By Tarra Quismundo
In an incarnation that can fit on your thumb, “Rizal” will someday run your mobile phone, music player and laptop.
A team of Filipino design engineers has embarked on an ambitious project to create the first all-Filipino made microprocessor, honoring national hero Jose Rizal with an invention that they hope would put the Philippines on the technology map.
Friends and Volunteers of the Brain Gain Network,
The Philippine Development Foundation (PhilDev) is inviting you to the PhilDev Forum: Innovation and Entrepreneurship for a Globally Competitive Philippines on June 14, 2011.
Registration on June 14 starts at 7:30 a.m. To participate, please head to the BGN Events page here or to the PhilDev site.
Dear Brain Gain Network Friends & Volunteers,
Hope all are in good spirits wherever you are and with whatever keeps you happy and busy nowadays.
We are happy to announce that on board with us this 2011 are the Congressional Commission for Science and Technology (COMSTE), the Philippine Development Foundation (PhilDev), and friends from PAASE and the ERDT Consortium to help us grow a fantastic database.
Palo Alto, CA – The Science and Technology Advisory Council, Silicon Valley (“STAC-SV” or “STAC”) announced that Ayannah Information Solutions, a technology company founded in the Philippines and one of three winners in STAC’s co-sponsored eServices Business Plan Competition last year, also won as best presenter at last night’s VC Taskforce’s Seed Stage Elevator Pitch Contest held in San Francisco, CA.
The Congressional Commission on Science Technology and Engineering (Comste) is pushing for the establishment of the Industrial Research and Development Institute (IRDI) to boost the competitiveness of the Philippines electronics and semiconductors industry, specifically through integrated circuit (IC) design.
Francis L. de los Reyes, III is an Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering at North Carolina State University. He conducts research and teaches classes in environmental biotechnology, biological waste treatment, and molecular microbial ecology.
Dr. Reyes is also on the editorial board of Water Research, was a 2008 Balik-Scientist of the DOST, and is a 2009 TED (Technology Entertainment Design ideas worth spreading) Fellow. He is a member of the Philippine-American Academy of Scientists and Engineers.
We are reposting his article from Star Science here in the Brain Gain Network.
PASAY CITY, METRO MANILA — A recent study reveals that lead exposure due to air pollution causes anemia, kidney problems and infertility.
The study by the Congressional Commission on Science Technology, and Engineering (COMSTE) further said adults who are exposed to a hazardous amount of lead are also prone to nervous system dysfunction and increased level of miscarriages in females.
Before he says goodbye to the Senate in 2013, Senator Edgardo Angara is doing all he can top push for modernization under his Congressional Commission on Science and Technology and Engineering (COMSTE).
amsung, which has had better net earnings than any other global tech firm except Microsoft and IBM over the past decade, is set to report its lowest profit in six quarters when it issues December quarter corporate results on Friday, although 2010 will be another record profit year.
The outlook for this year and beyond is unclear as global technology firms grapple with weak demand and falling prices for memory chips and flat screens, and new players enter the market for smartphones and tablets.
Successful business leaders are very good storytellers, it is often said, and the industry is looking for a new narrative from Samsung, as it passes the generational torch while trying to evolve into a more innovative and content-driven company.
Plans are underway to develop a nationwide initiative to develop and deploy electric vehicles in the Philippines.
