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Cayman Islands’ Coral Nursery Programme launched with high hopes
From Isla Public Relations Weeks after being set up, coral gardens showing great signs of growth; dive “gardeners” excited about progress Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, (June 13, 2016) – After only a few short weeks, hundreds of coral fragments hanging…
Gadget of the week
MIT harvests fog to make water in one of the driest places on Earth By Jon Fingas From engadget The climate is so arid in some corners of the globe that virtually any source of water is crucial to survival; even…
PV Energy to present solar solutions at exhibition on Cayman Islands
Solar energy provider shows its off-grid power system sun2go xl at the Island Living Show Innovative and reliable clean energy solutions are significantly gaining importance in the Caribbean islands. Not only governments strive to make a shift away from polluting fuel-based…
Proton therapy arrives at Miami Cancer Institute
A 220-ton “Cyclotron” is the cornerstone of the only proton therapy center in South Florida to offer pencil-beam scanning MIAMI – JUNE 14, 2016 – Miami Cancer Institute at Baptist Health South Florida has welcomed the future of cancer care with…
Sail: How daredevil Jeb Corliss uses wearable tech to fly like a bird
By Dan Patterson From TechRepublic Last week the wingsuit pilot strapped on a set of wings, jumped out of an airplane, and landed on the Great Wall of China. Here’s how tech helped him train for and survive the harrowing…
Facebook might start encrypting all your chats
By Chris Smith FromBGR Facebook Messenger, a chat service that has more than 900 million users, is going to get end-to-end encryption later this year, a new report. However, it’s not the kind of end-to-end encryption available on iMessage or…
US: Majority of Key Haven survey respondents oppose GMO mosquito test
By NANCY KLINGENER From WLRN Miami, South Florida A survey of households in Key Haven, the neighborhood proposed for the first U.S. trial of genetically modified mosquitoes, found a majority of respondents opposed to the test. Researchers from the Bloomberg School of…
Ericsson ConsumerLab: personal safety to drive wearables market beyond health & fitness
Safety- and security-related devices top consumers’ wish-lists for wearables One in three smartphone users believe they will use at least five connected wearables beyond 2020 Smartphones turn into just screens, wearables expected to perform most smartphone functions within five years…
Gadget of the week
Brain implants help the paralyzed type faster By Jon Fingas From engadget It’s possible for paralysis victims to type and otherwise communicate with the world, but they usually have to do so at a glacial pace. They might not be…
There’s a lot we don’t know about prime numbers
By Andy Kiersz From Business Insider Prime numbers are one of the most basic topics of study in the branch of mathematics called number theory. Primes are numbers that can only be evenly divided by themselves and 1. For example,…
