The way Pakistanis are expected to work has changed dramatically over the last ten years. Factors such as how time is managed, who does most of the work, how people are managed, increasing entrepreneurial activity, and what kind of work is typically done are part of the movement. Remember, there are Pakistanis alive today who: [...]
So, it’s true that no one gives a hoot (replace with any word that fits better) about you or us, your or our company, your or our country, your or our life when you or we are just one 24/7 commercial. It’s all NOISE! But, they are interested in what your customers and the industry [...]
We invite members of the Facebook Techistan community to share their opinions and vote which we should do. Stick with the current template … Or go with this new template? We ask that you think about and tell us which it should… especially regarding a comparison of the colors and the arrangement. You can share your [...]
Engineering researchers at the University of Florida have developed a designer pill that can track whether patients are taking their medication on time and in a prescribed fashion. The pills which are affectionately coined “tattletale pills” consist of a standard white capsule that have been “coated with a label embossed with silvery lines.” The lines [...]
KATHMANDU: Patients in rural Nepal will soon be able to consult specialist doctors over the Internet as part of an innovative scheme to improve health care in remote areas of the Himalayan country. Over the next few weeks, the government will begin connecting 25 district hospitals, most of them located in the rugged and inaccessible Himalayas, to specialist [...]
MELBOURNE: Australia on Tuesday unveiled a prototype bionic eye designed to restore sight to those with failing vision which supporters hope could be the biggest breakthrough since the Braille alphabet. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, whose government committed 42 million dollars (almost 39 million US) to the project, said the device could be “one of the [...]
KIEL: A German adventurer is preparing to sail the world in what he says is the world’s largest solar-powered boat. The catamaran-style yacht sporting some 5,400 square feet (500 square meters) of solar panels was put into the water Wednesday in the northern German city of Kiel. Skipper Raphael Domjan praised the ”groundbreaking” step toward [...]
Hyundai’s newest luxury sedan, the Equus, was just revealed at the New York Auto Show with the announcement it’ll forgo the mostly ignored paper owner’s manual in favor of an iPad, allowing customers to make vehicle service appointments wirelessly. The Hyundai Equus slots above the Genesis sedan as the top-of-the-line offering of the brand with [...]
Time has a terrific profile of Steve Jobs and the iPad this week, in large part because they put it in the hands of ubercomedian/ubergeek Stephen Fry. It’s a portrait of a man whose life and work are intrinsically intertwined. The hardest-hitting question of Fry’s hour-long interview—”Will you perhaps leave Apple on this high, a fitting end to [...]
Mad Catz is going epic with their premium Cyborg line of peripherals. First that mouse, now, possibly, the most badass flight stick the world has seen (outside of an actual jet fighter’s cockpit). Cyborg F.L.Y. 9—$100 this spring—is designed exclusively for the Xbox 360 (though I’d bet it’ll work on a PC, too). Beyond its aggressive appearance, the [...]
