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Google’s Project Loon fills internet gaps with solar-powered balloons
Mobile data might seem near-ubiquitous, but the world still has major dead zones and huge expanses with poor coverage Continue reading
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Tagged Google, ICT4D, Internet, LoonBalloons, Rural, Solar
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Julian Assange against Google:is the tech industry becoming a powerful agent of American foreign policy?
Julian Assange proposes a new, provocative interpretation of the role of Google and of the “disruptive technologies” in the development processes. Continue reading
Posted in Digital divide, News, Technologies
Tagged Assange, disruptive technologies, Eric Schmidt, Google, USA
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Using Digital Identities to Fight Poverty
On entering World Bank headquarters in Washington, DC, the words ”Our Dream is a World Free of Poverty” are prominently displayed on a wall near the main entrance. Continue reading
Tech as a boost for development
From futuristic wireless networks for rural Africa to tracking water well drillings, technology can aid growth Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, ICT4D, mobile, network, Rural, Wireless
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Growing new brains with infrared light
University of Texas Arlington scientists have discovered a way to control the growth or repair of neurons and neuron circuits, using a non-invasive ”neuronal beacon” Continue reading
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Tagged ICT, infrared light, neuromorphic chips, neurons
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Development Informatics Research Must Stop Ignoring ICT’s Downsides
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
“Unmaking Food Security: The Targeted PDS in Kerala” by Silvia Masiero
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
A website that helps save your electricity bill
Consumers can analyse electricity bills, calculate how to save money by correctly placing appliances Continue reading
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Tagged bill, electricity, ICT4D, India, website
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Driverless cars, pilotless planes…will there be jobs left for a human being?
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
Surveying ICT use in education in Central and West Asia
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