In what could be a sign of the times, chip maker Intel has announced that they will be slowing down production of motherboards for the traditional PC over the next three years, and will instead, focus all their efforts on tablets, smartphones and ultrabooks.   “We disclosed internally today that Intel’s Desktop Motherboard Business will begin slowly ramping down over the course of the next three years. As Intel gradually ramps down its motherboard business we [...]

Adaptive Closed-Loop Control System for Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) An Approach for Improving Mobility and Control in Neuromotor Prosthesis David Ojika Department of Electrical Engineering California State University Los Angles Email: dojika@calstatela.edu     Abstract One of the major difficulties faced by those who are fitted with prosthetic devices is the enormous mental effort needed during the first stages of training which becomes even more dramatic with myographic prosthesis were muscle fatigue causes an additional [...]

The recent versions of operating systems such as Windows XP, Vista, Windows 8 come with many utilities software. And among those we may also find an application to view pictures fast on the system. But as we may see, these image viewers tools only take care of the basics and are handicapped when we want to do some additional work. In this case the free image viewers downloads are of great help. First of all [...]

Customer Discovery Phase I: State Your Business Model Hypotheses?[i],[ii]   Author: Brian Laung Aoaeh   I’m picking up where I left off in our discussions of The Startup Owner’s Manual[iii]. We made it as far as chapter 3 before I took a detour to explore other topics.   A caveat to this post is that I can’t possibly do it justice without writing a really long post. So I urge you to check out Steve [...]

If you are interested in insightful opinion and analysis about the Technology scene in Africa and matters that affect it, then go ahead and read the below summary of a FREE newly published “Technology in Africa – 2013 Digest”.   In the book, Erik Hersman (Kenya) observes what differentiates the various technology communities across the continent but also offers insights into what makes for a competitive tech community. On a similar topic, Victor Asemota(Ghana) talks about building technology [...]

By Francis Xavier Tuokuuand Billings Tanaa   “Regardless of the changes in technology, the market for well-crafted messages will always have an audience.” Steve Burnett, the Burnett Group   In today’s world, obtaining information is important to knowledge acquisition and the development of every facet of life. Unlike in the past where it took people several days and months to obtain information about what was happening in other parts of the world and even around [...]

An extension of the Sony Xperia Neo series, the Sony Xperia Neo L is a mid-range Smartphone filled with multiple clever features. Like the Xperia Neos preceding it, the phone comes in a bar shape. The device is run on the sophisticated and futuristic Android v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OS and possesses a dynamic 1 GHz Qualcomm Scorpion processor. A 512 MB RAM warrants its ability to smoothly run apps on the phone.   The [...]