Tech Beach Retreat to create gateways for the Caribbean
Tech Beach Retreat To Create Gateways For Innovation & Investment In The Caribbean KINGSTON, Jamaica – White House Emerging Global Entrepreneur and World Economic Forum Global Shaper, Kirk-Anthony Hamilton, will host the first Tech Beach Retreat in Montego Bay, Jamaica…
PV Energy: Almost 50 % of the agreed rooftop installations on government buildings completed
sun2roof solar installations on public rooftops to foster Antigua’s green energy future Halftime for Antigua and Barbuda’s solar rooftop projects: Nearly 50 % of the agreed 2 MWp solar rooftop systems are installed. The 2 MWp sun2roof are part of…
Weather Service training under way in Cayman Islands
A group of meteorological and aviation officers in the Cayman Islands are currently receiving training that will allow them to provide weather observations anywhere in the world. The National Weather Service is required to have all officers providing weather observations…
Caribbean faces serious cyber security threats
By Gerard Best From South Florida Caribbean News PHILIPSBURG, St Maarten— Keep it secret. And make sure it’s safe. Don’t use your real name, your birth date, or any single word. Instead, try a short phrase that includes some numerals…
It’s not an Iron man movie
The US Navy just put a futuristic HUD in a diving helmet By Sean Buckley From engadget Project engineers say it’s like “an ‘Iron man’ movie” Augmented reality (technology that uses screen-embedded eyewear to overlay the real world with information,…
Florida Hospital first to implant new FDA-approved Sutureless Aortic Valve
Miami, Fla. (October 31, 2016) – Palmetto General Hospital is the first hospital in Florida and third in the United States to commercially implant a sutureless aortic valve in a patient with heart valve disease through a newly FDA-approved, minimally…
3 hurricanes from space
This is what three hurricanes look like from space BY MIRIAM KRAMER A new video from NASA shows all three powerful hurricanes currently churning waters on Earth as seen by the International Space Station in one day. Two hurricanes in…
Caribbean mobile entrepreneurs urged to participate in Canadian government funded project
From Antigua Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica, Oct 29, CMC –Regional mobile entrepreneurs are being given an opportunity to compete for a share of US$75,000 and be recognized as some of the top tech talent in the region under a project aimed…
Why did the Galaxy Note 7 explode? Samsung won’t tell us anytime soon
By Chris Smith From BGR The Galaxy Note 7 is both the best smartphone Samsung has ever made and its biggest scandal. Multiple Galaxy Note 7 explosions lead to a first recall, which was not sufficient to fix the manufacturing…
Gadget of the week
Infrared implant brings practical sight to the blind By Jon Fingas From engadget You can already get a retinal implant to restore some sight when you’re blind, but the quality is usually too poor to be useful for more than…











