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“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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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
8 Technology Lessons of Hurricane Sandy
The aftermath Hurricane Sandy saw massive response efforts including an unprecedented deployment of volunteers and communications tools. Continue reading
Smart Hospitals Embracing Smartphones at the Point of Care
Tablets are everywhere, including medicine, and they hold particular promise for radiology. Continue reading
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Tagged healthcare, m-Health, medicine, radiology, Smartphones, Tablets
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New $80million earthquake alert system will give Californians 60 seconds to ‘duck and cover’ before worst shock-waves hit
Our Algorithms Can Predict Future Disasters. Now What? Continue reading
New innovation case on THINK!: SOS Children’s Villages: APPAID
AppAid is a new way to help that links your mobile behaviour to good deeds. Every time you unlock the phone, a small sum is reserved for SOS Children’s Villages. Continue reading
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Tagged App, donate, ONG, SOS Children Villages
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India is seeing a big improvement in EHR take over
A combination of regulations and incentives is spurring adoption of EHR systems in Asia-Pacific countries as the region’s healthcare industry moves towards digitization, according to Frost & Sullivan. Continue reading
Big Data from Cheap Phones
Collecting and analyzing information from simple cell phones can provide surprising insights into how people move about and behave and even help us understand the spread of diseases. Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, big data, Communications, Kenya, Malaria, Mobile phones, Web
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M-Pesa phenomenon taken a step further
M-Shwari is a new banking platform that allows subscribers of Kenya’s biggest mobile network, Safaricom, to operate savings accounts, earn interest on deposits, and borrow money using their cellphones. Continue reading