¿Sabías que el e-commerce se ha venido duplicando cada cinco años en el mundo? De hecho, solo en Chile creció de 300 millones de dólares en 2006 a 6.000 millones en 2019. Este incremento exponencial ocurrió antes de la pandemia de 2020, fenómeno que continúa…
Ya somos muchísimas las que hemos tomado el curso «Emprendimiento femenino», cocreado con Banco BCI y Mujeres del Pacífico. Y para complementar esta experiencia fantástica de aprendizaje, este viernes 9 de abril tendremos la tercera sesión del ciclo de foros que ha contado con la participación…
La presidenta de Mujeres del Pacífico, Fernanda Vicente, fue la primera exponente del ciclo «Emprendimiento femenino», foro creado en conjunto con Banco BCI y Mujeres del Pacífico. ¡Segunda sesión, este viernes 26 de marzo!
Las mujeres somos una parte fundamental de la era digital que estamos experimentando. Tenemos habilidades y características únicas que, gracias a las tecnologías digitales, pueden generar emprendimientos sin precedentes, con gran impacto positivo. Por eso, junto a Banco BCI y Mujeres del Pacífico, quisimos hacer…
Invitamos a una Turinger seca en turismo para que nos contara en primera persona cómo llegó al área de aprendizaje y tecnologías digitales, y cómo el turismo puede beneficiar el aprendizaje desde temprana edad. Crecer en Valparaíso te da cierta inquietud y curiosidad, nada se…
Javianne Oliver, of United States, prepares to start in her heat of the women’s 100-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo. Credit: AP Photo/Matthias Schrader The Jamaican sprinter and her Olympic-record time captured everyone’s attention. What’s under foot, though, might…
Ashirase vibration device attached to shoes and Ashirase smartphone app screen. Credit: Honda Honda has announced on its News Room website the establishment of a startup called Ashirase, Inc.— the first new business venture to originate from the company’s IGNITION program. Ashirase will produce an in-shoe…
Credit: University of Cambridge The touchscreen technology used in billions of smartphones and tablets could also be used as a powerful sensor, without the need for any modifications. Researchers from the University of Cambridge have demonstrated how a typical touchscreen could be used to identify…
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology A new wearable brain-machine interface (BMI) system could improve the quality of life for people with motor dysfunction or paralysis, even those struggling with locked-in syndrome—when a person is fully conscious but unable to move or communicate. A multi-institutional, international…
Graphical abstract. Credit: DOI: 10.1016/j.adapen.2021.100051 Designing future low-carbon energy systems to use power generated in excess of the grid’s demands to produce hydrogen fuel could substantially lower electricity costs, according to new work published by Advances in Applied Energy by Carnegie’s Tyler Ruggles and Ken…
A 5-stage complementary ring-oscillator composed of organic permeable base transistors. Credit: Erjuan Guo Physicists of the Technische Universität Dresden introduce the first implementation of a complementary vertical organic transistor technology, which is able to operate at low voltage, with adjustable inverter properties, and a fall…
Schematic representation of the preparation of the microstructured FeP-CoP embedded nitrogen doped carbon electrocatalyst that is at the heart of the new electrolyser. Credit: HIMS In a recent Nature Communications paper, a group of researchers led by Dr. Ning Yan of the Van ‘t Hoff…
A man uses Biel digital glasses that help people with limited sight better perceive their surroundings. When their two-year-old son Biel started falling over a lot and had difficulty climbing stairs after learning to walk, Jaume Puig and his wife sought medical help to figure…
A garment sewn with conductive yarn, with seams connected by wire to a microcontroller. Credit: Olivia Ruston When positioned strategically, garment seams sewn with conductive yarn can be used to accurately track body motion, according to computer scientists at the University of Bath in the…
Schematic fabrication procedure of the amphiphilic Ti PTLs. Credit: Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Green hydrogen, a source of clean energy that can be generated without using fossil fuels, has recently gained immense attention, as it can be potentially used to promote carbon…
Intelligent matter is assembled from individual, nano-scaled components which, when they act together, possess intelligent skills. Credit: Corinna Kaspar Imagine if the pullover you’re wearing automatically adapted itself to the temperature, warming you if you were shivering, or cooling you down if you were sweating….