Category: Technology
I helped volunteers map Nigeria using satellite data—and you can, too
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Having grown up as someone with a sense of direction that constantly needs……
DOST, UP reveal newly developed severe wind hazard maps
Suparerg Suksai/Pexels Due to its geographical location, the Philippines is among the countries that are most prone to tropical cyclones, particularly…
A click, a hashtag, and a satellite image: Pioneering SEA mapathon to plot out paths to Nigeria’s isolated communities
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières •Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will hold its first-ever Southeast Asia Missing Maps Mapathon…
What’s in a COVID-19 test specimen collection booth? DOST gives us a peek
•In a recent virtual press conference, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) shared the design of the government-approved specimen…
Join this virtual hackathon from Microsoft, Grab, UNDP, and AngelHack
Got nothing to do during this extended quarantine? Assemble a team of thinkers and use Azure technologies to come up…
This ‘genetic blueprint’ of basmati rice can help us grow stronger rice varieties
•Using nanopore sequencing technology, researchers from NYU created “genetic blueprints” of two basmati rice varieties, Basmati 334 and Dom Sufid.…
Battle in the Blood (#BitB): How to fight HIV with a Pinoy-made app
•Launched in 2017, Battle in the Blood (#BitB) is the first HIV gaming, engaging, and testing app in the Philippines. •#BitB…
LEARNS: The Pinoy app that makes leprosy diagnosis a breeze
•Modern treatment methods exist for leprosy (ketong), making it easier to cure a disease that used to turn patients into social…
“Ate, pwedeng pa-print ng bahay?” How 3D printing can transform production in the Philippines
•With 3D printing, one can create a three-dimensional object by adding layer upon layer of material until it is fully…
Is the Philippines ready for the Fourth Industrial Revolution?
•Industrial revolutions mark periods of time in which technological advancements bring about radical shifts in society. •The Fourth Industrial Revolution,…
