Glass Hits Operating Theater as Wearable Tech Boosts Cancer Surgery Surgeons at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital have turned to Google Glass to access patient records, look at MRI and X-ray information during surgery. Kenya: Safaricom Beats Google, Facebook in Innovation Fast Company magazine rated Kenya’s mobile network operator Safaricom number nine in innovation globally […]
Kenyan Wearable Tech Helps Save Lives
Posted January 17th, 2014 at 3:05 pm (UTC-4)
Boda boda, anyone? If you don’t know what that is, stick around. Boda boda is the local name for Kenya’s favored mode of transportation. It is becoming more popular in both rural and urban areas across the country. Also known as the motorcycle, the boda boda saves Kenyan riders time, gives them maneuverability to zigzag […]
Tech Sightings, January 8, 2014
Posted January 8th, 2014 at 2:30 pm (UTC-4)
2014: The Year Connected TVs Go Simple Sony, LG, Hisense, and TCL enjoyed the CES spotlight for a deceptive innovation in TVs: Keep them simple, stupid. This may be the year Internet-connected TVs come into their own, but is that enough? Could Video-Sharing Indians Disrupt Television Advertising? If 3G connections begin to deliver their actual […]
Tech Sightings, December 11, 2013
Posted December 11th, 2013 at 4:19 pm (UTC-4)
Study: Incessant Instagramming Keeps You from Remembering Things According to researchers at Fairfield University, people who rely on their cameras to capture every moment of an event are not fully immersed in it themselves and so are less likely to remember it. Kenya: Remote Borehole Pump Monitoring to Transform Water Supply in Remote Areas Kenyan […]