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Rice expert: Medical robots poised to become smaller, softer, smarter, more autonomous

O’Malley available for interviews about medical robotics’ prospects, progress since first transoceanic surgery 20 years ago

Medical robots have advanced quickly since the milestone achievement of long-distance telesurgery 20 years ago. Today’s medical robots are capable of guiding cameras in colonoscopies and endoscopies, implanting electrodes in the brain, performing microsurgeries inside the eye, providing rehabilitation therapy for stroke patients and much more.

Quavo heads to Washington, DC to bring awareness to gun violence prevention

Quavo, who lost his nephew and fellow Migos member Takeoff to gun violence last year, is turning his grief into action.

Be An Angel: The Angel Awards

Be An Angel's mission to improve the quality of life for children with multiple disabilities or profound deafness by providing needed adaptive equipment and select services. We believe that children are the heart and soul of humanity, that they represent all that is good within us, and that we can help children with special needs experience life at their fullest potential.

Discover Your Purpose in Retirement: Fort Bend County Libraries' Senior Series Empowers Older Adults

Fort Bend County Libraries' University Branch Library is proud to present "I'm Retired & I Need a Purpose!" - a dynamic program as part of the Senior Series tailored for older adults and their families. Taking place on Friday, February 16, from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon, this enlightening event will unfold in Meeting Room 1 of the library, nestled at 14010 University Blvd in Sugar Land, conveniently located on the UH campus.

US to send Patriot missile systems and tanks to Ukraine faster than originally planned

US Patriot missile defense systems and Abram tanks are set to be deployed to Ukraine faster than originally planned, US defense officials said on Tuesday.

AMNH Announces Online Halloween Costume Contest; Virtual Programming for Halloween and Day of the Dead

To celebrate Halloween on October 31, the American Museum of Natural History is offering a range of family-friendly online programming in the run-up to the holiday, on topics including “spooky” insects like scorpions, spiders, and roaches; bat ecology and biodiversity; and fossilized mammal skeletons. The Museum is also launching a costume contest asking viewers who tune in to online programs next week to share their pictures of natural history-themed costumes on Instagram and Twitter, with the winner awarded four tickets to the Museum.

Refugee women face unequal access to jobs. Hiring them could boost global GDP by $1.4 trillion

We are living through a global refugee crisis. In June, the UN High Commissioner of Refugees reported a record-high number of displaced people around the world, the highest in almost 70 years. And many refugees face restricted access to labor markets — they are often barred completely from working and earning an income. Women asylum seekers have it even harder: many women refugees face long-term poverty and high levels of sexual abuse.

Excitement Builds In Texas For First Varsity High School Water Polo Season

Water polo is about to get much bigger in the state of Texas. After decades of play as a high school club sport, water polo will make its debut as an official varsity high school sport in the Lone Star State in the fall of 2022 after receiving approval from the University Interscholastic League (UIL) back in October 2019.

Honoring Houston Women in the Pulpit

Women in the pulpit are always a controversial topic in some religious circles. Basing their belief of 1 Timothy 2:12 where Paul writes to Timothy in a letter saying, “I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.”

Harris Ranked Best for 6th Year

Harris Institute in Toronto, Canada ranked best private school for a 6th consecutive year in the 2018 Media Arts Education Report. In its 10th year, the report is the quintessential source of information on media arts education in Canada and states, "Harris Institute is the best school of its kind. Highly Recommended." Other schools in the top 10 include Ryerson University's School of Media, Seneca@York, OCAD University, Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology and Metalworks Institute.

Texas’ Will Hurd Preps for the First Presidential Debate

Will Hurd, a former Congressman from south Texas and the first black Texas A&M University Student Body President during its bonfire tragedy 25 years ago is thankful to the 42,500 campaign donors that put him past the 40,000-threshold required by the Republican National Committee to be in Wednesday’s debate.

Formerly Homeless Hair Salon Owner Gives Free Makeovers to Homeless Women and Girls

Vanessa Howard from Tampa, Florida was once a homeless single mother with three children. But she has long recovered, started her own business called Giving Hands Hair Salon, and now gives back to the community by giving homeless women and girls free makeovers. So far, she has given 275 people free trims, facials and manicures.

Muslim Group Sit Down to Iftar Outside Trump Tower

Just as rush hour was winding down, Muslim activists and allies broke fast on the sixth day of Ramadan outside Trump Tower in Manhattan.

#TBT: Bill Gates faced Congress almost exactly 20 years before Zuckerberg

One major tech CEO testifying before Congress isn't cool. You know what's cool? Two major tech CEOs testifying before Congress.

Coca Cola is fighting Gatorade by investing in BodyArmor

Coca-Cola is doubling its efforts to compete with Pepsi's Gatorade. Coke said it will take a big stake in red-hot sports drink maker BodyArmor, becoming the company's second-largest shareholder. Body Armor is an attractive competitor to both Gatorade and Coke's own Powerade, the biggest players in the sports drink sector.

How To Ditch The Techie Jargon And Improve Your Organization’s Cybersecurity

An office memo that tosses around terms like DRM, botnet, FTP, spear phishing and worm could be a quick, easy read for the head of the IT department.

Black Millennial Launches App to Discover & Review Black-Owned Businesses

The next generation digital platform, Official Black Wall Street, is making it even easier to find and support Black-owned businesses with the launch of their highly anticipated new app. Making its mark as the first of its kind to alert users when they’re near a Black-owned business, the app combines social impact and tech, allowing users to seamlessly circulate the Black dollar.

Congrats to Miss South Africa, But Here’s Why Miss Jamaica Should Have Won the Miss Universe Title!

Miss South Africa, 22-year old Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters, was the winner of this year’s Miss Universe pageant, but many people feel that Miss Jamaica, 23-year old Davina Bennett, was the one who really deserved the title.

Visulon releases a New 3D plugin, Custom viewer, and Image compression, all free with its core platform

Today Visulon announces the release and availability of advanced 3D image management technologies to enhance faster adoption of 3D for apparel, footwear, fashion, and sports brands. Vi3D is a set of tools designed in-house with new front-end and cloud technologies.

Beyond the Rhetoric: It is Time to get Real about Black Business

It dawned upon me back in 1992, that there was no sincere movement or interest in developing Black owned businesses. Even though Booker T. Washington wrote books about it there was no sincere movement to push forward the thought and reality of “BLACK BUSINESS”.

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