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Costa Rica is the country with the largest number of active celular phone lines per inhabitant in the world according to the most recent data from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and presented by the Superintendency of Telecommunications (Sutel)...

For the Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunications of Costa Rica, Paola Vega, the health crisis that has affected the world since the end of 2019

In today's blog I feature an excerpt from the upcoming book The Intrepids: Costa Rican Women in Science and Technology which I co-authored with Ana Luisa Monge Naranjo. The book showcases the fascinating and inspiring work of 18 female...

There is so much talk about new technologies, the famous new era, with great alternatives to advance more and more

As part of the Government's commitment to electrification and decarbonization of transport, this week, the first of the new 28 fast chargers that are installed by Grupo ICE was inaugurated in Siquirres

In today’s blog I preview a new coloring book that showcases 18 Costa Rican women who are doing outstanding work in science and engineering.This coloring book is based on the book "The Intrepids" which I co-authored with...

We can genetically engineer a kombucha Scoby (symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast) to produce psilocybin while it ferments. We can do this by printing genes from magic mushrooms and embedding them into the Scoby’s DNA. Once we make...

78.3% of the population uses the Internet in Costa Rica, according to the latest study "Perspectives of the Digital Economy"

Through advice, consultancy, knowledge transfer and development on issues such as digital services, infocommunications, telecommunications and electricity, an agreement between the Municipal Development and Advisory Institute (IFAM) and Grupo ICE seeks to create intelligent and technological cantons.The agreement includes...