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30th November 2017 Guatemala City
Guatemala: the onion that makes you cry
My time as British Ambassador to Guatemala has come to an end. After slightly more than two years representing the UK in this fascinating country, I am changing my role to become British Ambassador to Honduras. One thing I can say about Guatemala is that I have never been bored here. I arrived in mid-August […]
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23rd November 2017
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Green Schools
It was a pleasure to attend on 13 November a stakeholder networking event for a project named Scoli Verzi: Green Schools. This has its origins in evidence from organisations such as Eurobarometer that Romanians are among the least well-informed Europeans on environmental issues. The initiative was launched by two NGOs, WWF Romania and GreenInitiative, as […]
21st November 2017 Delhi, India
Pregnancy complications detected early can save lives
The blog is co-authored by Professor Andrew Shennan and Dr Nicola Vousden from St Thomas Hospital, King’s College London. One of the Newton Bhabha funded and Newton Prize winning project in India is ‘Evaluation of the introduction on CRADLE Vital Signs Alert (VSA)’ was led by scientists from St Thomas Hospital, King’s College London in […]
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19th November 2017 Canberra, Australia
Geoff Boycott, cricket and me
My first love was Geoff Boycott. It all started when I was just six years old, and was sat with my Dad watching England play the West indies on our black-and-white TV. The year was 1973. The test match was being held in Port-of-Spain. I was transfixed by Geoffrey’s batting; and was waiting desperately for […]
17th November 2017 Chongqing
UK-China Join Hands in Standardising Global Graphene Practices
Last week in Chongqing, China’s manufacturing hub, the first UK-China Graphene Standardisation Cooperation Working Group Conference agreed to work together to submit a co-authored International Organization for Standardization (ISO) proposal by February 2018. The Conference, part of a SIN funded mission, was opened by the UK’s Minister of Trade & Export Promotion, Baroness Rona Fairhead and […]
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17th November 2017 Delhi, India
First ever Newton Prize goes to Indo-UK research and innovation projects
It all started exactly a year ago when Jo Johnson, Minister of State for Science, Research and Innovation launched the prestigious Newton Prize during the India-UK Tech Summit in Delhi. The Newton Prize is administered through the UK National Commission for UNESCO, and the team has been busy during the year in receiving and reviewing […]
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16th November 2017 Montreal, Canada
Le prochain boom technologique : l’intelligence artificielle (I.A.)
L’intelligence artificielle est en plein essor à Montréal, et de façon plus générale, au Canada. Les algorithmes informatiques peuvent analyser d’énormes quantités de données et déterminer les tendances ; découlant sur une multitude d’applications possibles. Le potentiel est étonnant : la reconnaissance vocale, les services de traduction, le guidage des véhicules autonomes, le renseignement de la police […]
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16th November 2017 Montreal, Canada
The next tech boom: Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)
Artificial Intelligence is booming in Montréal, and Canada more broadly. Computer algorithms can analyse vast quantities of data and establish patterns, with a myriad of potential applications. From voice recognition, translation services and directing autonomous vehicles to informing policing through crime analysis and diagnostics in healthcare, the potential is enormous. Google, Microsoft, IBM, and […]
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16th November 2017 Montreal, Canada
La réalité virtuelle: Un tout autre monde
Plus question d’être assis sur votre canapé devant un téléviseur à écran plat. La prochaine génération de matériel audiovisuel vous met en plein dans l’action. En portant un casque on est complètement plongé dans un monde virtuel avec lequel on peut interagir. Cependant les usages de cette nouvelle technologie vont bien au-delà des jeux vidéo […]
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16th November 2017
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Oina
Oina is a traditional Romanian sport, whose origins appear to be quite ancient. Some believe that the name derives from the Cuman word for “game”, and it does seem to have a linguistic association with many Turkic languages. Other theories place its origins in shepherding, given its closeness to the Romanian word for sheep. While […]