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                                                  Source:Ventures Africa Neopanda is created by a global health Tech start-up in New York, for critically ill newborns being cared for in the hospital within low-resource countries. The small, low-cost, vital signs monitor integrated into a baby's hat, tracks the four vital signs used to identify babies in distress. Currently, the creators of Neopanda are working to advance the prototype by integrating design inputs suggested by doctors and nurses in Uganda.(Ventures Africa )

Source:The New York Times  China's Transit Elevated Bus prototype which is 72feet long and 26 feet wide went for a test drive in the Chinese Seaside City of Qinhuangdao on Tuesday. The elevated bus idea which seemed like a dream when presented at an expo in Beijing in May came a step closer to reality.

According to Tech Insider, Five prisons are slated to close their doors by the end of summer, according to internal documents obtained by the Telegraaf. The closure which is said will result in 2000 jobs loss with only 700 transitioning into other unknown roles within Dutch law enforcement. The trend of closing prisons follows a  steady drop in crime since 2004.

According to The Guardian, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is one of the first smartphones to ship with an Iris scanner. The new biometric option in the form of an infrared iris scanner takes just seconds to set up and unlock the phone with a glance of either eyes.It has a 5.7 inch quad HD screen, USB-C and the integrated S-pen stylus which is now waterproof and can work when wet,12mega pixel camera on the back, 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage with micro SD card slot for additional storage. The new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 also has fingerprint scanner under the home button. The Note 7 features also similar specifications to the Galaxy S7 Edge including its IP68 rating making it waterproof to depths of 1.5m for 30minutes.

Sense sleep tracking ball Made by a San Francisco startup "Hello"  according to Tech Insider is packed with sensors that monitors your bedroom's light, humidity, temperature, air quality as well as sleeping habits. The tiny ball sits right next your bed, on the floor or on a nightstand and stays plugged into an outlet at all times. It comes with a tiny sleep pill with a replaceable battery that lasts a full year,that clips onto the end of your pillow.  With the Sense app, user can learn about the conditions(temperature, humidity, air quality, brightness and noise level)  in the room and tips to improve the user's sleep quality. 

Hideyuki Nakayama's "A Room in the Glass Globe".According to Gizmodo, is developed in conjunction with door handle manufacturer Lever, gives you the glimpse of what's happening in the Room Behind it. The reflection is cast in a sort of strange, dreamlike haze

                                      Source:Livescience Iris scan may soon replace fingerprints. While iris-scanning technology has been around for more than 25 years, it's just now getting to where it's fast, easy and relatively bug-free. "It's a powerful biometric," said Patrick Grother, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., who has been developing algorithms and software for iris scanning. "It's fast to process, it has discriminative power -- my iris doesn't look like your iris, and it has reasonable permanence." Iris scanning cameras can be hand-held or attached to a wall. They are effective from three to six feet away from the subject's eyes.