Gordon Day

Division Chief Emeritus, Optoelectronics Div. @USNISTgov; Past President @IEEEorg; Tweeting on technology, tech policy, and engineering for development.

[Science News @ScienceNews]

The metric system’s overhaul is complete — for now.
https://t.co/DEpTzuzANk

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

For more than a century, a metal cylinder has defined mass around the globe. Today, a fundamental change in how the kilogram is defined takes effect https://t.co/fCq8i19j91

[Gordon Day @GWDay]

Today, the 144th anniversary of the Convention of the Meter, is perhaps the most significant day in the history of metrology, since then. See link from BIPM and, for more background, https://t.co/a5EVkK4qSJ.

[Gordon Day @GWDay]

Vincent Kaabunga, Chair, IEEE Ad Hoc Africa Committee, and @MHKammoun, Secretary, IEEE Africa Council, prepare for lunchtime presentation to Ministers and VIPs on behalf of @IEEEorg and AUDA-NEPAD @NEPAD_agency, at Transform Africa Summit #TAS2019 @RealSmartAfrica

[Gordon Day @GWDay]

THIS EXERCISE caught my eye because the initial impact projection was Denver.
https://t.co/ASnYEmHe4G

[Gordon Day @GWDay]

Evidence that greater access to broadband internet stimulates employment: https://t.co/fLomCi8a1k @Columbia @UU_University @SDG2030
Commentary from Chief Economist, @WorldBank :
https://t.co/D08ItgS2YV
@IEEEorg Position Statement on universal access: https://t.co/vxAQVuvod2

[Steve Welby @swelby]

Ethically Alligned Design: Principles to Practice report released today. 3 yr project to consider ethical implications of autonomous and Intelligent systems. One of several projects at IEEE convening developers, users and policy makers on these issues.

[World Bank Group @WorldBankGroup]

#Kenya is the highest user of mobile phones for money transactions in the Sub Saharan Africa region: Infographic

[Gordon Day @GWDay]

Highly recommend this video. I first met Bardeen when he spoke to the @IEEEorg student group @ECEIllinois in about 1963-64 and he played the box during his talk. BTW, Bardeen had two degrees in EE and one in Physics, and appointments in both departments @ILLengineering.

[Illinois ECE @ECEILLINOIS]

John Bardeen's "music box", was proof-of-concept of the transistor technology he had developed with Walter Brattain. It stopped working, but has recently been restored thanks to his academic grandson @ECEILLINOIS Prof. John Dallesasse. Read the story ➡️ https://t.co/uwVENjSCDX

[Gordon Day @GWDay]

90 US cities committed to 100% renewable energy by a date certain (before 2050) per @SierraClub https://t.co/olQQLtd1oV

[John Dudley @johnmdudley]

Very sad to hear of the passing of @NobelPrize laureate Zhores Alferov. He combined groundbreaking science with political support of optics worldwide and we were lucky to have him speak at the Opening of the International Year of Light in 2015 https://t.co/iR2Lt4ScgG

[Gordon Day @GWDay]

BBC News - Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering: GPS pioneers lauded https://t.co/4YiWVEWMmt

[Gordon Day @GWDay]

.@smr32 Congratulations on your appointment as an IEEE-USA Government Fellow. I'm sure you will enjoy it, and be very effective. https://t.co/RxWtmUdEH1

[Gordon Day @GWDay]

Kenya Launches Ambitious Plan to Provide Electricity to All Citizens by 2022 https://t.co/TWydHrlPpV via @WorldBank

[DFC Invests @DFCgov]

Two out of three people in Sub-Saharan Africa lack power. This 100 MW wind power plant in Kenya is a great example of how @opicgov partners with @PowerAfricaUS to expand access to electricity throughout the continent: https://t.co/RRzY0ZGABK

[Brookings Global @BrookingsGlobal]

Africa has massive untapped business potential, but obstacles remain. The biggest ones? Access to finance and electricity. https://t.co/wGvT8X3yfB

[In On Africa (IOA) @InOnAfrica]

Access to #electricity continues to be a concern across Africa. Despite progress made, over 600 million still lack access. The participation of #renewables is also still in its infancy accounting for just 1% of total production derived from #solar & #wind. https://t.co/pGCsamMpSg

[World Bank Group Climate and Environment @WBG_ClimateEnv]

Janett still remembers when the village had electricity only between 5pm and 1am. This is now a thing of the past. This is her story: https://t.co/EmoxzupSWx #CIF10 #Chile

[MOBU @MobuICO]

Power & Energy in Africa. Africa’s mining sector responsible for 30% of the overall energy demand while 60% of the continent’s population still has no access to electricity. If that’s not a growth market... #energy #mining #africa #renewableenergy #infrastructure #investment

[Innovation For Development @i4dev2020]

Venez découvrir en Juin 2019 les talents que le continent ne cesse de produire pour un développement durable et pérenne par les innovations💪
@ANSINiger @CIPMEN @NextEinsteinForum @UnionAfricaine
#Innovation4Dev #Digital4Dev #Niger #SmartVillage #SahelInnov #AfricaScienceWeek