The power industry is evolving because it must meet a growing demand for electricity, as the world population continues to increase and developing countries industrialise. One of the key challenges is to satisfy this growing demand while reducing CO2 emissions in order to try and reach the targets established by
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Social media and smartphone use significantly affect the mental health of teenagers, according to a study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, reports CBS News. Researchers pored over dozens of studies that implicated smartphone and social media use in the increase of “mental distress, self-injurious behavior and suicidality among
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Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy has alerted the general public on the risks of using Windows 7 powered devices for internet-based services that require the use of sensitive information such as internet banking. This follows the official End of Support (EoS) of the Microsoft Windows
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Toshiba has come up with a new way of solving combinatorial optimization problems. A classic example of such problems is the traveling salesman dilemma, in which a salesman must find the shortest route between many cities. Such problems are found aplenty in science, engineering, and business. For instance, how should a utility select the optimal route for
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U.S. intelligence indicates Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei has the ability to hack into cellular networks via "back doors," information U.S. officials have shared with allies England and Germany. The Wall Street Journal reported those "back doors" appear to have been put in place for law enforcement use. Huawei, which many suspect
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The Chief Engineer at the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Mrs. Felicia Agubata, who is also the Immediate Past President, Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria, in this interview, gave an insight as to why Nigeria has maintained good safety record in air travel and also spoke about the advocacy
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s (JPL) Mars 2020 rover is heading to the Red Planet armed with a high-powered laser to assist in its search for fossils. The technology, called SuperCam, is fitted at the robot’s mast and shoots pulses capable of vaporizing rocks from up to 20 feet away. The laser beam
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The coronavirus has a new victim: the world’s largest phone show. Mobile World Congress (MWC) — the annual convention where smartphone makers from around the world come to hawk their wares — was scheduled to take place in Barcelona on Feb. 24, but was canceled due to fears surrounding the viral
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An Israeli drone defense system fit for “Star Wars” has shot down multiple maneuvering targets with a high-powered laser beam, according to reports. “The system achieved 100 percent success in all test scenarios,” defense technology company Rafael said in a statement about its Drone Dome C-UAS, or Counter-Unmanned Aerial System, the
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Although not a trained historian, IEEE Senior Member Antonio Savini says he has always been interested in the origins and evolution of technology. It’s important not only to preserve electrical technology and artifacts, he says, but also to explain their impact on society. “If engineers do not understand the evolution of
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