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Lincoln Aviator preview at the New York International Auto Show this week

March 28, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Lincoln debuted its new mid-sized Aviator SUV at the New York International Auto Show this week, and it features a bit more high-tech bells-and-whistles than Ford’s luxury brand is typically known for. It can be turned on and driven using a virtual key on a smartphone. It will feature Ford’s new ...

Autonomous Standing Desk can order your lunch for you

March 22, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Autonomous says its new SmartDesk 3 is "the world's most powerful AI-powered standing desk."What even is an AI desk? To Autonomous, it means a desk that can order food for you. The company apparently partnered with Delivery.com to offer food suggestions on the desk's built-in control panel. It can " ...

Makita makes a coffee maker for the outdoors

March 20, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Japanese power tools manufacturer Makita has released a new rugged coffee maker that runs on battery power. The CM501DZ uses the same lithium ion battery packs as various Makita tools; the company says the largest 18V BL1860 battery is good for brewing about 640ml, or 5.3 cups.Makita released its fi ...

In a decade or so, flying cab transportation could be a real thing

March 7, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Last year, Airbus unveiled a truly bizarre concept at the Geneva Motor Show: a car-drone-train mash-up with the effervescent name of Pop.Up. But if the whole thing seemed a bit half-baked and lackluster then, Pop.Up is back for this year’s show with an entirely refreshed look courtesy of Audi. I s ...

Rwanda introduces Electronic Payment for Rwanda Public Buses

February 27, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

By approaching any selected agents across all Kigali bus stations, you can easily buy and top-up your Tap&Go card at a cost of only Rwf 500.After buying your card, the same agent will be on hand to top-up your card, depending on how much you are willing to spendWith your topped-up card, feel fre ...

Innovations in Coding: 5 year old kids learn to code in the UK

January 16, 2018 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

The U.K. government has overhauled the way it teaches computing to the country's children by adding mandatory programming classes. After taking advice from the likes of Microsoft and Google, officials were convinced that the state-school curriculum was out of step with modern-day technical standards ...

Children at primary schools in Mauritius are to be given PC tablets as part of a major initiative co-sponsored by the Government of India.

November 24, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Children at primary schools in Mauritius are to be given PC tablets as part of a major initiative co-sponsored by the Government of India.Speaking at the opening session of eLearning Africa on September 27, 2017 Leela Devi Dookun-Luchoomun, the Minister of Education of Mauritius, announced at the op ...

Industrialisation in Africa

November 21, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

The United Nations System ever since 1989 has held events on November 20 to create awareness on the need for the industrialisation of the continent and tackle impediments to this goal. Industrialisation is meant to create production and allow us as Africa to manufacture our own products and not rely ...

Rotating skyscraper set for Dubai in 2020

November 15, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

A shape-shifting, rotating skyscraper is set for Dubai by 2020The 80-storey tower will constantly be changing shape as residents choose to rotate their homes, according to architectural firm Dynamic Group. The 80-storey Dynamic Tower will be the world’s first skyscraper made up of separate rotatin ...

Innovations in Cars

November 1, 2017 by Innovation for Africa - No Comments

Self-driving cars may not be available for the masses yet, but car manufacturers are already decking out their newer vehicles with some innovative technologies.The most high-tech features to look out for are:Vehicle-to-vehicle communicationVehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructur ...

Lincoln Aviator preview at the New York International Auto Show this week

Autonomous Standing Desk can order your lunch for you

Makita makes a coffee maker for the outdoors

In a decade or so, flying cab transportation could be a real thing

Rwanda introduces Electronic Payment for Rwanda Public Buses

Innovations in Coding: 5 year old kids learn to code in the UK

Children at primary schools in Mauritius are to be given PC tablets as part of a major initiative co-sponsored by the Government of India.

Industrialisation in Africa

Rotating skyscraper set for Dubai in 2020

Innovations in Cars

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