The Oan Isles: Difference between revisions

 

=== Science and technology ===

The Oan Isles is major centre of scientific and technological development. [[Cafe Net]], currently a subsidiary of [[Damehowe|Damehowe Inc]] headquartered in and operating from the Oan Isles, Great Morstaybishlia, runs the most commonly used internet search engine in Aurora. The company also runs a highly successful cloud services business and social media platform, the former of which was a target of an Al Jaheed cyberterror attack in 2017 because it stored and processed Oan government information.<ref>Lucim, Imani. 2017. ''Al Jaheed hacks Cafe Net''. https://forum.theeastpacific.com/oan-news-t3208.html#p180044</ref> Nevertheless, its innovations in data encryption, which were part of its success, were demonstrated by the speed at which it bounced back from the attack. The country is a leader in bioscience, having contributed in scientific minds and economic resources to the Great Seed Repository at the International Icelab, Sempiterna, where over 10 million seeds and 6,000 plant species have been stored and studied.<ref>Oan News. 2021. ''Celebrating Oan-Morstaybishlian Scientific Cooperation''. https://forum.theeastpacific.com/oan-news-t3208-s90.html#p242570.</ref><ref>Morstaybishlian Broadcasting Corporation. 2021. ''THE GREAT SEED REPOSITORY TURNS THREE - HOW MORSTAYBISHLIA AND THE OAN ISLES ARE PIONEERING SCIENCE''. https://forum.theeastpacific.com/mbc-t3205-s120.html#p242580</ref> The collaboration, which brought together scientists from the [[University of Tokapa]] in the Oan Isles and the Royal Bursil University in Great Morstaybishlia, spawned inventions such as the chlorophyll polymer solar panel which can absorb ultraviolet and work in cloudy weather.<ref>Oan News. 2021. ''Oan Scientists invent new Solar technology.'' https://forum.theeastpacific.com/oan-news-t3208-s90.html#p242766</ref> A testament to the biotechnological research of the Oan Isles is the Tokapa Zoological and Botanical Gardens which have made major contributions in scientific research around marine biology, botany, aviology, insectology, and hepatology.<ref>Oan News. 2017. ''New Zoo opens up!'' https://forum.theeastpacific.com/oan-news-t3208-s90.html#p242766</ref>