Technology
Microclimatic IoT monitoring to protect museum collections
Universities, tech companies and museums are joining forces in the CollectionCare project to develop digital conservation technology to better monitor the condition of their collections.
Connecting Cape Town’s periphery with eduroam in public libraries
eduroam is turned on in Cape Town’s public libraries, providing wireless roaming services and free Internet access to the research and education community globally.
Connected supercomputers to boost European science and innovation
A new pre-exascale supercomputer in Finland will be tenfold faster compared to today's fastest European supercomputer
Universities work together to bridge UK-China divide
Three UK universities had a similar, but complex, challenge when trying to set up a jointly-taught partnership with a Chinese university, starting in 2016–17.
eduroam is spreading rapidly through Mexico
In Mexico, the eduroam service has grown significantly in the last several years, from two locations 2014 to 444 today, providing the research and education community with a secure, free national and worldwide wifi roaming service.
‘Like another campus, not another country’
When Queen Mary University of London looked to open a branch campus in Malta, its priority was to ensure that the experience of students based in Malta would be comparable with students based in the UK (but perhaps with more sunshine).
The Big Pixel Initiative: using satellite data to map urbanization, schools, and refugee camps
Researchers at the University of California San Diego used satellite images from multiple sources to map and understand city growth patterns in India, with the help of computers trained to distinguish types of growth. The technology is also being used to identify refugee camps and schools in Africa.
Tracking cuckoos from space – building the Animal Internet
How is this even possible? A cuckoo carrying a tiny transmitter signalling to a satellite and allowing researchers to track its 16,000-kilometre, ten-month-long loop migration from Scandinavia to Central Africa and back.
eduroam wifi access for more and more people
Eduroam is expanding across countries and beyond campuses to support mobility for academics, students and researchers globally, with Tajikistan being among the latest country to join the eduroam family.
Connecting rural campuses addresses challenges faced by researchers
In South Africa, a major milestone has been reached with the completion of the University of Cape Town segment of the Rural Campuses Connection project, part of a national initiative to connect the country’s rural research facilities.
Private weather observations to be integrated into forecasting
Observations from the “Internet of things”, such as intelligent cars, phones, buildings and personal weather stations added to the mix can provide detailed information on local to hyper-local meteorological phenomena.
Scientists use machine learning to prevent senior falls
Researchers in the United States are developing intelligent devices that predict and prevent deadly falls among the elderly by using machine learning.