore Sun
A day after Obed Ben Dov appeared on Israeli television to promote his video game technology, which allowed players to control their games by moving their heads, a viewer called him with another suggestion for the software. “I can't move my arms or ...

OPINION: New water device worthy of 2017 technology award - Independent Online

15-12-2017 13:02 via iol.co.za

Independent Online
OPINION: New water device worthy of 2017 technology award
Independent Online
JOHANNESBURG - Water has emerged as the major challenge for the Western Cape this year. So devastating has the drought been that City of Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille has started making announcements about what would happen on Day 0 (a day when ...and more »

FG invests N180bn on National Science, Technology, Innovation 2030 – Minister - Vanguard

15-12-2017 12:56 via vanguardngr.com

Vanguard
FG invests N180bn on National Science, Technology, Innovation 2030 – Minister
Vanguard
Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, Minister of Science and Technology, has said that the Federal Government is committed to investing N180 billion to ensure successful implementation of the National Science, Technology and Innovation Roadmap (NSTIR) 2030. Onu said ...and more »

The Good, Bad and Ugly of Cross-Licensing Your Technology Patents - IPWatchdog.com

15-12-2017 12:48 via ipwatchdog.com

IPWatchdog.com
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Cross-Licensing Your Technology Patents
IPWatchdog.com
A cross-licensing patent agreement is a contract between at least two parties that grants mutual rights to both parties' intellectual property. The agreement may be a private one between two specific companies or a small consortium of companies. Or it ...

Government move to set up #39;India#39; only panel of auto companies splits industry

15-12-2017 12:22

According to sources, a section of the government feels that foreign automakers are using India merely as a low-end manufacturing hub.

StarHub to acquire cryptographic technology company for as much as S$122m - The Business Times

15-12-2017 12:02 via businesstimes.com.sg

StarHub to acquire cryptographic technology company for as much as S$122m
The Business Times
STARHUB has inked a deal to buy a home-grown cryptography and digital security company for up to S$122 million, the telco said on Friday. The put and call option agreement with the owners of D'Crypt Pte Ltd would see StarHub pick up the company's ...and more »

Google parent Alphabet's moonshot factory X sells wireless internet technology to Andhra - Business Today

15-12-2017 11:36 via businesstoday.in

Business Today
Google parent Alphabet's moonshot factory X sells wireless internet technology to Andhra
Business Today
Alphabet Inc's moonshot factory X will use its Free Space Optical Communications (FSOC) technology for the first time in a collaboration with Andhra Pradesh state government. FSOC is a spin-off from its 'Project Loon' which beams internet to Earth by ...
Alphabet's X Sells New Wireless Internet Technology to Indian StateFortune
Alphabet's X Labs to share FSOC technology for And

Scientists mobilize for a fight over powerful gene-editing technology - CBC.ca

15-12-2017 11:00 via cbc.ca

CBC.ca
Scientists mobilize for a fight over powerful gene-editing technology
CBC.ca
It sounds like the plot of a science fiction novel: Scientists discover how to eradicate an entire species. Environmentalists want to stop the research. A United Nations committee invites experts to an online forum to consider the facts. Behind the ...and more »

People, processes and technology go to make the GDPR pitch - ComputerWeekly.com

15-12-2017 10:41 via computerweekly.com

People, processes and technology go to make the GDPR pitch
ComputerWeekly.com
Resellers looking to make a successful GDPR pitch need to be light on the technology and heavy on what it means for people and processes. The European data regulations come into force next May and technology forms some of the response to the issue ...

79% cos see cybersecurity as top 5 biz risks; budgets low: KPMG

15-12-2017 09:20

"79 per cent organisations identified cybersecurity as one of the top five business risks," said KPMG in India#39;s Cybercrime Survey Report 2017.

Training technology puts Bournemouth at forefront of goalkeeping revolution - SkySports

15-12-2017 06:51 via skysports.com

SkySports
Training technology puts Bournemouth at forefront of goalkeeping revolution
SkySports
Bournemouth's rise up the football pyramid holds lessons for other clubs and now they are leading the way in goalkeeper training too. Nick Wright finds out about the cutting-edge technology revolutionising the approach of Premier League sides. It is a ...

The Great AI Paradox - MIT Technology Review

15-12-2017 06:01 via technologyreview.com

MIT Technology Review
The Great AI Paradox
MIT Technology Review
Don't worry about supersmart AI eliminating all the jobs. That's just a distraction from the problems even relatively dumb computers are causing. by Brian Bergstein; December 15, 2017. You've probably heard versions of each of the following ideas. 1 ...

Roomba to Rule the Smart Home - MIT Technology Review

15-12-2017 06:01 via technologyreview.com

MIT Technology Review
Roomba to Rule the Smart Home
MIT Technology Review
iRobot CEO Colin Angle says mapping data generated by the company's robotic cleaners will finally make our homes intelligent. by Elizabeth Woyke; December 15, 2017. Smart homes are one of those technology ideas that never seem to catch on, despite the ...

Blockchain Technology, Artificial Intelligence Enabling Democratization of Investing - Cointelegraph (Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain News)

15-12-2017 04:15 via cointelegraph.com

Cointelegraph (Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain News)
Blockchain Technology, Artificial Intelligence Enabling Democratization of Investing
Cointelegraph (Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain News)
Financial markets play a vital role in today's economic framework, enabling companies to access the necessary capital to expand. They also allow investors to safeguard the value of their savings by hedging against economic outcomes. But the way markets ...

Our Views: Meet tomorrow's masters of technology - Janesville Gazette

15-12-2017 00:09 via gazettextra.com

Janesville Gazette
Our Views: Meet tomorrow's masters of technology
Janesville Gazette
Many educators have been quick to bring technological devices into their classrooms, rightly believing kids must have 21st-century tools to help them learn. But not every school is teaching kids how to code, which is somewhat surprising given code's ...