Category Archives: Technology

Shell and IBM Team up to Accelerate Digitalization in the Mining Industry

New online marketplace offers field-tested solutions that can help customers improve safety, efficiency and sustainability

NEW YORK, June 17, 2020 — Shell and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today launched Oren, a global B2B Digital mining services marketplace platform, co-developed by the companies aimed at helping mining companies find solutions related to safety, sustainability, mine planning and operational efficiency. By hosting new technology and digital solutions in one place, Oren aims to accelerate the digitization of the mining industry, speed up the transformation of mining workflows and build in more operational resiliency in a rapidly changing world.  (more…)

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Avoid Overloading Your Extension Cords

Electricity is so important in every aspect of our life. Apart from lighting at home and charging your phone, electricity runs machines in factories to make production possible. However, with poor handling, power can be too disastrous, and a simple mess can lead to household, office, or factory equipment damage. (more…)

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Emergency plan has Microsoft Store employees helping people in new ways despite closed doors

Last month, Carl Richardson was commuting an hour by subway to his job at the flagship Microsoft Store in New York City with a scarf around his face as a makeshift mask. At work, he sanitized his hands constantly and helped customers from a safe distance to help limit risk from spreading the COVID-19 virus. (more…)

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IBM and Red Hat Launch New Edge Computing Solutions for the 5G Era

New Offerings and Partner Ecosystem Pave Way for Enterprises and Telcos to Deploy and Manage AI, IoT and Analytics Workloads at the Edge

ARMONK, N.Y., May 5, 2020  — IBM (NYSE: IBM) today at its Think Digital conference announced new services and solutions backed by a broad ecosystem of partners to help enterprises and telecommunications companies speed their transition to edge computing in the 5G era. This effort combines IBM’s experience and expertise in multicloud environments with Red Hat’s industry-leading open source technology, which became part of IBM last year in one of the biggest tech acquisitions of all time. (more…)

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Simple, Low-Cost Ventilator Builds on Available Resuscitation Bags

A simple, low-cost ventilator based on the resuscitation bags carried in ambulances – and widely available in hospitals – has been designed by an international team of university researchers. The device, which is powered by a 12-volt motor, could help meet peak medical demands in the industrialized world and serve resource-constrained countries that don’t have supplies of conventional ventilators. (more…)

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