NASA may have ambitions of returning to the moon on its own, but it’s asking for help from Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk to make breakthroughs for future space missions, including going to Mars. The government space agency said on Tuesday that it is partnering with 13 US companies, including Bezos’
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Nothing seems impossible when companies, especially in retail and manufacturing, are able to tap into the power of the internet of things (IoT). As a result, IoT is flourishing. The IoT hardware, software, and services markets are all booming, and businesses seem keen on allocating budgets to trial, deploy, and scale
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Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami says he would adopt the Rwanda model to translate the dream of Abuja Technology Village into reality. He said the project would be realised by inviting investors to come and build offices and IT hubs in the
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Researchers have developed a cheap technology that could become a major source of renewable energy in the future. Stanford University scientists have tested a prototype of a battery that could tap into the mix of salty seawater and freshwater — known as “blue energy” — at wastewater treatments plants. Globally, according
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The Chief Executive Officer, Century Power Generation Limited and Executive Director, Nestoil, Dr Chukwueloka Umeh, speaks about what can be done to fix the nation’s power sector Gas shortage is a big issue in the power sector, limiting the output of many power plants in the country. What do you think
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The global population is expected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050 — but how will we feed all these people? Roughly one-third of the world’s arable land suffers from lack of accessible iron, rendering it inhospitable to staple crops like maize and soybeans. Last year, a Stanford research team led by associate
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It was recently reported in a release by GSMA that Lagos has the largest tech hub ecosystem in Africa. The report is buttressed by the fact that teens are engaged in creating Apps and devices that are being adopted to address a myriad of problems in society. One of such
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Doctors have been able to turn brain signals for speech into written sentences in a research project that aims to transform how patients with severe disabilities communicate. The breakthrough is reportedly the first to show how the intention to utter specific words can be extracted from brain activity and converted quickly
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