Ken Novak: Digital DevelopmentCommunications and info tech in developing countries, especially wireless broadband and high-value applications(Untitled)- October 30, 2003 Wireless on a bike: "a recently launched wireless project brings e-mail to 13 villages in northeastern Cambodia. Early every morning, five motorcycles leave Banlung, the provincial capital. Each has a wireless device and antenna on the back. Before the motorbikes leave Banlung, they download e-mail messages for the remote regions from a central server. The cycles then fan out to remote towns where solar panels on the roofs of schools provide enough power to run a computer for six hours a..http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/10/29.html#a1371 (Untitled)- October 23, 2003 CSIR Launches New Open Source Centre: "The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Friday launched an Open Source Centre as part of broader endeavors aimed at stimulating the adoption of Open Sources Software Technologies in Africa. The center will be operating from CSIR in Pretoria. The CSIR, the largest scientific and technological research, development and implementation organisation in Africa, has been operating for more than 50 years."http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/10/22.html#a1361 (Untitled)- October 22, 2003 Tectonic -- Linux and open source news: "Africa's weekly open source news leader "http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/10/21.html#a1358 (Untitled)- October 15, 2003 V O X I V A: Company builds integrated telephoneinternet solutions for data gathering and dissemination. Initial applications in developing country health care, including in Iraq.. "In an age defined by SARS, BioTerror, and growing Healthcare costs, Voxiva is pioneering phoneinternet technology approaches that radically improve information access, data collection, communication, data analysis, and response in global health and safety."http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/10/15.html#a1344 (Untitled)- October 6, 2003 Korean Housewives Want Speedy Net: "Most S Korean homes pay about $33 monthly for an 8 megabit-per-second connection. Wireless access, which allows subscribers to access numerous public Wi-Fi networks, costs an extra $8.50 a month. Koreans spend an average of 16 hours a week on the Internet -- compared to 10 hours for Americans and four hours for the British .. Such broadband vitality didn't come out of nowhere. The Korean government sank over $1.5 billion into helping create the world's..http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/10/06.html#a1308 (Untitled)- October 2, 2003 Collaboration tools for conflict resolution: "The Virtual Negotiation Table in Southern AsiaNew YorkHelsinki: Groove was used less than eight weeks ago to broker peace in a nation in southern Asia. .. Groove was embraced by both constituencies because of the virtual nature of the shared space. While one shared space served as the meeting place for the factions, each had separate spaces to discuss their positions and provide context for the negotiators."http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/10/02.html#a1288 (Untitled)- October 2, 2003 Internet & ICTs for Social Justice and Development News - APC: "The majority of the community development workers (CDWs) interviewed were found to be accessing a wide range of development information disseminated through the WorldSpace from the C-MAD (Community Mobilization Against Desertification) offices. They shared the information with local communities mostly through listening to the audio channels and downloading."http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/10/01.html#a1276 (Untitled)- October 2, 2003 bridges.org - case studies and bridge builders: "ICT-Enabled Development Case Studies Series: Africa ." 9 case studies so far.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2003/10/01.html#a1275 |