Just Makes You Wanna Say, “Eeewwwwwhmm!” Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a way to remotely control cockroaches for use in search and rescue operations. Might as well get some use outta the little buggers. more here: http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57591626-1/future-of-search-and-rescue-cockroaches-piloted-by-kinect/
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Tagged with: cockroaches, insects, Kinect, remote control, robotic, search and rescue, software, technology
Posted in emergency
Posted in emergency
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Let’s Go Fly a…Generator? Happy Tech Tuesday. Here’s your egg o’ the day. _____________________________________________ Capitalizing on the steadiness and greater velocity of high altitude winds, kites offer the possibility of megawatt-class clean energy generation. more here: http://inhabitat.com/giant-energy-generating-kites-could-serve-as-an-alternative-to-wind-turbines/
Tagged with: engineering, high altitude winds, kites, megawatt electricity generation, technology, wind power, wind turbines
Posted in wind power
Posted in wind power
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A Shilling a Day Keeps the Doctor A–vailable Ninety percent of Kenyans are uninsured. Putting aside money to take care of something that might happen in the future competes poorly against current needs such as food, shelter, and education. Changamka…
Tagged with: Changamka, insurance, Kenya, Linda Jamii, M-Kadi, M-Pesa, maternity care, Medi-save cards, Micro Health, Sam Agutu, software, systems, technology, urban
Posted in Kenya, medical, mobile phone apps
Posted in Kenya, medical, mobile phone apps
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Mapping out a Future Kibera is one of the most dangerous slums in Nairobi. Until a group of citizen cartographers mapped it out, the government of Kenya didn’t know it existed. more here: http://mapkibera.org/
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They Can See Clearly Now Founded in Madurai, India in 1976 as an 11-bed hospital, today Aravind Eye Care Centers, collectively see over a million patients a year, two-thirds of them for free. more here: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/29/142526263/india-eye-care-center-finds-middle-way-to-capitalism and here: http://www.aravind.org/Default.aspx
Tagged with: Aravind, cataracts, Dr. V, eye, eye care, eye surgery, India, intra-ocular, systems, technology
Posted in Coimbatore, Dindigul, Madurai, medical, Pondicherry, Salem, service, Theni, Tiruneveli, Tirupur, training, Tuticorin, Udumalaipet
Posted in Coimbatore, Dindigul, Madurai, medical, Pondicherry, Salem, service, Theni, Tiruneveli, Tirupur, training, Tuticorin, Udumalaipet
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It’s d.lightful, It’s d.lovely d.light is an international social enterprise serving households without access to reliable electricity. To date, the company has d.lighted 19.2 million people. more here: http://www.dlightdesign.com/who-we-are/
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Cash for Trash What if people got paid to recycle? That was the question posed by entrepreneurs Ron Gonen and Patrick Fitzgerald in the early 2000s. Recyclebank turned out to be the answer. more here: http://www.fastcompany.com/3017478/most-innovative-companies-2012/37recyclebank
Tagged with: money, recyclables, Recyclebank, recycling bins, reward points, RFID chip, systems, technology, trash, urban
Posted in UK, USA, waste management
Posted in UK, USA, waste management
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Power Walking …And we’re walking, we’re charging, we’re walking… “SolePower Shoe Insert Charges Mobile Devices Just By Walking” more here: http://dowser.org/solepower-aspires-to-put-a-charge-in-your-step/
Tagged with: cell phones, charging device, electronic devices, engineering, kinetic energy, portable charging device, shoe insert, shoe inserts, shoes, technology
Posted in human power
Posted in human power
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How’s This for a Bright Idea? Operating In some of the poorest countries in Africa, Solar Sister aims to eradicate energy poverty while creating economic opportunities for women. more here: http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/17/world/africa/solar-sister-africa-light/index.html
Tagged with: Africa, economic opportunity, home-based business, networking, Rwanda, solar lighting, solar lights, solar power, Solar Sister, South Sudan, technology, Uganda, women
Posted in D.R.C., entrepreneurship, Nigeria, public health, Rwanda, solar power, Tanzania, training, Uganda
Posted in D.R.C., entrepreneurship, Nigeria, public health, Rwanda, solar power, Tanzania, training, Uganda
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Something New Under the Sun M-Kopa is a pay-as-you-go solar program that gives the 80% of Kenyans who live off the power grid access to lighting and cell phone charging capabilities for less than the daily price of kerosene. more…
Tagged with: base station, cell phones, d.light, engineering, installments, Kenya, M-Pesa, solar lighting M-Kopa, solar power, technology
Posted in Kenya, solar power
Posted in Kenya, solar power
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Mine, All Mine Minecraft is a 16-bit video game where people who look like they’re made with Legos( everything looks like it’s made with Legos) can do just about anything, including teach children. more here: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/15/minecraft-an-obsession-and-an-educational-tool/?_r=0
Tagged with: hand-eye coordination, languages, Minecraft, networking, science, self-teaching tool, spacial reasoning, technology, video games
Posted in adult/continuing education, public education
Posted in adult/continuing education, public education
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Be Revolting, Y’all! Yeah, like they said. Like we highlight every day. more here: http://www.solutionrevolutionbook.com/ …and HERE (as in at CE).
Tagged with: "Solution Revolution" William D. Eggars, civic engagement, Deloitte, design, engineering, groups, money, networking, outreach, Paul McMillian, systems, technology
Posted in adult/continuing education
Posted in adult/continuing education
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You’ve got to hand it to her, this is brilliant! Solar-powered lighting is great, but what if you live somewhere no so sunny? No worries, Ann Makosinski, a fifteen year-old from British Columbia, Canada invented a hands-on solution. more here: http://mashable.com/2013/09/10/hollow-flashlight/
Tagged with: engineering, flashlight, Google science fair, human heat, technology, thermoelectrics
Posted in human power, public health
Posted in human power, public health
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This Sucks So Good One billion people–almost a sixth of the world’s population–is without access to clean drinking water. LifeStraw is an award-winning personal water filtration system. more here: http://www.gizmag.com/go/4418/
Tagged with: bacteria, filtration, LifeStraw, technology, viruses, water purification
Posted in public health
Posted in public health
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Boat Schooling It’s simple. If the children can’t make it to school, then school must come to them. more here: http://www.shidhulai.org/
Tagged with: Bangladesh, boats, floods, pumps, Solar energy, systems, technology
Posted in adult/continuing education, agriculture, Bangladesh, entrepreneurship, public education
Posted in adult/continuing education, agriculture, Bangladesh, entrepreneurship, public education
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