Domestic mobile wallet platform MobiKwik and the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) on Thursday teamed up to empower over 30 lakh street vendors from 25 states to use digital transactions.
Continue reading MobiKwik to help 3m street vendors go digital
Whim, a mobile app by Finland-based Mobility as Service (MaaS) operator MaaS Global, is set to be launched in the West Midlands metropolitan area in Britain in early 2017 which will become the first region to pilot the service to its residents.
Continue reading Mobility app Whim launch in Britain slated for 2017
Imagine grasping a mug of coffee sitting on a chair and a robotic hand brings it in front of you, thereby reducing your efforts of getting up and getting it yourself. With new technology, such seemingly impossible feats should no longer be restricted to the realms of fantasy, research has shown.
Continue reading Now, control a robot with only your thought
A year after COP21 and the adoption of the Paris Agreement, international policymakers are still struggling to convert targets into action. This is clearly indicated by the title of the recent followup COP in Marrakech: Turn the Promise of Paris into Action.
Continue reading People power: how communities and cities can help save the environment
The self-driving car project that Google started seven years ago has grown into a company called Waymo, signaling its confidence that it will be able to bring robot-controlled vehicles to the masses within the next few years.
Continue reading Google’s self-driving car project gets a new name: Waymo
The UAE Water Aid Foundation, Suqia, operating under the umbrella of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives or MBRGI, took part in a special session organised by the Arab Water Council under the theme “Water Technology and Sustainable Development in the Arab World.”
Continue reading UAE Water Aid Foundation Suqia highlights its achievements in Cairo session
The third exhibition organised by UAE Unlimited, entitled ‘Bayn: the In-Between’, will be held at Warehouse421 in Abu Dhabi from February, 2017.
Aimed at connecting emerging creatives with industry experts and leading design companies, the Dubai Design and Fashion Council, DDFC, has announced their latest platforms, the DDFC Mentorship Programme and the DDFC Internship Programme.
More colleges are getting bomb-sniffing dogs in a time of always-looming security threats, with two in New England among the latest.
Continue reading Newest members of many college police departments: Bomb dogs
Growing lettuce in the desert is not most people’s idea of how to make a success of farming, but Amr Bassiouny believes he is on to something.
Continue reading Farming without soil seen as solution in land without water
