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Google-owned online mapping company Waze is launching a carpooling pilot programme in Israel where commuters pay fellow drivers a small fee for a ride to and from work. The new application, called RideWith, will use Waze's navigation system to learn the routes drivers most frequently take to work and match them up with people looking for a ride in the same direction. Google bought Israel-based Waze, which uses satellite signals from members' smartphones to offer real-time traffic information, for about $1 billion two years ago. "We're conducting a small, private beta test in the greater Tel Aviv area for a carpool concept, but we have nothing further to announce at this time," Waze told Reuters of its foray into the increasingly competitive field of ride-sharing. Drivers will be limited to just two journeys a day and will not be able to earn a salary from RideWith, a source close to the company said, differentiating it from businesses such as Uber, ...

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India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  (Reuters) - India is reinvigorating an $18 billion campaign to provide fast internet connections for all, with a "digital week" aimed at popularising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign promise to connect 250,000 villages in India by 2019. The government's tech push, which plans to provide electronic governance and universal phone connectivity across the country, aims to bridge India's digital divide, bringing in large investments in technology manufacturing. But apart from a handful of headline-grabbing initiatives - free wifi at the Taj Mahal, for example - the push to connect India and drive a national fibre optic network, first approvedby the last government in 2011, has made slow progress. Spokesman for Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad says Now we are at a place where we can take off.  he adds that the idea is to bridge the...

Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW) is working with a bioprinter from regenHU to produce different human tissues. Bioprinting allows three dimensional tissue production in a fast and controlled manner by the precise positioning of primary cells, biomaterials and growth factors. Thereby, bioprinted tissues simulate the complex in vivo situation of our body. Tissues are produced in a layer by layer mode by alternating photopolymerized bioink and cells. Before using for substance testing the tissue are matured in a cell culture environment. In future, printed tissues could reduce animal experiments in drug development and foster regenerative medicine. The printed structure is visible in  a fast and controlled manner by the precise positioning of primary cells, biomaterials and growth factors. Thereby, bioprinted tissues simulate the complex in vivo situation of our body. Tissues are produced in a layer by layer mode by alternating photopolymerized bioink and cells. Before us...

Google Genomics, the cloud-based computing business that is racing to increase its share of online DNA analytics, today began offering a cloud service version of the popular DNA analysis software from the Broad Institute, a biomedical research organization.  http://reut.rs/1QPwdHj

DNA on the cloud. Ever thought of storing your DNA in cyber space? Well that science fiction is near, as near as three years away. That's by 2018. And top contender to keep this prize possession are Amazon and Google. Reuters reports that is in the lead and may be the first to be able to store data on human DNA on the cloud. This potential $1 billion earner should be able to assist scientific research and aid medical discoveries. Google is closeing in. But the race is tight and with the next couple of months we may have a clearer picture of who among the two or maybe another player will own the bragging rights. Tick tack.