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Category: Innovations

Gaibandha women turn water hyacinth into home decor items

March 13, 2021 editorBangladesh, Innovations

But women in the remote hamlets of Gaibandha have turned water hyacinth into profit, literally.

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Walton produces Medicart robot, UV-C disinfectant system

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 sub EditorBangladesh, Innovations

Local electronic giant Walton is manufacturing medical equipment including ventilator to fight coronavirus pandemic.

Bangladesh, innovations, Medicart, produces, Robot, system, UV-C disinfectant, Walton

Gonoshasthaya kit performance test: Dr Zafrullah thanks PM

May 4, 2020 editorBangladesh, Innovations, Services

Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury on Sunday thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for creating scope for conducting the performance study of the Covid-19 rapid testing kits developed by their organisation.

Bangladesh, Dr Zafrullah, Gonoshasthaya, innovation, Kit”, performance test, PM, services, thanks

BSMMU forms committee to test Gonoshasthaya kits

May 2, 2020 Staff ReporterHealth, Innovations

The authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) on Saturday formed a six-member committee to conduct the performance study of the Covid-19 rapid testing kits developed by Gonoshasthaya Kendra. Talking to UNB, BSMMU Vice-Chancellor Prof Kanak Kanti Barua said…

BSMMU, committee, Gonoshasthaya, health, innovation, kits, test

Snam, RINA team up to accelerate the development of hydrogen

April 9, 2020 editorEnergy, Innovations

Agreement seeks to launch infrastructure tests and experiment with new technologies San Donato Milanese (MI), Genoa, 8 April 2020 – Snam, one of the world’s leading energy infrastructure companies, and RINA, global testing, inspection, certification and engineering consultancy services firm,…

Energy, of hydrogen, RINA, Snam, team up, the development, to accelerate

Malaria drugs’ promise for coronavirus spurs hope, shortages

March 24, 2020March 24, 2020 editorHealth, Innovations, Medicine

Dhaka, March 24 – Excitement about treating the new coronavirus with malaria drugs is raising hopes, including with President Donald Trump. But the evidence that they may help is thin, and a run on the drugs is complicating access for…

Coronavirus, health, Malaria drugs', medicine, promise for, shortages, spurs hope

Azelio inaugurates its renewable energy storage in Morocco

March 7, 2020 editorEnergy, Innovations, Renewable

Azelio has completed the installation of its renewable energy storage with 24h clean power production at Noor Ouarzazate solar complex in Morocco. An inauguration ceremony was held on March 5, 2020 together with the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen)…

Azelio, in Morocco, Inaugurates, innovation, its, renewable energy, storage

Innovative onion farming in plastic bottle attracts people

December 27, 2019 editorBangladesh, Food & nutrition, Innovations

Panchagarh, Dec 27 – When the onion price hit the roof with each kilo being sold at Tk 250, a farmer in Tentulia Upazila came up with an innovative idea of cultivating the onion in bottles that can be harvested…

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Tesla Cybertruck: The Future Of Trucking Looks Good

December 11, 2019 editorInnovations

11 Dec 2019 – There was no significant change in the outlook of pickup trucks for almost a century. The world became bored with nearly similar designed trucks decades after decades. Elon Musk, the visionary CEO of Tesla initiated a…

Cybertruck, good, innovation, looks, of, Tesla, the future, Trucking

Local solar incubator that cuts cost, boosts poultry output

December 1, 2019 editorBangladesh, Food & nutrition, Innovations

SYLHET, DECEMBER 01, 2019-A group of researchers of Sylhet Agricultural University made a solar-powered incubator that is affordable and guarantees a higher percentage of hatching at the same time.

Bangladesh, boosts, cost, cuts, incubator, innovation, Local, output, Poultry, Solar, that

China Innovation Index rises faster in 2018

October 26, 2019 editorDevelopment, Innovations

Beijing, Oct 26 (Xinhua/UNB) — The China Innovation Index, the barometer of the country’s innovation capability, rose at a faster pace in 2018, official data showed.

China, Development, faster, in 2018, Index, innovation, rises

Fossil trove shows life’s fast recovery after big extinction

October 25, 2019 Lutfun NaharInnovations, Science

New York, Oct 25 (AP/UNB) — A remarkable trove of fossils from Colorado has revealed details of how mammals grew larger and plants evolved after the cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs.

big extinction, Fossil trove, life's fast recovery, Science

Hyundai Motor evolves AI-based autonomous driving technology

October 21, 2019 Lutfun NaharInnovations, Technology, Transportation

Seoul Oct 21 (Xinhua/UNB) — Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s automotive giant, said Monday that it has developed an artificial intelligence (AI)-based, driver-customized autonomous driving technology.

AI-based, autonomous, driving, Hyundai Motor, technology, Transportation

Lab infected Brazilian mosquitoes pack punch in dengue fight

October 4, 2019 sub EditorHealth, Innovations

Dengue-resistant mosquitoes breed in a Rio de Janeiro laboratory, producing offspring infected with bacteria packing a punch in the fight against the deadly virus, which is exploding across Brazil this year.

Brazilian, fight, health, in dengue, Lab infected, mosquitoes, pack punch

Humanoid robot made by Comilla students turns head

September 26, 2019 editorBangladesh, Campus, Innovations

Cumilla, Sept 26 – Two students of a private university in Comilla say they have built, what they call, Bangladesh’s first open source humanoid robot.

Bangladesh, by, campus, Comilla, head, Humanoid robot, innovation, made, students, turns

Agroecological innovations for sustainable food systems: FAO

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 editorFood & nutrition, Innovations

The High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) released its report on “Agroecological approaches and other innovations for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food…

Agroecological, FAO, Food, Foof & nutrition, for, innovations, Sustainable, Systems

NASA descends on Icelandic lava field to prepare for Mars

August 15, 2019 sub EditorInnovations

To prepare for the next mission to Mars in 2020, NASA has taken to the lava fields of Iceland to get its new robotic space explorer ready for the job. With its black basalt sand, wind-swept dunes and craggy peaks,…

descends Icelandic, field, lava, Mars, NASA, prepare

US scientists find how brain cells regulate memories in mice

August 13, 2019 Lutfun NaharInnovations, Science

Washington, Aug 13 (Xinhua/UNB) — The US scientists have mapped a part of the molecular machinery that helps the brain maintain long-term memories, providing new targets against Alzheimer’s disease characterized by memory loss. The study published on Monday in the…

brain cells, find how, in mice, regulate memories, US scientists

Japan’s NEC shows ‘flying car’ hovering steadily for minute

August 5, 2019August 5, 2019 Lutfun NaharInnovations, Technology

Japan, Aug 5 (AP/UNB) — Japanese electronics maker NEC Corp. on Monday showed a “flying car,” a large drone-like machine with four propellers that hovered steadily for about a minute. The test flight reaching 3 meters (10 feet) high was…

'flying car', for minute, hovering steadily, Japan's NEC shows

Scientists develop new method to control mosquitoes

July 29, 2019 Lutfun NaharInnovations

Beijing, July 29 (Xinhua/UNB) — Chinese scientists have developed a new method to control the population of mosquitoes, the Science and Technology Daily reported Monday. Scientists from the Sun Yat-Sen University have conducted a four-year field test in controlling the…

new method, Scientists develop, to control mosquitoes

India aborts moon mission launch, citing technical glitch

July 15, 2019 Lutfun NaharInnovations, Technology

India, July 15 (AP/UNB) — India aborted the launch on Monday of a spacecraft intended to land on the far side of the moon less than an hour before liftoff. The Chandrayaan-2 mission was called off when a “technical snag”…

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The machine that made Moon missions possible

July 13, 2019 sub EditorInnovations, News

We’ve all been there: you’re working on something important, your PC crashes, and you lose all your progress. Such a failure was not an option during the Apollo missions, the first time ever that a computer was entrusted with handling…

made, Missions, Moon, possible, that, The machine

Walton Primo H8 released in turbo edition

July 11, 2019July 11, 2019 sub EditorInnovations, News

Tech Desk Walton has released its 4G smartphone ‘Primo H8’ in Turbo Edition with upgraded processor yesterday. The attractively designed device which was earlier released in different versions of 2GB and 3 GB RAM, now comes with a 1.5 GHz…

H8, Primo, released, turbo, Walton

Bladder cancer ‘attacked and killed by common cold virus’

July 9, 2019July 9, 2019 Lutfun NaharInnovations, Life, Medicine

Dhaka, Jul 8 (UNB) – A strain of the common cold virus can infect and kill bladder cancer cells, a small study suggests, reports the BBC. All signs of the disease disappeared in one patient, and in 14 others there…

Bladder cancer

Tiny solar-powered ‘Robobee’ developed

July 6, 2019July 6, 2019 sub EditorInnovations, News

A lightweight insect robot is capable of flying without being tethered to a power source, by using energy from light. The solar-powered RoboBee X-WingIt and has four wings which flap at a rate of 170 times per second, instead of…

-powered, ‘Robobee’, Solar, Tiny

Curators preserving Moon mission’s legacy

June 29, 2019June 29, 2019 sub EditorInnovations, News

Lying on a workshop counter that is closed to the public at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum’s annex near Washington Dulles airport, Neil Armstrong’s gloves look almost as good as new. You can hardly tell they made a trip…

Curators, Missions, Moon, preserving

Scientists successfully transfer 1st test tube rhino embryo

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 Lutfun NaharInnovations, News, Wildlife

Berlin, June 25 (AP/UNB) — Scientists in Europe say they’ve successfully transferred a test tube rhino embryo back into a female whose eggs were fertilized in vitro, as part of an effort to save another nearly extinct sub-species of the…

1st test tube, rhino embryo, Scientists, successfully, transfer

Taking cue from YouTube, BD youth farms fish in yard pools

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 editorBangladesh, Fishery, Food & nutrition, Innovations

Comilla, June 26 – Iqbal Hossain, a youth of Shubhanagar village in Sadar Upazila, has started farming fish in backyard pools. He taught himself the technique by watching a tutorial on youtube, the video blogging site. “I started farming fish…

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Firefighter uses YouTube duck calls to rescue ducklings

June 23, 2019June 23, 2019 editorInnovations, Wildlife

Littleton, Jun 22 (AP/UNB) — A flock of ducklings is safe in suburban Denver after a firefighter used a recording of duck calls to coax some of them from a storm drain. A video from South Metro Fire Rescue shows…

duck calls, ducklings, Firefighter, to rescue, uses, Wildlife, YouTube

Islands of climate innovation

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 editorclimate, Innovations, Mitigation, Op-Ed

by Mike Eman Oranjestad – To live in a small island state today is to reckon regularly with the cruellest irony of climate change. Islands contribute little to global warming, but they are the first to suffer from its devastating…

Climate change, Climate., innovation, Islands of

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