For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) has decided to involve 171,000 children of age group 9 to 14 in “Body Forward”, an international robotic challenge program organized by FIRST LEGO League (FLL).
Techtronics Education Limited conducted Indian Robot Olympiad (IRO) contest in August 2010 at Delhi and Bangalore for the students of junior, primary and senior categories and around 177 children participated in the competition
Taylor Wimpey has launched a new curriculum based history program called Changing Lives, Changing Communities’ for schools in England, Scotland and Wales.
Audio Precision, offering automated audio test solutions, has started a new office in United Kingdom to assist existing clients on various audio analyzer instruments and also to push for more sales in that region.
Planet Beach Contempo Spas has started the first of its several day spa franchises in Cairo, Egypt, offering self automated day spa services, thereby providing inexpensive day spa and relaxation facilities for those in Africa and Middle East.
Researchers, Michele Zanin, Claudio Andreatta and Paul Chippendale at the “Technologies of Vision” Unit (TeV) in the Information Technology Centre of Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK) in Trento, Italy, has developed prototype Marmota mobile Augmented Reality
Mr. Basilio Sierra, heading Robotics and Autonomous Systems Group at the Computer Sciences Faculty of University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) has reported that his team of computer Scientists and experts in statistics is doing research in the field of Cognitive Robotics and is involved in developing intelligent robots that can make decisions for its activities
American Portwell Technology Inc., a global leader in the embedded computing market, announced that by using the WADE-8067 an embedded Mini-ITX motherboard of Portwell, Cornell University’s Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (CUAUV) team won the 2010 RoboSub competition organized by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) from July 13-18, 2010 in San Diego, California.
HID Global, a global provider of system integrators and application developers serving a wide range of markets has declared its expansion in the North American Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) market and David Chose as North American Sales Manager.
PCS Edventures, a leader in the Educational Sector in terms of designing and delivering educational products and services pertaining to Science, Technology Engineering and Mathematics using robotics technology, took a major step towards prominence by announcing its partnership with STEM Academy, a renowned non-profit organization that is involved in improving STEM literacy in all students.