Huawei supports Indonesia's telecom company in expanding big data services

STORY: Huawei supports Indonesia's telecom company in expanding big data services SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 22, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:28 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the signing of an agreement and speeches 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BHARAT ALVA, Director of Information Technology, Telkomsel 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): GUO HAILONG, Huawei Indonesia CEO STORYLINE: China's information and communications technology infrastructure provider Huawei supports Indonesia's telecommunications company Telkomsel in expanding its big data and fixed-mobile convergence services. At the signing ceremony of an agreement on Wednesday in Jakarta, Telkomsel's Director of Information Technology Bharat Alva said the support is in a multi-cloud strategy, as well as lakehouse technology and "storage and compute decoupling" architecture which allows it to cut operating costs. "We were impressed to see the solutions that Huawei Cloud brought to us and are very excited to see what can b

Hitachi devises blood sugar monitor that doesn't use blood

Hitachi devises blood sugar monitor that doesn't use blood

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. has developed what it claims to be the world's first blood sugar monitor for diabetics that does not require users to collect a blood sample. The non-invasive blood sugar monitoring device (photo) is intended to compute blood sugar levels by using special sensors to detect physiological parameters related to the body's metabolism, such as thermal energy, oxygen supply, and blood flow. To compute the blood sugar level, a patient places a finger on the device for 10 seconds and repeats the action two minutes later. The device takes a further two minutes to display the results.

Kenyans feel pinch facing steep rise in food prices

STORY: Kenyans feel pinch facing steep rise in food prices DATELINE: March 28, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Toi market in Nairobi 2. STANDUP 1 (English): LIU CHANG, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE (English): FRANCIS NDEGE, Owner of cereal store 4. various of cereal stores and other agricultural commodities 5. STANDUP 2 (English): LIU CHANG, Xinhua correspondent STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): LIU CHANG, Xinhua correspondent "Kenyans are caught in a grip of higher food prices brought about by a combination of adverse weather, rising input costs, which have been worsened by the Ukraine crisis. The prices for the staple commodities in the food basket used to compute inflation by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics, such as maize flour, wheat flour, Irish potatoes, onions, tomatoes, cabbages, kales, and cooking oil, rose by an average of 20 percent in January 2022 compared to the same period in 2021. By the end of February 2022, 3.1 million Ken

Hitachi devises blood sugar monitor that doesn't use blood

Hitachi devises blood sugar monitor that doesn't use blood

TOKYO, Japan - Hitachi Ltd. has developed what it claims to be the world's first blood sugar monitor for diabetics that does not require users to collect a blood sample. The non-invasive blood sugar monitoring device (photo) is intended to compute blood sugar levels by using special sensors to detect physiological parameters related to the body's metabolism, such as thermal energy, oxygen supply, and blood flow. To compute the blood sugar level, a patient places a finger on the device for 10 seconds and repeats the action two minutes later. The device takes a further two minutes to display the results. (Kyodo)