From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. When a building collapses, every minute is important for people buried under the wreckage. That is why two American government agencies worked together to develop a high-tech tool to find those trapped. The Department of Homeland Security and NASA, the American space agency, took part in the project. […]
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. The government in Burma has used large books to record marriages, taxes and even official documents. But this paper-based system is going away, as government agencies move to computers. Myint Kyaw works in Burma’s Ministry of Information. He is responsible for bringing all 36 government ministries online by 2015. […]
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. Vietnam has reported growth in its communications, information, and technology industries over the past 10 years. Vietnam’s government has high hopes for the future. It wants the country to become a center for Information Technology services in the years to come. But experts say Vietnam must do […]
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. An international coalition is calling for a ban on fully autonomous weapons, known as “killer robots.” The 45-member coalition recently proposed the ban to governments at a meeting of the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots asked the U.N. group to add fully autonomous […]
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. The world’s largest solar thermal plant was set to begin producing power in the United States at the end of 2013. Wind and energy from the sun are generally considered clean, unlike energy from coal-burning power stations. But, environmentalists now worry that too much solar power development could harm […]
From VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report. North Korea is often seen as a poor country, cut off from the world and lacking in new technology. But officials in South Korea have linked North Korea to recent attacks on computers. And they are describing the North’s ability to harm computer system as world class. South Korea’s […]
Most people spend little time thinking about the act of walking. But millions of people around the world are not able to walk, not even one step. Now, a new “wearable robot” may change that. Bod Amelion leads a basketball team called the Freewheelers. His players are unable to walk. They use wheelchairs to move around. The […]
Students in South Africa are building solar-powered cars and racing them in competitions. The University of Johannesburg is training the students to become experts on energy. Their 300-kilogram solar-powered car can travel at a speed of more than 100 kilometers an hour through the countryside. The car uses less electric power than a coffee maker or food […]
The governments of New York City and the State of NewYork are investing hundreds of millions of dollars to help develop high technology industries. Two governments have launched 40 special workspaces, known as incubators, to assist start-up companies. Incubators provide supportive conditions for businesses that are just starting. Such places provide a low-cost way to develop […]
Dyslexia is a learning disorder. It interferes with the ability to recognize words and, for some people, to understand what they have read. Experts say dyslexia affects about five to ten percent of the population of the United State. Researchers have long known that people with dyslexia write or read words and letters backwards, in the […]