Science and Technology
DOST recognizes best SETUP adopters in West Visayas
August 30, 2017, 7:53 pm
ILOILO CITY -- The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) on Tuesday recognized the best provincial and regional adopters of the Small Enterprises Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) during the Regional Science and Technology Week on August 29-31. SETUP is DOST's nationwide program that aims… Read More
Inventor offers product to keep poultry farms fly-free
August 29, 2017, 3:06 pm
DAVAO CITY – With the mounting complaints of flies and bad odor from poultry farms, a Davao inventor came up with a product that neutralizes odor and drives away house flies and crawling insects from poultry, piggery farms, markets, pet and animal feces and slaughterhouses. Virgilio Sangutan,… Read More
NASA's next Mars mission to probe deep interior of red planet
August 29, 2017, 2:02 pm
LOS ANGELES -- The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s next Mars mission known as InSight, which is on track for a 2018 liftoff, will focus on examining the deep interior of Mars, the agency announced on Monday. The long form of InSight's name is Interior Exploration using… Read More
Experts call on UN to stop proliferation of 'killer robots'
August 21, 2017, 1:45 pm
SYDNEY -- Scientists from around the world have called for the United Nations (UN) to take action to stop the proliferation of "killer robots." At the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Melbourne on Monday, technology leaders from around the world congregated at the… Read More
Deep sleep reinforces learning of motor skills
August 14, 2017, 9:12 am
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 14 -- Neuroscientists at the University of California, San Francisco, have discovered that the animal brain reinforces motor skills during deep sleep. In the study published in Nature Neuroscience, the researchers found that during non-rapid eye movement, or non-REM, sleep,… Read More
BPO industry advised to get skills upgrade amid AI advancement
August 8, 2017, 3:18 pm
MANILA, Aug. 8 -- Amid reports that advancement in artificial intelligence (AI) could affect around 40,000 workers in the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, a senator has advised companies to move their workers up the skills ladder. “The best way to protect ourselves is to move our… Read More
PLDT, PAPTELCO partner to improve digital service in PH
August 7, 2017, 6:52 pm
MANILA, Aug 7 -- PLDT and its mobile subsidiary Smart Communications have bolstered its partnership with local telco operators to further enhance delivery of digital services and content to homes and offices across the country. PLDT and Smart, in collaboration with the Philippine Association of… Read More
Smart improves LTE coverage in Boracay
August 7, 2017, 6:45 pm
MANILA, Aug 7 -- Smart Communications has further improved its mobile Internet coverage in Boracay Island using Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology. In a statement Monday, Smart said in its partnership with Huawei Technologies Philippines, four component carrier (4CC) in Boracay have been… Read More
