Recycling of electric car batteries can be easier, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly, according to a new scientific article from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, which outlines an optimized recycling process. The research, published in the journal Waste Management, has been carried out by some of the world's foremost experts
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Robots have helped humans in countless work environments to a point that the latter—in some cases—developed strong emotional bonds with them. A new study by University of Michigan and Sungkyunkwan University (South Korea) researchers indicates that these bonds can be detrimental as workers become more attached to the robot than their
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The Federal Government is currently managing over 1,000 roads and bridges’ construction contracts across the country, the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has said. He disclosed this in Abuja at the inauguration of Dr. Olufunmilade Akingbabohun as the 15th National Chairman of the Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Fashola, who
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Federal government has officially handed over the spectrum allocation for Fifth Generation (5G) deployment in the country to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC). This is coming barely a week before the deadline set by the NCC for the payment of the spectrum fees by the winners of the 3.5GHz spectrum auction. Dr.
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Quantum mechanics – the behavior of the Universe at the smallest of scales – continues to surprise us, with scientists now having been able to successfully create a quantum object called a domain wall in laboratory settings. For the first time, these walls can now be generated in the lab on
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It was a long journey to victory as the second edition of the National Engineering Science and Technology Essay Competition, NESTEC came to a close. The event anchored by Blue Apple is an annual event held on the second weekend of November. This year’s event was shifted to hold with
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Faces can unlock smartphones, provide access to a secure building, and speed up passport control at airports, verifying identities for numerous purposes. An international team of researchers from Australia, New Zealand and India has taken facial recognition technology to the next level, using a person's expression to manipulate objects in a
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Engr. Akan Michael completed his secondary education at Lutheran Science Secondary School, Ibakachi. He had his tertiary education at the Federal University of Technology - FUT Minna where he obtained a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 1998. He was posted to Oturpko, Benue State where he
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Ericsson IoT Accelerator delivers a reliable and secure cellular IoT platform that empowers communications service providers (CSPs) and enterprises worldwide to scale their IoT business across tens of millions of devices. Ericsson has launched IoT Accelerator Connect to bring this capability to enterprises and development projects of all sizes. With one
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Nigerian tech startups now in their hundreds are increasingly being frustrated by global Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) who connive with some overseas based distributors to ship their products into Nigeria without paying value added tax (VAT) and allied taxes. Investigation revealed that Oracle, Microsoft, Dell EMC, a subsidiary of Dell Technologies,
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