It is a cosy Sunday afternoon as I walk into a dimly lit movie theatre in the Lekki environs of Lagos, Nigeria. Already seated are hundreds of guests, including celebrities and members of the press like myself. As I make my way to empty rows in the middle, I spot a
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The manufacturing sector will rely heavily on the evolving role of the ‘new’ chief financial officer as it progresses towards increasingly digitised operations, according to report from SYSPRO. The SYSPRO 2020 Manufacturing CFO 4.0 Survey Report is based on responses from CFOs in Asia Pacific, Africa, Canada, and the United States. When
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15 years ago there was a move to amalgamate the IEE and IIE and Sir Robin Saxby started the process in 2005 – the year before he took over as President of the IEE in 2006. He spoke in September 2005. A call for all members to vote on the merger
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Overview The bituminous mix design aims to determine the proportion of bitumen, filler, fine aggregates, and coarse aggregates to produce a mix which is workable, strong, durable and economical. The requirements of the mix design and the two major stages of the mix design, i.e dry mix design and wet mix
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Computer scientists have developed an entirely new way of interacting with video content that adapts to, and is controlled by, your body movement. Fitness videos and other instructional content that aims to teach viewers new martial arts skills, exercises or yoga positions have been popular since VHS in the 80s and
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If you thought robotic dogs patrolling Singapore’s parks was something, wait until you try and hail a cab in the city-state. According to Germany’s Volocopter GmbH, Singapore could be host to the world’s first electric air taxi service as soon as 2023 following flight trials, and evaluation and certification by local
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Prior to uploading to the current platform, human minds had a long history of organic collaboration. As many of us were in a position to observe at the time, such models ranged from the highly structured and hierarchical environments of department heads, middle management, and line staff to extemporaneous gatherings
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A flexible wearable sensor might one day guide treatment for chronic (long-lasting) wounds such as diabetic foot ulcers or pressure ulcers. Researchers from Russian institute Skoltech and the University of Texas at Austin have created a prototype for such a sensor, and demonstrated it in a simulate wound environment where it measured
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We've been in this pandemic for a while now, and we've sort of gotten used to a primarily virtual social life. Meetings and classes on Zoom are adequate, the catch-up call while you tidy your kitchen works quite well, and the coworking video with the sound off is surprisingly effective.
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I was one of the winners for the first Nigerian Music-Tech Innovation Challenge and if the pitch event had been a physical one, I imagine I would have been dressed differently. More respectably. But there I was last Wednesday with a t-shirt and short shorts waiting for the announcement that
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