It's a common enough scenario in Nigeria and across Africa: how to get rid of pesky mosquitoes whose buzzing disturbs sleep and whose bites can carry malaria and other diseases. Two Nigerian start-ups have tapped this—and other ...
Beginning in 2017, all gasoline sold in the US must contain less than 10 parts per million sulfur, the US Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday, dismissing oil industry arguments that the new standard is unnecessary and could ...
Tags: Gasoline, Metallurgy
Wacom is introducing a new language to support digitization of handwriting,notetaking and drawing.Its WILL,Wacom Ink Layer Language,will become a new standard that will allow users to work across OS,hardware platforms and cloud services to ...
IBM today launched the IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge(www.ibmwatson.com),a first of its kind,global competition to encourage developers to create mobile consumer and business apps powered by Watson.IBM announced the challenge at ...
We're in the beginning of a world in which everything is connected to the Internet and with one another, while powerful yet relatively cheap computers analyze all that data for ways to improve lives. Toothbrushes tell your mirror to ...
Tags: Service, Consumer Electronics
Perfect World Entertainment, Inc., a leading publisher and operator of free-to-play massively multiplayer games, today announced a partnership with Latin American digital goods payment giant, UOL BoaCompra, to monetize and market the ...
Vivitar today unveiled its new Camelio TV, the world's first customizable TV companion device that turns any HDTV into a "big screen" family-friendly Android tablet that's customizable with a range of themes and characters via Camelio ...
Tags: Camelio TV, HDTV
Children from immigrant families now account for 42 percent of uninsured children in the United States, reports a study in the March issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer ...
Tags: Uninsured Children, Immigrant Family, Eligible Children
Karim Rashid has teamed up with Leapfrog for a 3-D printer that will produce seven of the designer’s own original works. The project is the first in the 3-D printer manufacturer’s upcoming series of designer collaborations and ...
Tags: 3-D Printer, ability to create complex patterns and structures
Wearable devices have stolen the show at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, according to Chinese-language United Evening News. Companies including Samsung, LG, Sony, and Huawei Device have all showcased their wearable designs at ...
Tags: LED Industry, Wearable Devices
RiteDia, a wholly-owned subsidiary of optical disc maker Ritek, has developed a diamond-like carbon coating which can be used on LED epitaxial wafers to enhance heat-dissipation for LED lighting chips, and plans to license the technology to ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Carbon Coating
Boys are at greater risk for delayed language development than girls, according to a new study using data from the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study. The researchers also found that reading and writing difficulties in the family gave ...
Covered California has almost reached its enrollment goal for March 31, according to numbers released Wednesday. Still, the state plans to spend millions on Spanish-language advertising in the weeks remaining before the open enrollment ...
Tags: Health Insurance, Health Coverage, Health Plan, Obamacare
For a moment last April, the Indiana General Assembly looked like it was going to conclude like an Indianapolis 500 race – with the state Senate putting the hammer down on a “farm protection” bill the House still had some ...
Tags: farm protection, Indiana Assembly, SB 101, SB 373
Domitalia's Bouchon chair system, designed by Radice & Orlandini design, has been recently awarded the Good Design Award for design excellence worldwide by Chicago Athenaeum, the Museum of Architecture and Design in Chicago. The ...