Google and Microsoft each unveiled new charitable initiatives Tuesday, in separate efforts which channel millions of dollars to innovators tackling social ills.

Technology - Business

Dec 04, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Created by the French society Induct, Navia shuttles are designed to transport people over the "first and last miles" of a journey. EPFL's Innovation Square hosts a Research and Development team for Induct ...

Technology - Engineering

Dec 07, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

The European Union approved a new common patent system on Tuesday designed to cut red tape and streamline patent procedures across much of Europe.

Technology - Business

Dec 11, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Honda Motor announced that it has newly developed the "Honda Smart Ecological Paint (Honda S.E. Paint)" process, a highly-functional painting technology that eliminates a middle coating process from a commonly ...

Technology - Engineering

Dec 12, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP)—Scott Harrison's organization called Charity: Water has funded nearly 7,000 clean water projects in some of the poorest areas of the world.

Technology - Other

Dec 27, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0

Recycling, reusing and reducing are all ways in which Europeans are assisting in efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It is a far cry from the days when we threw everything away without thought. ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jan 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

In the case of earthquakes, only seconds may remain for a safe escape from buildings. Debris falling down and obstructing the escape routes may even aggravate the situation. A product developed at Karlsruhe ...

Technology - Engineering

Jan 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Can an electric vehicle be extremely light and safe at the same time? Researchers working on the Visio.M project aim to show that the answer is yes. Scientists as well as engineers from Germany's leading ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

Jan 30, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 4

Despite the hundreds of pilot studies using mobile health—also known as 'mHealth'', which describe medical and public health practice supported by mobile devices— there is insufficient evidence to inform the widespread ...

Technology - Telecom

Feb 12, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

New research on the absorption of recent graduates into the labour market has revealed wide differences in how readily graduates from various fields of study and university groups find jobs to match their ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Mar 11, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Decisions concerning innovations in the early stages of product development arise mostly from intuition. Olli Hyppänen has studied development work in strongly innovative ICT companies in his doctoral dissertation for the ...

Other Sciences - Economics & Business

Mar 18, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

(AP)—United Technologies Corp. says it has completed the sale of a pump and engine control systems business owned previously by airline parts maker Goodrich Corp.

Technology - Business

Mar 18, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

Mathematical models can be used to study the spread of technological innovations among individuals connected to each other by a network of peer-to-peer influences, such as in a physical community or neighborhood. One such ...

Other Sciences - Mathematics

Mar 27, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(AP)—"Journey" arrived on top at the Game Developers Choice Awards.

Technology - Software

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

The European Commission needs to make some key innovations in its science funding programme if Europe is to enjoy the full benefits of the €70 billion to be spent on science research as part of the Horizon 2020 programme ...

Other Sciences - Other

Apr 17, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0