Use IEEE Collabratec™ to network and collaborate with technology professionals
Developed with the needs of your technical community in mind, IEEE Collabratec can help take your career to the next level by providing networking and collaboration opportunities. Share your expertise, collaborate in real time, and stay informed with a worldwide community of engineering and technology professionals. [advanced_iframe securitykey=”da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709″ src=”//ieeetv.ieee.org/player/embed_play/129383/auto” id=”ieeecollabratec” name=”ieeecollabratec” width=”100%” height=”300″ scrolling=”no”] Establish […]
Telemedicine: Full Speed Ahead?
The process is ingrained in our system almost from birth. A person becomes ill, and he or she picks up the phone and schedules an appointment with his or her physician. Then, he or she ventures to the doctor’s office, which is likely within driving distance of his or her residence. The patient receives a […]
Video Spotlight: Smart Cities
Roberto Saracco (Chair of IEEE’s Future Directions Committee, and EIT ICT Labs Italian Node Director) along with other supporters of Smart Cities initiatives, highlights IEEE’s endorsement of a transition toward smart and better cities, and discusses both current and potential alignment with urban technology initiatives that are becoming a hot technological topic. [advanced_iframe securitykey=”da39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709″ src=”//ieeetv.ieee.org/player/embed_play/128654/500″ […]
IEEE Society Forms Humanitarian Group Focusing on Robotics
The IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) has become the first IEEE society to establish a Special Interest Group on Humanitarian Technology (SIGHT), a program that aims to promote the mission of IEEE regarding humanitarian technology activities. RAS-SIGHT’s mission is to contribute sustainable robotics and automation techniques to improve the quality of life in underserved […]
IEEE receives ASAE Summit Award
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92sqFd-X2fQ IEEE has received the 2012 Summit Award—the highest recognition bestowed by the American Society of Association Executives—for the IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge (HTC). The IEEE HTC is now merged with Engineering for Change, which seeks to develop technical, locally appropriate, and sustainable solutions to humanitarian challenges. The IEEE Power & Energy Society, IEEE Nuclear and […]
IEEE launches major e-health pilot in India
Last September, we reported on the successful launch of the IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge RFID Individual Tracking and Records Management (RFID-ITRM) pilot in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). We are pleased to announce that a second and larger test-bed for this project has successfully deployed in Ahmedabad, India, an impoverished slum community of about 100,000 […]
IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge is saving lives in Peru’s Alto Amazonas
In rural areas, poverty, geographical distances between villages, and lack of services such as water, electricity and drainage leads to poor health and high mortality rates. Thousands of people in these mostly roadless areas must travel long distances to get quality care at urban health facilities; sometimes they cannot even travel by boat if river […]
Self-maintaining solar power systems deliver electricity in impoverished regions
25 January 2012 – Three hundred children in a remote school in Kenya now have electricity thanks to the successful installation of a portable experimental solar power system there. The design, developed as part of the IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge (HTC) Reliable Electricity Solution, is engineered in a way that is self-maintaining and user intuitive. […]
E-health solution tracks patient records in rural areas
14 September 2011 – In rural, impoverished nations, medical care and disaster relief can be difficult to deliver due to a lack of technology that would allow healthcare workers to identify individuals and track patient records. To help solve this problem, the IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge developed an eHealth solution called “RFID Individual Tracking and […]