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Development Informatics Research Must Stop Ignoring ICT’s Downsides

Posted on May 23, 2013 by admin

The dominant narrative within ICT4D associates digital technologies with positive impacts, and has tended to underplay negative impacts. What are the implications for development informatics research? Continue reading →

Posted in News, Quality of life | Tagged ICT4D, Impact Assessment, Researching ICT4D | Leave a comment

14th June 2013, Milan: INVITATION to “Brainstorming on new data-driven economy. Implications for growth and policy”

Posted on May 22, 2013 by admin

You will be able to listen and to interact with Michael and with a panel of distinguished experts Continue reading →

Posted in Events, THINK! | Tagged big data, Innovation, Michael Mandel, think!, Workshop | Leave a comment

“Unmaking Food Security: The Targeted PDS in Kerala” by Silvia Masiero

Posted on May 22, 2013 by admin

The PDS is a food security system based on the distribution of foodgrains, and other primary necessity goods, at subsidized prices, to make these universally accessible. Continue reading →

Posted in News, Quality of life | Tagged food security, foodgrains., ICT4D, PDS | Leave a comment

A website that helps save your electricity bill

Posted on May 21, 2013 by admin

Consumers can analyse electricity bills, calculate how to save money by correctly placing appliances Continue reading →

Posted in News, Quality of life, Technologies | Tagged bill, electricity, ICT4D, India, website | Leave a comment

Robots assembling Tesla sports cars in California

Driverless cars, pilotless planes…will there be jobs left for a human being?

Posted on May 20, 2013 by admin

Throughout history, economic upheaval has destroyed whole industries and created new ones. But now, some fear automation may mean the death of mass employment Continue reading →

Posted in News | Tagged automated economic reality, Great Reset, ICT, robot | Leave a comment

The design and implementation of public pension systems in developing countries: Issues and options

Posted on May 17, 2013 by admin

Developing countries are increasingly aware of the need to design and implement improvements in public systems for providing pensions to the elderly. Continue reading →

Posted in Report/Paper, eGovernment | Tagged elderly, labour, pensions, political system, public systems | Leave a comment

Surveying ICT use in education in Central and West Asia

Posted on May 16, 2013 by admin

Technology use in schools at reasonably large scale began in many OECD countries in earnest in the 1980s and then accelerated greatly in the 1990s … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Quality of life | Tagged ADB, education, Europe and Central Asia, ICT | Leave a comment

8 Technology Lessons of Hurricane Sandy

Posted on May 15, 2013 by admin

The aftermath Hurricane Sandy saw massive response efforts including an unprecedented deployment of volunteers and communications tools. Continue reading →

Posted in News, Quality of life | Tagged Hurricane Sandy, ICT, Technology, volunteers | Leave a comment

Smart Hospitals Embracing Smartphones at the Point of Care

Posted on May 14, 2013 by admin

Tablets are everywhere, including medicine, and they hold particular promise for radiology. Continue reading →

Posted in News, Quality of life | Tagged healthcare, m-Health, medicine, radiology, Smartphones, Tablets | Leave a comment

New $80million earthquake alert system will give Californians 60 seconds to ‘duck and cover’ before worst shock-waves hit

Posted on May 13, 2013 by admin

Our Algorithms Can Predict Future Disasters. Now What? Continue reading →

Posted in News, Quality of life | Tagged California, disasters, ICT, ShakeAlert | Leave a comment