NSU shark-tracking website helped viewers ‘dive into Shark Week’
From Bahama islandsinfo HOLLYWOOD, Florida — Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) Guy Harvey Research Institute (GHRI) helped shark enthusiasts take their “Shark Week 2013” to the next level with an interactive website that tracks four shark species (mako, tiger, oceanic white…
Devices Connect with Borrowed TV Signals, and Need No Power Source
By Tom Simonite from MIT Technology Review A novel type of wireless device sends and receives data without a battery or other conventional power source. Instead, the devices harvest the energy they need from the radio waves that are all…
Taiwan President arrives in Haiti to start Caribbean tour
From Jamaica Observer PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – President Ma Ying jeou arrived in Haiti Tuesday at the start of a visit to several Caribbean countries. He was met on arrival by President Michel Martelly and will later participate…
Jamaica PM says gov’t standing by athletes
The Associated Press From Charlotte Observer KINGSTON, Jamaica Jamaica’s leader says the Caribbean country is standing by its athletes after two of the island’s marquee sprinters and three others tested positive for banned substances. In a recent speech in Jamaica’s…
Piper Seneca runs off Barbados runway, causing delays
From Caribbean360 BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Thursday August 15, 2013 – A twin engine Piper Seneca aircraft with four people on board ran off the runway at the Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) Wednesday, soon after leaving Barbados. GAIA corporate communications specialist,…
T&T footballers miss first match – Cayman win their first match by a dozen
T&T footballers miss first match From Trinidad Express Trinidad and Tobago national Under-15 footballers were unable to get a flight out of the country yesterday and did not play their opening match of the inaugural Concacaf Under-15 Championship now taking…
