How the fashion industry is adapting to the possibilities of the metaverse By Isabel Lerma CYBERWEAR League of Legends x Louis Vuitton Qiyana prestige skin (Riot Games) As we all know by now, the global pandemic has drastically changed our reality. It has caused us to turn to technology to go about...
The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) highlighted the need for the country to do its own research and development on vaccines, the head of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Wednesday, Feb. 2. (Unsplash) During the Laging Handa briefing, DOST Secretary Fortunato "Boy" de la Peña...
With the rise of Facebook’s metaverse, fiction becomes more real than reality CYBER SOCIAL Ready Player One protagonist Wade Watts in Virtual Reality equipment In creative talk, “meta,” derived from the Greek word for “beyond,” refers to a work that knows it’s a work, a dialogue that...
A WORLD METAVERSALLY CONNECTED Will there be a need for ambassadors in a future without borders Back in November, the Caribbean nation of Barbados announced that they would be opening its first embassy in the metaverse, Decentraland. The island nation’s decision to build a digital diplomatic...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) has started on Monday, Jan. 31, the construction of the Nuclear Medicine Research and Innovation Centre. (PNRI) DOST Secretary Fortunato "Boy" de la Pena stressed the importance of nuclear medicine,...
The Election Board (EB) Certification Portal developed by the Department of Science and Technology National Capital Region (DOST-NCR) will be deployed in March. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "With the restrictions on the conduct of face-to-face activities due to the pandemic, the DOST deemed it...
The Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD) announced the recipients of the 2021 Alberto Romualdez Jr. Outstanding Health Research Award (AROHRA). (Photo from DOST-PCHRD) "The AROHRA encourages researchers to be sensitive to the...
Digital Pilipinas is partnering with Mapúa University to support the DOST-MAPUA Think and Tinker Laboratory - Technology Business Incubation (TBI) program in promoting academe-industry-government collaboration. A triumvirate collaboration of academe, industry and government on Thursday launched...
Recognizing the nature of their work, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo said that she would push for government services that will address the daily challenges faced by Business Processing Outsourcing (BPO) employees. Vice President Leni Robredo (OVP photo) Robredo, a leader of the...
The Philippines and Israel have committed to pursue science, technology, and innovation projects centered around agriculture and health, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) announced Friday, Jan. 29. In a taped report, DOST Secretary Fortunato "Boy" de la Peña said he met Israeli...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) said Friday, Jan. 29, that 6,480 participants of the World Health Organization (WHO) Solidarity Vaccine Trials in the country have already received their first dose of jabs against coronavirus disease (COVID-19). (JUAN CARLO DE VELA / MANILA BULLETIN)...
The development of ready-to-drink (RTD) juice from indigenous crops yacon, green carabao mango, and mint essence received funding and technical support from the Department of Science and Technology (DOST). (DOST/ MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST, in a press statement, said that the initiative is a...
