This year, the fifth edition of RobotiFest 2016, at the University Of Costa Rica (UCR), will be held. In addition to competition, if you are fan of this kind of technology, this is a great opportunity to enjoy. The cost-free activity is held at Rodrigo Facio campus, in San Pedro. This year, the organization designed […]
Archives for August 12, 2016
Strawberry producers want to revitalize their business
A committee aiming to promote straberry’s research, development and innovation was formed by a large number of strawberry producers from Poas in Alajuela, Varablanca in Heredia, Llano Grande in Cártago and La Cima de Dota in San José. The initiative has the support of the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) and the Foundation for […]
New method reveals women’s fertile day
A new method that analyzes women´s hormonal mechanism through saliva and determines their fertile window could be the answer for women who want to have children. A high percentage of women do not know that they are fertile and ovulate only one day a month and they think that they have fertility problems, said gynecologist […]
Complaint against Ministry of Finance for expensive electronic billing project
On Thursday, the Chamber of Information and Communications Technology (CAMTIC) filed a complaint for anti-competitive practices that affect the State and the private sector, against the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service Company of Heredia (ESPH). Otto Rivera, executive director of the group, explained that the electronic billing project was assigned to ESPH for […]
FA leader supports Ligia Falla’s advise to taxi drivers
The leader of political party Frente Amplio (FA), Edgardo Araya, supports the legal advice that Ligia Fallas, a legislator from the party, offered on Tuesday to the taxi drivers arrested during the protest against Uber. What I find outrageous is that it would be seen as a bad thing that they have an habeas corpus […]
New therapy gives hope to paralyzed patients
On Thursday, it was announced that patients with old injuries in the spine recovered partial senses and legs’ mobility (and some restarted their sexual life) through an experimental cerebral and physical rehabilitation treatment conducted in Brazil. Until now the recovery of those functions after so long (3 to 13 years) had never been seen in […]