Comparing National and Punjab IT Policy Drafts – 2016 Once the Abraham Lincoln said, “If I had 60 minutes to cut down a tree, I would spend 40 sharpening the ax and 20 cutting it down”. Same is true for policy formulation, which the experts call “sharpening the ax”. In Pakistan’s IT sector, sharpening the …
Computer Science – by quick definition, a scientific and practical approach to computation and its applications –in reality is a cosmic stream. From feasibility to structure, from expression to algorithms, there is a Vulcan-like logical component out there for each and every student in Pakistan. To find them, our young minds must be exposed to …
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The on-net off-grid population of the world will reach 138 million and people who access the internet only through their mobile phones will increase 56 fold from 14 million (2010) to 917 million (2016). We are talking about mobile phones in a world where almost half of the world population is living on less than …
You are in a future world and have all highly functional abilities like Coding, App making, Editing etc with a vast experience in your field. You are seeking for a job in the world where there are Robots to do all the required tasks related to your skills with more perfection. So, what will be …
As the good people of this planet have become more reliant on making connections through technology, we have begun to ignore reality. Too often we choose not to engage with fellow human beings while growing ever more uninhibited by smart phones and other digital devices, even when in the presence of others. This excessive use …
The Mars expedition, otherwise popular as the human mission to Mars, has been a subject of Sci-Fi since long. Many movies have been made depicting the human landings on Mars and discovering it to be livable for mankind. This one-way trip to Mars that everyone has been gushing on about represents the sole purpose to …
The casual acceptance of the transference of meaningful conversations to non-human connections could prove fatal. This planet has never been more digitally connected. It seems as if we are constantly looking for some new technological holy grail that will bring our families closer together. Technology is creating faltering relationships and leading to very real injuries …
Pakistan is striving hard to enlist itself in the countries where technologies drive policies, services meet consumer expectations and regulations facilitate innovations. However, a Pew Global Attitude Survey in 2014 did not conform to this claim by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority’s (PTA) Annual Report of 2016 which holds very encouraging figures of a technologically advancing …
SUPARCO and ISRO, A Comparative Study On June 17, 1973, the Apollo 17 and its moon landing astronauts Eugene A Cernan (Commander), Ronald E Evans (Command Module Pilot) and Harrison H Schmitt (Lunar Module Pilot) were moving in a motorcade on the streets of Karachi, the famous Neil Armstrong and his wife in Lahore, Perhaps, …
Starting of with the basics of what exactly is robotics? For those unaware of the term, robotics is basically an interdisciplinary branch belonging to engineering and science inclusive of mechanics, electrical and computer science etc. Robotics is concerned with the designing, construction, operations and the applicability of robots in the field. In addition to the above information, it manages computer systems for control …
