Fukushima reactor’s radiation levels killed a cleaning robot
By Mariella Moon From engadget The machine was pulled out two hours into its mission. Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) wasn’t kidding when it said the radiation levels inside Fukushima’s nuclear reactor are the highest they’ve been since its meltdown…
Minister Panton says to panel: Cayman benefits the EU
Along with a European Commission tax official, a Member of the European Parliament, and the head of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s investment division, Financial Services Minister Wayne Panton participated on a panel that aired divergent views…
This blimp that looks like a butt is the largest aircraft in the world
BY NICOLE GALLUCCI From Mashable It’s a bird, it’s a plane, oh nope, hold on… it’s that aircraft that looks like a butt. Airlander 10, the world’s largest aircraft — appropriately nicknamed the “Flying Bum” for its resemblance to a…
Cambridge is giving cancer the 3D VR treatment
By Devin Coldewey From TechCrunch It’s always good to hear that scientists are bringing the latest technology to the fight against cancer, but virtual reality doesn’t seem like an obvious addition to the arsenal. Yet it’s VR and 3D visualization…
Scientists make battery that runs on air and carbon dioxide
By Jamie Rigg From engadget Researchers at Penn State University have potentially come up with yet another way we could create energy from all that nasty carbon dioxide we pump into the atmosphere. They’ve developed an inexpensive flow cell battery…
Diaspora Conference to be held in Guyana
Posted by Denis Chabrol From Demera Waves The University of Guyana (UG) has announced that it will be hosting its inaugural Diaspora Engagement Conference from July 23 to 28 2017, in Georgetown, Guyana, under the theme: “Dreaming Diaspora Engagement, Doing…
Maharashtra: Vasai youth shot dead in Jamaica, family seeks Sushma Swaraj’s help
By IMRAN FAZAL From DNA India The youth was working with a local jewellery store in Jamaica and was at home when four unidentified assailants pumped three bullets in him and also shot his two other colleagues A 25-year-old youth…
Recipe of the week
Recipe of the week – Breakfast Chocolate Valentine’s Day and Chocolate go together as milk and cream but chocolate for breakfast? Read on… 12 Ways to Eat Chocolate for Breakfast By Dana Velden From The Kitchn Cocoa & Toast Bread…
eBay – Aeropost strategic Alliance coming to Cayman Islands
Nowadays the Online Shopping of US products from the Cayman’s are fulfilled through expensive Courier methods (FedEx, DHL, UPS), or through less expensive methods of using freight forwarders through a US address for receiving purchases, although inefficient still. The top…
Condolences pour in after death of UWI lecturer
BY: LOOP NEWS Several groups, colleagues, friends and students have expressed condolences on the passing of Humanities lecturer Dr Giselle Rampaul. Dr Rampaul was a lecturer in Literatures in English at the St Augustine Campus of the University of the…