Singapore wants a self-driving wheelchair by 2017
By Daniel Cooper From engadget The idea is to free up nurses to do more important work in hospitals. Singapore is pushing for businesses to develop an autonomous wheelchair that’ll convey people around without instruction. The announcement came from Mark Lim,…
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Telecommunications here are appalling All last week the awful Internet speed went from FLOW;s slow to packing up altogether for intermittent periods of a minute to 15 minutes. I was therefore astonished to read a representative from FLOW inform CNS…
Cayman Islands Diving Hall of Fame
The International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place on Friday, 30 September 2016, welcoming six industry innovators and pioneers along with four local honourees to this distinguished institution. L-R: Lesley Leaney – accepting on behalf of Bob…
Alphabet’s latest project is Birth Control for Mosquitoes
By Antonio Regalado From Biomedicine At one of Alphabet’s campuses in Mountain View, California, entomologists working behind the steel door of a bio-safety lab are breeding mosquitoes in a new effort by the search giant to create automated insect farms….
New Director of Cayman Islands Computer Services Department
GEORGE TOWN, GRAND CAYMAN – The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has hired a new Director of the Computer Services Department (CSD). Simon Spiers, who recently took up the post, brings with him vast experience that spans the UK Public…
More evidence for Zika virus link to damage beyond microcephaly
By Lisa Rapaport From Reuters (Reuters Health) – The mosquito-borne Zika virus can lead to extensive birth defects that go beyond microcephaly, a Brazilian study suggests. Researchers studied 11 babies diagnosed with Zika and found they had a range of…
Gadget of the week
Here’s a machine that turns water into synthetic gasoline By Timothy J. Seppala From engadget Even with the amount of electric vehicles we’ve seen lately, it’s likely going to be a long time until they completely replace traditional combustion engines…
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Travel advisory update: Cayman Islands – hurricane Matthew to bring hazardous conditions From the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office – Latest update: Summary – Hurricane Matthew may bring hazardous sea and weather conditions to Cayman Brac and Little Cayman from…
Yahoo hack could have affected billions of accounts, former exec claims
BY KERRY FLYNN From Mashable The Yahoo breach could have affected more accounts than previously reported. Yahoo confirmed last week that data from at least 500 million user accounts had been stolen in the company’s network from late 2014. However,…
Wristwatches invention
The incredible story of how one of the first modern wristwatches was invented By Cartier From Business Insider Landmark Innovation Nearly all great inventions come from the need to solve a problem. And the creation of one of the world’s…
