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Why is good the students know how speaking to a computer.   By Nelson Peñaherrera Castillo . Photos Courtesy by Iván Rotta Saavedra .   SULLANA, Peru – The first time I sat down in front of a computer was in 1986. Actually, it was in front of some Atari or Commodore keyboard plugged to a 14-inch white-&-black TV during a vacation class. It was the time when Michael Knight spent speaking with a Pontiac car’s computer in an emblematic TV series, apparently science-fiction that time. Today, many time later, I speak to my smartphone ’s computer when I need verified answers about specific topics which I even write this article. We are not talking about artificial intelligence only. Before it, the process to manage orders and have results have to do with programming the device for it gives me a product or result. In a free etimology , programming means writing or outlining with anticipation, and amid the computation world, it means setting up a set of orders a...

By Nelson Peñaherrera Castillo MARCAVELICA, Peru – Samán Sector’s organic banana growers seem to face two troubles: the lack of mobile coverage, that leads them to depend on an only operator for making business, and the uncertainty in field parameters those allow them to correct aspects like the irrigation, the fertilization, and even the harvest time. In both cases, their competitiveness is very vulnerable. However, a bunch of seven just graduated engineers from Sullana and Piura could have a technological solution that, at least, solves the field parameters uncertainty issue, specifically the irrigation, by installing sensors connected under web architecture throughout the acres, promising greater productiveness and quality, and optimizing costs. The entrepreneurship is called HidroDatos (HydroData in English), that is also the name given to the system, consisting to measure key indicators as the humidity, the relative (water steam pressure at a specific tempera...

PIURA, Peru – The electricity distribution company ElectroNorOeste , SA implemented printed QR (quick response) codes in the consumption bills since this week for the payment to be easier, safer, and faster to its user,it reported. When the user scans the QR code with the smartphone, it opens the e-wallet application he or she uses. So, he or she could pay the service not needing to go to a box office or a bank. The code is available since June billing, it appears in the lower part of the bill [see the attached picture]. A company’s spokesperson  said the implementation was developed because the users asked for it – it adds to the other payment ways like e-banks, box office payment, and cash & consignment agents, as well as its website .  There’s no extra charge in all cases, but we suggest to check out the service terms of every collection entity before choosing the right one. A QR code is a combination of bars and squares added to any product or consumption uni...