By 2025, experts estimate the number of “internet of things” devices — including sensors that gather real-time data about infrastructure and the environment — could rise to 75 billion worldwide. As it stands, however, those sensors require batteries that must be replaced frequently, which can be problematic for long-term monitoring. MIT researchers
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It’s difficult enough to design robots that can operate independently in space or explore asteroids and distant planets. It can be even more daunting to develop control systems for self-driving cars on terra firma, where failures have immediate and dire human costs and consequences, says Marco Pavone, an associate professor of aeronautics
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Just like the United States, Russia, China and other advanced countries that have taken space technology seriously, Nigeria is equally exploring the possibility of keying into what has now become a goldmine. The future and economy in the 21st Century is knowledge-based and technology-driven. So, to catch up with other
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Nigeria and all other African countries lost out in a $50 billion liquefied natural gas inbestment for 2019, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Stakeholders in the LNG sector who expressed concern over the development, described it as a major setback for the country in its quest to develop its
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Why waste the energy used to tilt one’s head or digest food? University of Wisconsin-Madison engineer Xudong Wang is an expert at harvesting the body’s mechanical energy to power devices, such as an electric bandage that accelerates healing and a stomach implant that subdues hunger. Now, Wang’s team is back with
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Indications emerged on Thursday that the Federal Government may no longer issue licences for small-scale mining to foreign businessmen and companies. Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Olamilekan Adegbite, gave the hint at a meeting with the Mining and Solid Minerals Group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry in
Read MoreVacancies available NLNG Train 7 project The following vacancies are available on the NLNG Train 7 project; 1. Senior Pipeline Engineer (Location: Lagos) 2. Senior Pipeline Designer (Location: Lagos) 3. Senior Instrumentation Engineer (Location: Lagos) 4. Senior Instrumentation Designer (Location: Lagos) 5. Senior Structural Engineer (Location: Lagos) 6. Senior Structural Designer (Location: Lagos) 7. Senior Materials & Corrosions
Read MoreTelecom Site Auditor Required experience 1. Mobile Network Site Build 2. Mobile Network Site Maintenance 3. Mobile Network Site Audit 4. Network Drawing and Documentation Interested and qualified? Send CV to info@eltecomresources.com
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Battery power is a limiting factor for robots everywhere, but it’s particularly problematic for drones, which have to make an awkward tradeoff between the amount of battery they carry, the amount of other more useful stuff they carry, and how long they can spend in the air. Consumer drones seem
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Two of Africa’s powerhouse tech incubators will join forces. Nigerian innovation center and seed-fund CcHub has acquired Nairobi based iHub, CcHub CEO Bosun Tijani confirmed to TechCrunch. The purchase amount is undisclosed, but Tijani said CcHub will finance the deal out of its real-estate project to build a new 10-story innovation
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