Ken Novak: Digital DevelopmentCommunications and info tech in developing countries, especially wireless broadband and high-value applications(Untitled)- May 27, 2004 Codan experience in Guinea-Bissau Elections: "The National Elections Commission of Guinea-Bissau used new Information and Communication Technology tools to coordinate the legislative elections held March 28 and enable poll workers to verify names and identity card numbers on the voter rolls. .. The project was designed by Sila Technologies (SITEC), a private company, and funded by a grant from the European Economic Community. About a week before the elections, SITEC had up and.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/05/27.html#a2062 (Untitled)- May 27, 2004 Information Technologies and International Development - The MIT Press: "Information Technologies and International Development will be the premier journal in its field, focusing on the intersection of information and communication technologies (ICT) with international development. " Sample papers online.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/05/27.html#a2061 (Untitled)- May 27, 2004 Relief Technologies: "Relief workers are often encumbered by poor Internet connectivity, fragile or expensive equipment, or security concerns associated with collecting detailed geographic data in areas recovering from conflict. As connectivity expands and the tools get cheaper and more diverse, the specific needs of relief workers in the field are increasingly being met. Companies such as Global Relief Technologies and Groove Networks appear to point the way."http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/05/27.html#a2060 (Untitled)- May 18, 2004 NASA's Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS): 10 years old, the program continues to provide capacity and sometimes, people, to demonstrate new satellite applications. Education in developing countries is one ongoing area. "The Advanced Communications Technology Satellite (ACTS), a significant activity of the Space Communications Program, provided for the development and flight test of high-risk, advanced communications satellite technology. Using multiple spot...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/05/17.html#a2039 (Untitled)- May 16, 2004 Map24: Nifty interactive international street mapper.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/05/16.html#a2033 (Untitled)- May 4, 2004 Lloyd's satellite constellations: "These pages form an index to useful web information discussing Low Earth Orbit or LEO satellite constellations. You won't gain a complete picture of what any proposed constellation is capable of, or really in-depth technical details, but you will gain an idea of what the developments in this area are, where the industry and technology is headed - and you will pick up background knowledge of satellites along the way. "http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/05/04.html#a1972 (Untitled)- May 3, 2004 Smart Mobs: Phones, Radio, Elections in Ghana: "Ethan Zuckerman of Geekcorps notes at etcon panel that the last Ghana election "went considerably more smoothly than the last US national election" due to the use of cellphones and radio to report voting fraud: Whenever someone at a polling place reported fraud, the called the radio station, which broadcast it; the police had to check it out, not having the excuse that they didn't receive a report."http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/05/03.html#a1969 (Untitled)- May 3, 2004 "Inverse Surveillance" -- What We Should Do With All Those Phonecams: Steve Mann's ideas of citizen "sousveillance" predated the cameraphone phenomena by nearly a decade. He has reknown as the longtime online cyborg. He started wearing computers and sent his "eyetap" camera images to the Web way back in 1994. His first reference to his activities as a new kind of newsgathering date back to the day in 1995 when he followed a fire truck to a fire and sent the pictures from his head-mounted...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/05/03.html#a1967 (Untitled)- May 3, 2004 Nigerian Mobs Alerted By Texting: From Nov 2002 Howard Rheingold notes "the reported use of texting to summon rioters in Nigeria. Ironically, the blasphemous story published against the prophet has tended to unite the nation's muslims who have not only been unanimous in their condemnation of the story, but have also been sending solidarity text messages on their GSM phones to alert one another on the blasphemy since last Sunday. AbdulHameed Daramola, a Lagos Muslim told Weekly Trust that he...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/05/03.html#a1964 (Untitled)- May 3, 2004 Electoral Smart Mobs in Kenya: "For the first time, we Kenyans have more or less agreed that this time we have had a fair election with the highest number of voters turning out to vote. One key instrument has been the mobile phone." Uses: Planning, Campaigning, and Results Dissemination. "We in the ICT field know this is a best practice on how ICTs can help curb rigging, enhance transparency and keep people together. The two cell phone poviders were licensed less than five...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/05/03.html#a1963 |