Drupa 2016
Drupa news: Are You Ready to ‘Touch the Future? From RTA Digital With mere weeks until the 2016 edition of the mega drupa printing trade fair in Europe, the wait is nearly over. On May 31st the visitors will begin…
Student Programme for Innovation in Science and Engineering (SPISE)
BY CARDINAL WARDE From Caribbean Science Foundation The long-term overall goal of the CSF (http://caribbeanscience.org) is to help diversify the economies of the Caribbean Region by smulating more technology-based entrepreneurship, creating more high paying jobs, and thereby raising the standard…
Australia removed from UN world heritage climate report
From BBC All references to climate change’s impact on World Heritage sites in Australia have been removed from a United Nations report. A draft of the report contained a chapter on the Great Barrier Reef and references to Kakadu and…
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Students from Northern Caribbean University are internationally recognized for creation of a natural mosquito repellant
By Nigel Coke From Adventist News Network The entrepreneurs from Jamaica placed sixth in the annual International Business Model Competition. Inspired by the need to have individuals protected after the 2014 outbreak of the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus (Chik-V) in Jamaica that…
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Health City Cayman Islands: Young Caymanian gets second chance at life after severe accident
CAYMAN ISLANDS (May 25, 2016) – A young Caymanian who suffered life-threatening injuries as the result of a motorcycle accident is recovering today thanks to the skilled teamwork and timely response of heart surgeons at Health City Cayman Islands. John…
First Assessment of SLCPs for Latin America and the Caribbean released
BY CCAC SECRETARIAT Reducing dangerous air pollutants in Latin America and the Caribbean will benefit health, eco-systems and the climate Efforts to reduce dangerous air and climate pollutants by Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries could reap immediate and long-term…
Does smoking pot change the way the brain develops?
By Tia Ghose for LiveScience From Mashable The effects of marijuana on the brain may be more complicated than experts previously thought, and may depend on factors related to the person using the drug, such as their genetics, two new studies…
Japan to go to the moon
Japan is planning an unmanned moon mission for 2019 By Christopher Klimovski From engadget Japan’s space program announced last December that it wants to become the fourth country to successfully land an unmanned vessel on the moon. The scheduled launch…
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When this chimp whacked a drone, she thought ahead, scientists say
BY PATRICK KULP From Mashable Chimpanzees are apparently not amused by our automated flying technology. After months of reviewing video footage, scientists have determined that a chimp that swatted down a drone in its Netherlands zoo enclosure had actually carefully…
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Coding and creativity could conquer the digital divide
BY MATT PETRONZIO From Mashable LONDON — Technology has an image problem. That’s what Belinda Parmar, CEO and founder of Little Miss Geek and Lady Geek, said in a panel at the +SocialGood UK conference in London on Friday. In conversation…
