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 … Continue reading Use IEEE Collabratec™ to network and collaborate with technology professionals
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 … Continue reading Telemedicine: Full Speed Ahead?
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 … Continue reading Video Spotlight: Smart Cities
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 … Continue reading IEEE Society Forms Humanitarian Group Focusing on Robotics
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 … Continue reading IEEE receives ASAE Summit Award
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 … Continue reading IEEE launches major e-health pilot in India
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 … Continue reading IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge is saving lives in Peru’s Alto Amazonas
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 … Continue reading Self-maintaining solar power systems deliver electricity in impoverished regions
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 … Continue reading E-health solution tracks patient records in rural areas