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Australian nanosatellites will let farmers track water levels on smartphones

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: Australia-based tech startup, Myriota, has announced its small satellites will provide farmers with real-time information on their water supplies. The technology will allow farmers in Australia’s outback to monitor water use and supply from their mobile phones, the company says. This is the first commercial use of the company’s low orbit system.…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com February 22, 2019 Off

Halal browser provides Muslim-friendly internet

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: Malaysian-based SalamWeb has created a Muslim-friendly internet experience. The company calls itself the “world’s first Shariah certified web browser.” SalamWeb doesn’t block content, according to Managing Director Hasni Zarina Mohamed Khan. Instead it provides tools to help users filter illicit or unwanted content. SalamWeb will also flag sites that violate…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com February 21, 2019 Off

Scientists create insulin pill for diabetics

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: A team of scientists have developed a special capsule for diabetics, which could replace insulin injections. The key to the capsule is its design — inspired by the shell of an African leopard tortoise. The capsule has high, rounded sides that guarantee it can flip over if it lands upside…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com February 21, 2019 Off

Sell Clean

In July of 2006, I first learned of Humpy Wheeler, one of the foremost promotors of NASCAR. He was a guest on NPR’s news quiz show, “Wait Wait! Don’t Tell Me!” And what he did thrilled me. Sell Clean Humpy talked about running the motor speedway about 12 miles away from the theater where the…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com February 20, 2019 Off

Tech Explained: Dark Data

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Dark, or “dusty” data is made up of all the redundant, often forgotten data that companies and organisations collect in the course of their activities, but then do not use. It is unstructured, untagged and unanalysed information that tends to just lie around within networks and servers, taking…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com February 19, 2019 Off

New app detects opioid overdose

ga(‘send’, ‘event’, ‘Uncategorized’, ‘article’, ‘article-industry-impression’, {nonInteraction: true}); Spotted: Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a phone app that monitors a person’s breathing rate and detects signs of an overdose. The algorithm for a smartphone, called Second Chance, monitors changes by sending out inaudible sound waves from the phone. The waves detect the person’s breathing…

By jrtrombold@gmail.com February 19, 2019 Off