By Noel King Kigali 29 October 2007 The Connect Africa Leaders' summit kicked off in the Rwandan capital Kigali Monday. The conference focuses on investment and development in Africa's burgeoning telecommunications industry. For VOA, Noel King has mo...
By Noel King Kigali 28 October 2007 Heads of state and representatives from some of the world's leading information technology companies have descended on the Rwandan capital, Kigali, for the Connect Africa Leaders' summit set to begin Monday. Noel K...
By Carol Pearson Washington 03 September 2007 U.S. Military doctors have performed more than 100,000 eye surgeries on active duty personnel to eliminate the need for glasses or contact lenses. Now, at the new Joint Warfighter Refractive Surgery Cente...
Aqua Technology 水资源监测科技 A new weather-monitoring satellite has been 30 years in the making, and some researchers think it's worth the wait. We'll speak with a scientist about the Aqua satellite -- on today's Earth and Sky. DB: This is Earth a...
This is Day to Day, Im Milany Braney, in a few minutes well hear what critics are saying about this weeks movie releases, but first in the future our coat buttons will take pictures and our underwear will telephone home when we are in trouble. Thats...
By Joseph Mok Washington, D.C. 27 June 2007 With the expansion of print and multimedia sources in American life, public libraries have had to adapt to society's greater dependence on computers. VOA's Mohamed Elshinnawi looks at one modern library in...
By Jeff Swicord Terre Haute, Indiana 24 May 2007 As part of our continuing series on Searching for Solutions, VOA traveled to Terre Haute, Indiana, to tour one of two so called clean coal electric generating plants in the United States. Clean coal te...
By Jeff Swicord Washington 18 May 2007 Entrance to mine rescue chamber It is being called revolutionary in the field of mine safety. A West Virginia company has unveiled a new piece of technology that the company says could prevent most deaths from m...
By Greg Flakus Houston, Texas 17 May 2007 High energy prices, coupled with rising demand, are putting pressure on the oil and gas industry worldwide. Many companies are finding and developing new, underwater fields. More than 67,000 representatives o...
By Paul Sisco Washington, D.C. 03 January 2007 watch Screening report Ever since the September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States, the need for airport security has led to a steady increase in the use and improvement of technology. One new...