Accenture Philippines managing director Lito Tayag rose to the challenge hurled by Megaworld chair Andrew Tan, while IBM Philippine country general manager Mariels Almeda Winhoffer was nominated by AIM president Steven DeKrey.
The finding is especially significant as the Philippines has 38 million Internet users who spend an average of 6.2 hours on the Internet through laptops or desktops, and an average of 2.8 hours through mobile devices.
A photo taken by PR executive Marj Liwag shows a jeepney plying the Montalban, Rizal route giving a tech treat to its passengers with an LCD television and free Wi-Fi access inside the vehicle.
The Robotics Challenge is a mainstay event of NSTW, a yearly initiative of the DOST. NSTW showcases locally developed technologies and innovations via interactive exhibits, audio-visual presentations, product launchings, and others.
A retired brigadier general, Ojeda formerly headed the Office of Strategic and Special Studies in the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine Defense Reform Program and Admin Service of the Department of National Defense.
Rx Box has built-in medical sensors for monitoring blood pressure and blood oxygen levels, assessing the strength of contraction of the mother?s uterus, as well as electrocardiogram and fetal heart monitor. The device is capable of storing and transmitting patient data to allow health workers in remote communities to consult with medical experts in urban areas.
Along with top executives of ZTE Philippines, MSI-ECS president and CEO Jimmy Go said during the event that Yap is expected to lend his winning ways to ZTE?s mobile phone lines.
Autodesk CEO Carl Bass tweeted last week the first batch of 3D printers which the company is manufacturing in California. Last May, Bass bared that Autodesk was formally entering the 3D printer market.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)?s water filter technology, a ceramic filter with nano anti-microbial coating, is on display at the ongoing National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) at SMX Convention Center at the Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City.
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST)?s 2014 National Science and Technology Week (NSTW) opened on a grand note at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City on Thursday, July 24.
