Full coverage: research in ICT

09.05.2008 World Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences is organising an International Conference on Communications and Information Technologies from August 13-15, 2008 in Vienna, Austria. The event is a premier forum for researchers, scientists, engineers, and scholars to present technological advances and research results in the fields of ICT.

30.04.2008 Healthy @ home takes a look at how new technologies can help the elderly in independent living. Based on a survey of elderly adults and care providers in the United States, the publication discusses the benefits of new devices. It also, not surprisingly, concludes that personal attention cannot replace new technologies.

28.04.2008 Open Health Tools, an open source developer community consisting of members like BT, IBM and Oracle, will develop common healthcare IT products and services. Anyone can use their software to create information interoperable platforms to make healthcare systems more efficient.

03.03.2008 The Tech Awards program invites nominations from those utilising innovative technology solutions to address the most urgent critical issues facing our planet. The awards recognise universal human needs through cutting-edge breakthroughs or innovative applications of existing technologies.

01.11.2007 Far smaller in diameter than a human hair, world’s smallest radio is 100 billion times smaller than the first commercial radios.

01.10.2007 FAO’s new web platform will help users exchange personal experiences, opinions and best agricultural practices. This global initiative will bring policymakers, rural service providers, development practitioners, farmers, researchers and ICT specialists together to help promote rural development.

24.08.2007 The researchers at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at UCL, London, have found, with the aid of a computer game that how the brain response to fear changes as a threat gets closer.

20.08.2007 According to reports by the World Bank, a number of countries in Africa have a low research and the trend was attributable to the minimal number of scientists and engineers. The reports recommended the attention on the development of scientific and industrial research base in the continent for significant progress in developing high-tech products export industry.

25.07.2007 YK:n järjestöjen, yliopistojen ja tieteellisten julkaisijoiden yhteistyön tuloksena kehittyvien maiden tutkijat saavat vapaan pääsyn tiedejulkaisuihin. Jo kauan puhutun ja odotetun kehitysaskeleen arvellaan toteutuvan vuoteen 2015 mennessä. Uudistuksen odotetaan lisäävän maailmanlaajuista tieteellistä yhteistyötä sekä auttavan konkreettisesti syrjäisten seutujen terveys- ja koulutushaasteiden ratkaisemissa.

20.07.2007 UN organisations and some US universities have decided to enhance access to online research for scientists, policymakers and librarians in the developing world has been extended till 2015, in line with the UN's Millennium Development Goals in a meeting held in Washington.

05.07.2007 Aivovuodosta pyritään eroon lisäämällä opiskelijoiden ja tutkijoiden liikkuvuutta EU:n ja välimeren maiden välillä. Informaatio- ja kommunikaatioteknologiat näyttelevät merkittävää osaa alkavassa yhteistyossä. Suunnitteilla on muun muassa Välimeren alueen monikielisen digitaalisen kirjaston perustaminen.

26.06.2007 The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), which is a new policy portal featuring research-based analysis and commentary from Europe's leading economists, has been launched. The audience is likely to be economic researchers from public and private sector, international organisations, academia as well as journalists.

26.06.2007 Kenya has committed US$2.9 million to start a new national public-private fund with further contributions expected from the country's private manufacturing and research institutions to facilitate research in science, technology and innovation.

08.01.2007 UNDP-APDIP releases a study of pro-poor e-governance projects in India Information and Communications Technology for Governance and Poverty Reduction - A Study of Rural Development Projects in India that analyses 18 projects in the country which use ICTs for the benefit of the poor. The idea behind the research was to determine which projects can be scaled up.

17.11.2006 Networked Intelligence for Development is a Toronto based network of independent consultants and trainers specializing in new media, information and communication technologies (ICTs), the creative industries and international development. Our consultants have held senior positions in multilateral organizations, governmental and intergovernmental organizations, broadcasting and media institutions, research institutes and non-governmental organizations.

13.09.2006 Overall, Canada is strong in research, generally well-equipped technologically, but lagging in translation of research strength to innovation strength, according to a new study released
today by the Council of Canadian Academies.

21.08.2006 Firms that wire up their workers with BlackBerry devices and other equipment that provides always-on connectivity with the office may wind up with liability for encouraging addiction among staff, US researchers warned today.

21.08.2006 Free software is all about freedom – freedom of the users’ to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. I believe there are four kinds of freedom for the software users. I have identified four human rights. These are also rights that would define free software.

10.08.2006 An Indian American pioneer in digital education, Appu Kuttan, has won the prestigious 2006 Champions of Digital Literacy Inspiration Award for making the most contributions globally to bridging the digital divide over the years.

25.07.2006 An important meeting is being organized at the United Nations in its New York City Secretariat on 29 August on the use of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) in United Nations' programmes and at the UN itself. About 50-100 attendees are expected this important meeting.