Twenty years ago, the ITU approved the standard that established 5.1 channels as the surround sound system for broadcasting. Now, the agency has developed a system for the next-generation "immersive" and "personalized" audio system, which will allow TV audiences to be "enveloped" in the sound as it traces the source of the audio track both laterally and vertically across the screen.
The solar-powered pedestrian light is made up of an ordinary PVC pipe that has a solar panel installed on top of it. During the day when the lamp is not lit up, an electricity outlet located at the near bottom part of the pole can be used to charge cellphones and laptop computers.
A timely mobile app that reconnects families and informs their loved ones of their current location and situation using their phones even without an Internet connection was recently declared winner of the recently concluded AngelHack Davao hackathon.
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) said it is providing additional satellite terminals for both voice and high-speed data to the World Health Organization (WHO) to support its humanitarian work in the Philippines for the Typhoon Yolanda crisis.
Following the outpouring of international aid for the Philippines in the wake of Super Typhoon Yolanda, the Aquino administration on Sunday, Nov. 17, announced the launch of the Foreign Aid Transparency Hub (FAiTH), a Web-based initiative that will allow the public to monitor the status of foreign assistance to the country.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said it has monitored 43 international donors that have pledged or have already sent assistance amounting to P5.4 billion or $126.8 million.
"Nowcasting" is an activity which the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) defines as ?the detailed description of the current weather along with forecasts obtained by extrapolation from the current time to six hours ahead. In this time range, it is possible to forecast small-scale features such as meso-cyclones, thunderstorms and tornadoes with reasonable accuracy.
"Nowcasting" is an activity which the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) defines as ?the detailed description of the current weather along with forecasts obtained by extrapolation from the current time to six hours ahead. In this time range, it is possible to forecast small-scale features such as meso-cyclones, thunderstorms and tornadoes with reasonable accuracy.
In a period when the country has undergone its mid-term elections in May 2013, the market has not undergone any slowdown in investments. Conversely, it has maximized its potential to be the hotbed for many unified communication and collaboration (UC&C) vendors, driven mainly by several factors behind the impressive growth rates of the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector.
The Intel Education Tablet will not be sold commercially and will only be available to schools, with Davao City getting the first crack on its deployment in the country. While it seems like any ordinary tablet, with only the attached stylus giving it a somewhat unique appearance, the real power of the device lies in its software tools.
