Tag: Digital Transformation

Mobile batteries are providing electricity to people in Nigeria. And this organisation is offering African girls and women mentoring and support to increase their skills in the technology sector. The female founder, a financial expert, is calling on her years of experience assisting African people abroad. Her team holds startup conferences in Africa at which women can meet specialists...

Period poverty should be a thing of the past. For 84% of South Africans, however, going to the doctor’s is too expensive. Cue a Johannesburg-based startup whose new app offers affordable assistance from an online network of medical, psychological and nursing personnel. First, a virtual assistant records users’ medical history and symptoms, data which is saved and made accessible...

A computer-controlled hand is removing barriers for the deaf-blind community. And now a research team from Queensland University has developed an app that promotes international dialogue between scientists aiming to preserve endangered species of bird. Often, birds’ territory extends across continents and linguistic boundaries. In the app, species at risk of extinction are categorised according to language. A move...

Dopamine makes us happy. A deficiency can lead to Parkinson’s. Molecule pairs and nasal spray should, in future, spur production of the hormone. Now, working with experts and patients, an advertising firm’s international team has developed a free app that counteracts the tremors that are typical of the disease. As a first step, surfing the internet on iPads will...

Using the human body as a model for electronic inventions isn’t restricted to the field of data storage. Now, a research team from Washington State University has developed a high-performance computer chip made from honey, which imitates the brain’s neural network. First the honey is left to solidify, then placed between two electrodes. Boasting high computational power and switching...

A photo triggers memories. Many online maps provide live data; some give information on climate risk areas. Now, a not-for-profit organisation from Canada is allowing users to delve into the earth’s Indigenous past. Initially launched as an investigation into whose land would be impacted by a new pipeline, the project grew through a combination of archive work and communication...

Hidden cities are being uncovered deep within the rainforest. Yet somehow our traffic lights don’t recognise queues of vehicles due to fixed programming and induction loops. Now, a German research team specialising in industrial automation hopes to change all that. In a test project at one junction high resolution cameras and radar technology capture the number of vehicles present....

Originality isn’t just for the fashion industry. Following on from the success of indigenous tribes in Australia, a PhD student at Charles Darwin University recently teamed up with a music producer. He recorded the sounds of endangered bird species and together with the producer they produced a 24-minute album within three weeks. It features the chatter and calls of...