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Tech Sightings, March 20, 2014

Posted March 20th, 2014 at 2:21 pm (UTC-4)
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How a 3-D Printed Arm Gave Hope to Boy Maimed in Sudan Bomb Blast In Sudan’s Nuba mountains, Dr. Tom Catena is treating thousands of people who lost limbs in the country’s bloody conflict. Many of his patients are children. One is a 12-year-old boy who lost his arms in an aerial attack. While surgery […]

Tech Sightings, March 19, 2014

Posted March 19th, 2014 at 2:20 pm (UTC-4)
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New Research Claims Microsoft’s Bing Censors More Heavily Within China Than Baidu GreatFire, a Chinese Web monitoring service, has again raised objections that Microsoft’s Bing heavily censors within China, even more than domestic search engine Baidu. Bing came under fire last month for censoring China-related information worldwide. Internet Currency Helps Kenya Build Water Wells A […]

Tech Sightings, March 18, 2014

Posted March 18th, 2014 at 2:18 pm (UTC-4)
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The African Version of Amazon Will Emerge From Nigeria Not to be outdone by Amazon, African companies in East Africa are also experimenting with a drone initiative that uses large cargo robots in a race around Mount Kenya to deliver and collect payloads. That initiative faces many challenges, though, and the future “African Amazons” are […]

Fight to End Violence Against Women Goes High-Tech

Posted March 14th, 2014 at 2:04 pm (UTC-4)
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In an ideal 21st century world, there would be no violence – against women or any other group. The naive assumption would be that social strides would match technological progress going into a more enlightened future. But in this imperfect world, where violence against women remains a real, global phenomenon, technology is coming to the […]

Tech Sightings, March 13, 2014

Posted March 13th, 2014 at 2:52 pm (UTC-4)
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 Intel Lead on Conflict Minerals Helps, Challenges Other Firms After spending more than five years figuring out how to rid its supply chain of minerals that finance conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Intel Corp is now offering to “open source” its methods so that other companies can follow suit. Singapore Backtracks, Unveils New […]

Tech Sightings, March 12, 2014

Posted March 12th, 2014 at 2:51 pm (UTC-4)
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The $100,000 Device That Could Have Solved Missing Plane Mystery The search continues for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370; and the full story will only be known once the flight recorder is found. But a Canadian company already has the technology to fit a plane with a device that can stream crucial flight information to the […]

Tech Sightings, March 11, 2014

Posted March 11th, 2014 at 2:21 pm (UTC-4)
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Limitations of Technology in Tracking Missing Planes Technology is a wonderful thing – with apps for just about everything these days. So how then can a big Malaysian passenger jet simply disappear without any electronic way of tracking it? Crowdsourcing the Search for Malaysia Flight 370 A Colorado satellite imaging company has launched an effort […]

Youth at Forefront of Global Internet Use

Posted March 7th, 2014 at 2:00 pm (UTC-4)
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If you are under 30, you are probably one of the young people leading the global charge in Internet and mobile technology. Young people are “particularly likely to use the Internet. They are particularly likely to engage in social networking,” said Richard Wike, Director of Pew Research Center’s Global Attitude Research. “They are particularly likely […]

Tech Sightings, March 6, 2014

Posted March 6th, 2014 at 2:41 pm (UTC-4)
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With Move to Limit Gun Sales, Facebook Is Caught in Debate Pressured by law enforcement and advocacy groups, Facebook, one of the world’s largest marketplaces for guns, has moved to regulate gun sales on its site, as well as on its Instagram app, in an effort to shield minors from gun advertisements. The Internet is […]

Tech Sightings, March 5, 2014

Posted March 5th, 2014 at 2:41 pm (UTC-4)
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The Benefits of Connecting Kids With Autism to Social Media Autism Expressed is the first and only online learning program that teaches digital literacy to students with autism and other developmental disabilities. It was launched last summer launched by a student at Philadelphia’s University of The Arts and has already benefited thousands of students. Mobile […]