Ms. Cynthia Tan is a pioneer in people analytics in Asia. Three years ago she started an initiative at the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited ( ...
East African platform against illegal fishing
Eight East African countries are pooling their intelligence on a platform to make the fight against illegal fishing more effective. FISH-i Africa, as the ...
How inclusive are smart cities?
A new study that starts in January and lasts for two years aims to find out how inclusive UK’s smart city initiatives are. More than half of the ...
Australian utility leaders learn from Millenium Drought
The introduction of smart systems offers the opportunity to connect utilities to their assets and their workforces in real time. Customers take profit from ...
Digital caregiving with new smart home device
The new ELAN automation system adopts the home of physically-impaired people to their needs. It allows them to control the home’s lighting, front ...
World’s first medical supply delivery by drone in Rwanda
With the help from a Silicon Valley startup, Rwanda set up a national drone delivery service for medical products, including blood. Initially five remote ...
Big data for terror prevention
US intelligence and law enforcement agencies are calling for the use of big data to predict and prevent crimes, terror attacks and other security threats. ...
Fire-containment bags for smartphones on planes
Major airlines announced to supply fire-containment bags for smartphones to be used aboard flights and in airports. The new policy is a consequence of ...
Civic participation for smart city contest in Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala (India), has launched 30 idea boxes distributed over the city where the population can drop proposals and ...
What is fog computing?
“Cloud computing”, transmitting and receiving data through the cloud, is relying on a good data connection. A new term and IT phenomenon ...
