FIFA confirms goal-line technology for 2014 World Cup

The world Soccer governing body, FIFA, has confirmed that goal-line technology will be used at the 2014 World Cup.

It has also invited more providers of the service to submit tenders.

Two systems, Hawkeye and GoalRef, have so far been licensed by FIFA. Both were used at…

From ‘Angry Birds’ to multi-player video games, NASA ramps up investment in educational technology

Forty-three years after putting a man on the moon, NASA sent the “Angry Birds” video game to space. A few months later, the birds traveled to the moon and later to Mars.

NASA’s recent collaboration with gamemaker Rovio to create “Angry Birds Space,” in which players use slingshots to launch birds at pigs, is part of a series of computer game projects spearheaded by government agencies to encourage science, technology…

Platini: Introducing goal-line technology would be a historical mistake

Uefa president Michel Platini believes Fifa would be making a “historical mistake” if they introduced goal-line technology, following growing calls for its introduction after Ukraine were denied a goal against England in their Euro 2012 Group D clash.

Tests are currently taking place to find a reliable system which could be introduced to provide clarity as to whether a ball has crossed…

GE Healthcare unveils ultra-low dose CT technology with profound image clarity

Emphasizing its commitment to low-dose medical imaging, GE Healthcare today announced 510(k) clearance of its revolutionary Computed Tomography (CT) technology, called Veo,* which may help physicians deliver accurate diagnoses by enabling profound CT image clarity at dramatically lower dose. Veo represents the CT industry’s first Model-based Iterative Reconstruction (MBIR) technique, and is already available on GE…

Twins born five years apart thanks to advanced reproductive technology

By Dr Ananya Mandal, MD

Floren Blake is a miracle baby for her parents. At just under two months of age she also has a “twin” five-year-old brother Reuben. Even the clinicians who delivered the baby girl in November last year were ecstatic said her 38-year-old mother, Jody Blake, as the family shared the excitement brought about…

Apple iPad review: ‘Retina Display’ technology makes screen look like glowing paper

Last week, Apple chief executive Tim Cook took the stage and announced the new iPad in San Francisco. Even though the device looks and acts like the previous version, there’s a lot that’s new under the surface.

For starters, the new iPad boasts a magical 9.7-inch “Retina Display” screen with 2048-by-1536 resolution. That’s a million more pixels than an HDTV.

Watson plans to establish Global R&D Technology Center in North Brunswick

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE: WPI) today announced plans to establish a Global R&D Technology Center in North Brunswick, New Jersey.  The Company has signed a lease for a 32,000-square-foot facility at the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s Technology Centre of New Jersey, a 50-acre complex consisting of lab, production and office space. Watson intends to initially…

New U.S. patent covers key element of Xencor’s Xtend half-life prolongation technology

Xencor, Inc., a company using its proprietary Protein Design Automation® (PDA) platform technology to engineer next-generation antibodies, announced today that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued Xencor a broad patent covering optimized monoclonal antibody variants and their application for extending in vivo half-life of  antibodies. U.S. Patent 8,088,376 is the latest in…

THE INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY (IMT) HAS RELEASE HER 2011/2012 POST UTME RESULT

Platform of entertainment team are happy to announce to the general public that the Institute of Management Technology, Enugu (IMT) has released her long awaited 2011/2012 post UMTE result.

Candidates who wish to check their result online can do so by using your jamb registration number and your previous pin code.

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Chrome browser comes to phones, tablets

he Google Chrome logo is displayed at a store in London on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Google launches Chrome Web browser for Android devices Google says it wanted to make sure its browser was right for its operating system Chrome has already replaced Firefox as the second most-popular browser (CNN) — Android is finally getting Chromed out. Google launched a beta version of Chrome…