Technology
‘Iron lung’ backed by Stephen Hawking’s family to be trialled on Covid-19 patients
A ‘cutting-edge’ ventilator, backed by the family of Stephen Hawking, is due to be trialled in the fight against coronavirus. The new model, named Exovent, is a reinvention of the ‘iron lung’, a Negative Pressure Ventilator which saved the lives of thousands of polio victims in the 20th century. While traditional ventilators require patients to be sedated …
Hacking the Covid-19 crisis: The role of technology
Issued on: 11/04/2020 – 14:05Modified: 11/04/2020 – 14:08 In this edition, we tell you how makers and doers are getting together to help print essential medical parts but also how car manufacturers are offering their expertise to fight the coronavirus outbreak. In France, hundreds of makers are at work in the fight against Covid-19. Dozens …
Specialization, technology and culture erode traditions, discourage participation | Hoosierhoops
Back in Hoosier Hysteria’s heyday, stretching from the 1940s clean through the early 1990s, playing high school basketball was the ultimate goal for the stereotypical Indiana schoolboy. Even many small schools had not only varsity teams chock full of players, but robust junior varsity and freshman squads, as well. Schools of just a few hundred …
Tales From The Field: How Technology Helped Us Save The Deal
Sourced from various real estate pros all over the country, this recurring column features stories of what agents are seeing on the front lines and what others can draw from those experiences. This time, Lindsey Hood explains how technology helped an Austin-based brokerage during the global pandemic. Sourced from various real estate pros all over …
How Technology Has Already Begun Using Your Biometric Data – And Why it’s Trustworthy
How Technology Has Already Begun Using Your Biometric Data – And Why it’s Trustworthy No one denies that something needs to be done to protect our online data. From January to March of 2019, over 1.9 billion records have been exposed. While businesses were the most commonly hacked, educational and medical institutions were …
30 companies to manufacture ‘counter Covid-19 products’ with DRDO technology
At least 30 companies will manufacture a range of ‘counter Covid-19′ products with technology provided by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). These are non-medicine products, such as ventilators, sanitisers, PPE, face shield and isolation shelters. Notable among them is the Bengaluru-based PSU, Bharat Electronics Ltd, which will produce 30,000 ventilators. Dr Mayank Dwivedi, Director, …
As Santa Barbara Schools Transition to Remote Learning, Technology Access Remains Barrier | School Zone
Technology, WiFi connectivity and access to devices are among the biggest challenges facing the Santa Barbara Unified School District as it transitions to remote education during the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Todd Ryckman, chief educational technology officer for the district, said it is working quickly to help students learn from home, but some barriers remain. “Our main …
Several Spokane churches turn to technology to celebrate Easter
April 10, 2020 7:32 PM Elenee Dao Posted: April 10, 2020 7:32 PM SPOKANE, Wash. – Churches in the Spokane community will be celebrating Easter a little differently, as they still hope to reach their congregations on the holy weekend. It’s not easy, when everyone has been ordered to stay home. It’s been a different …
Activist Starboard Value Wants Changes at GCP Applied Technologies
Text size These disclosures are from 13Ds filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 13Ds are filed within 10 days of an entity’s attaining more than 5% in any class of a company’s securities. Subsequent changes in holdings or intentions must be reported in amended filings. This material is from April 2 through April 8, …
Technology with Paul Stenhouse
Missing the office? There’s a site for that The guy who whistles, the hum of the air conditioning, the small talk at the water cooler: the things we miss now we’re stuck at home! Well, you can get it all back thanks to imisstheoffice.eu. You can hear all those wonderful things.. you can activate the photocopier, …
