Nigeria To Roll Out 5G Technology Soon – NCC

   

    The Federal Government is set to begin the roll-out of fifth-generation (5G) services across the country. Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof. Umar Danbatta, made the announcement on Friday at a public inquiry on the instruments necessary for the deployment of the technology.

WhatsApp new feature to allows users send and receive messages without phone

    Whatsapp has now released a new feature that has been the talk of the tech community for a long time. 

   According to Facebook engineers, the new feature would allow for the hugely popular service be used on multiple “non-phone” devices without needing to connect to the smartphone app.

Luxury submarine designed to take tourists deep into the ocean

 

   An incredible submarine is all set to give tourists a sea view like no other. The Triton Deepview 24 can take 24 passengers to depths of up to 100m (328ft) and afford them magnificent views thanks to vast panoramic windows – and all from the comfort of a 15.4m (50.5ft) long air-conditioned interior big enough to stand up in.

Rwanda launches first 'Made in Africa' smartphones

 

   Rwanda’s Mara Group launched two smartphones on Monday, describing them as the first “Made in Africa” models and giving a boost to the country’s ambitions to become a regional technology hub. The Mara X and Mara Z will use Google’s Android operating system and cost 175,750 Rwandan francs ($190) and 120,250 Rwandan francs ($130) respectively.

Nigeria To Start Assembling Solar Cars By 2020

    An indigenous company says it is intensifying efforts to begin assembling of solar cars by 2020. Mr Moses Onaja, Chief Executive Officer, Sun Energy Community Development Initiative (SECODI), made the disclosure on Tuesday during an exhibition of solar products  in Ibadan.

(TECHNOLOGY) Google To Empower 3 Nigerian Startups, Others

 
  Three Nigerian startups namely – 54Gene, ScholarX, and WellaHealth – have made the list of 12 African startups shortlisted by Google to take part in the third edition of its Launchpad Accelerator Africa programme. As part of its commitment to growing emerging businesses in Africa, Google has announced the 12 African startups to take part in the capacity-building and empowerment programme.

  The programme, which starts on April 1, 2019, involves startups from six African countries, namely: Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Uganda. Of these 12 startups, six have female co-founders and nine are either AI-enabled or have AI potential.

(TECHNOLOGY) China Unveils New Generation High-Speed Train - Photos & Video

   The Chinese government just unveiled a newly built new generation high-speed train designed to go as fast as 350km/hour on top speed. The train is designed by CRRC Tangshan Co and already the production has been rolled out. The newly unveiled high speed train features are as follows:

(TECHNOLOGY) Nigerian Female Shortlisted For Engineering Innovation Award

 

  Elizabeth Kperrun, mobile and web applications developer, has been shortlisted for the 2019 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation, making her the first Nigerian female to be selected for the prestigious prize.

FG inaugurates TWC for $20bn Ogidigben industrial gas park

   

   Civil and engineering works may soon commence in earnest on the second phase of the $20 billion Ogidigben Gas Revolution Industrial Park in Delta State, as the Minister of State, Petroleum Resources, Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, has inaugurated the Technical Working Committee (TWC) for the project.

CBN To Sack CEOs, Chairmen Of Banks With Delayed Accounts

 

 
  Any bank which fails to publish its annual account 12 months after the financial year end will have its chief executive sacked, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has directed.

Photos/Video- 4 Final Year FUTO Students Design A Campus Surveillance Drone

 

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   These four students (Ekeh Isidore, Kizito Onyema, Aloysius Nwokedike, John Kenedy Kalu) constructed a quadcopter surveillance drone for the university campus as a school project. With a wood constructed Controller and First Person View (FPV) system, the drone pilot sees the video footage of the campus in real time.
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World’s First Formation Flying Nano Satellites Developed by Israeli Scientists

  Three nano-satellites developed by scientists at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, will be the world’s first to be flown in formation.

   The project, developed with the collaboration of the French Adelis-Samson Foundation and the Israeli Space Agency (ISA), will be launched on the Indian launcher PSLV at the end of 2018 by the Dutch company Innovative Solutions In Space, which has a specialization in launching Nano-satellites.

Photos- See How This Nigerian Pimped Old Peugeot 504 Car in Enugu

 

  A Nigerian Man, Frank Blaise has received accolades for his outstanding body work and car pimping ability after he redesigned an abandoned and rickety Peugeot 504 vehicle in Enugu State.
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PHOTOS- Innoson Vehicles Release Luxury IVM G80 and G40 SUV

 

   The long awaited luxurious Innoson IVM G80 and G40 have been released by Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Co Ltd, Nigeria’s first indigenous Vehicle Manufacturing Company.

World’s first smart condom detects STIs, rates men’s performance

 

   A British company has released the first pictures of a ‘smart condom’ which collects very intimate data about the sex life of anyone brave enough to wear it. The device is called the i.Con and can detect sexually transmitted infections as well as sending data about a sex session straight to the wearer’s smartphone.

Photos Of The 2018 Benz CLS

   

   It’s coming with an inline-6 twin-turbo 3.0-liter engine with minimum of 360 hp. It also gets a 48-volt hybrid assist.

University Dropout Designs Bicycle That Rides On Water

 

    A talented young man in Ghana has designed a bicycle which rides on water. He is identified as Frank Darko revealed and was a final year student at the Takoradi Technical University, Ghana pursuing a course in Graphic Design before he deferred the course due to some personal reasons.

PHOTOS- Twins Joined in the Skull Separated by 40 Indian Doctors

    Doctors in India have successfully separated conjoined twin boys who were attached at the skull in a marathon surgical procedure that lasted more than 36 hours and involved 40 doctors.

Checkout The 2018 Range Rover "Redesigned" (PHOTOS)

     This redesigned 2018 model simply represents the pinnacle of luxury travel, making every journey a treasured experience whether driving or being driven. FYI - I prefer driving. What will I be sitting at the back of this car for?

Robot performs first ever dental surgery on human

    A woman in China recently became the first person to have oral surgery performed solely by a robot. Although human doctors were in the room for the procedure, the robot autonomously implanted two teeth into the patient’s mouth using preprogrammed directions, according to the South China Morning Post.