http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1090 en_GB_uk http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/160277/1/1090 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. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/160198/1/1090 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. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/158440/1/1090 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. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/154746/1/1090 Far smaller in diameter than a human hair, world’s smallest radio is 100 billion times smaller than the first commercial radios. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/153722/1/1090 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. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/79966 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. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/152411/1/1090 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. http://fi.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/79488 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. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/151479/1/1090 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. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/150640/1/1090 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. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/150638/1/1090 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. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/144611/1/1090 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. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/75667 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. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/139249/1/1090 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. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/138069/1/1090 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.