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Japan Earmarks JPY 8.6 Billion to Develop Genome Editing Technology

Japan’s Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry is set to strengthen its efforts to develop its own technology for genome editing, by allocating JPY 8.6 billion ($76,995,456 or roughly Rs. 510 crores) over five years from fiscal 2016 to 2020. The technology enables cut-and-paste work in gene modifications as desired. The government intends to efficiently mass-produce medicinal products or fragrance elements ... Read More »

Beck Technology launches Beck Friends to disrupt global logistics space

Sending a parcel aboard, regardless of the size of the package, can often be a hassle for the sender – the process is not transparent, there are often issues with the weight of the package, and the charges are often exorbitant. It is to address these concerns that Beck, a start-up that focuses on simplifying global logistics requirements through technology, ... Read More »

All You Need to Know About All Kinds of Pull Up Bars

Pull Up is a great muscle exercise that works entirely on your upper body especially your back muscles, abs and biceps. Pull ups ultimately help you to stay fit and healthy while also enjoying a perfectly groomed body. Pull ups at home have been made possible by doorway pull up bars. Pull up bars are perfect tools that help your ... Read More »

Forex Charting Software From XFR Financial Ltd: An essential Trading Tool

To become a successful forex trader XTrade, you should have accessibility to all the essential market information and the capability to analyze the same. Forex charting software come handy for this purpose. Since forex market is highly volatile. It becomes essential for traders to keep themselves informed of the ongoing movements in the market. Value of any currency pair can ... Read More »

BSNL to roll out NGN technology

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) plans to upgrade technology in the new fiscal to provide a host of value-added services to its customers in Prakasam district, according to BSNL General Manager B. Chandrasena. Next generation network (NGN), a verstile platform for broadband, landline and mobile services, will be in place in a couple of months, “Using NGN, customers can shift ... Read More »

IoT is not hype, but it’s also not some magic technology: Sanjay Sarma

Sanjay Sarma, vice-president for open learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), believes that the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem will work only if security is made part of the architecture and not implemented as an afterthought. He should know, having played a part in developing the radio frequency identification (RFID) prototcol, which can also be used to make ... Read More »

3D technology to help create human nerve cells for transplant in brain

WASHINGTON: A group of US researchers has developed a 3D micro-scaffold technology that promotes reprogramming of stem cells into neurons and supports growth of neuronal connections capable of transmitting electrical signals. The injection of these networks of functioning human neural cells — compared to injecting individual cells — dramatically improved their survival following transplantation into mouse brains. This is a ... Read More »

Russian media mogul Dmitry Itskov is using technology to help grant eternal life

Russian media mogul and multi-millionaire Dmitry Itskov has a simple goal: use technology to live forever. To accomplish this he is spearheading a science-based project called the ‘2045 Initiative’ which aims to ‘upload’ a human consciousness into an online avatar that can survive for eternity. Itskov, creator of the Moscow-based media firm New Media Stars, has so far poured millions ... Read More »

Ganai for use of latest technology, innovation in forest protection

Advisor to Governor, Khurshid A Ganai today called for making optimum use of latest technology and research inputs in conservation and expansion of forests. “The Forest Department should not only use latest technology in conservation of forest wealth but it should also regularly update its human resource with the technological interventions in the concerned field,” the Advisor said while addressing ... Read More »

11 technology start-ups make the cut at GenNext Hub, a Reliance Industries-Microsoft venture

The search for the next set of technology start-ups yielded a higher number of 11 at the GenNext Hub, an initiative of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) powered by Microsoft Ventures to catalyze the startup ecosystem for a digital India. In 2015, nine start-ups graduated from the Hub. “At GenNext Hub we are catalyzing a unique start-up ecosystem, which rests on ... Read More »