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Hi guys,
I just posted the question ( about technology in thrid world country...) in myocad website.
I think it would be good to use for our presentation,
Jas

http://www.myocad.com/talk_view.php?topicID=6557

some sources

hi guys,
good stuff,
what I have done is went over some stuff.. like 100$ laptop that mike mentioned about,
and... architecture in thrid world country, Cinema in thrid world country..: in relationship with importing it to others and how it got bannded, and other essays about how people think about adopting technology in thrid world country.
Those are for the annotative bibliography stuff, but I was thinking about adding some more information about Korea, China, Japan and how those country influence on technology and adopting them... eventhough they are not a thrid world country, i think it is interesting to look at the perspective that are not from north america...
hm.. what do you think, I think we need to organize our sources now...
lets meet after midterm and discuss about it,

Jas

A recently launched layer on the popular desktop globe helps young adults explore Africa as part of a campaign to increase geographic knowledge.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/12/061212-google-africa.html

Hey Guys,

I stumbled on some really good stuff on tedtalks. There are a series of podcasts that talk about areas of our topics. I was thinking that it would be great if we could play bits of them for our presentation.

there's one link that our teacher gave us about Amy Smith from MIT . There is a Podcast of her talking about making clean burning fuel from manure and designing for people in third world countries.

http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/08/amy_smith_on_te.html

Iqbal Quadir is co-founder of GrameenPhone, an innovative wireless operator offering services to poor rural villages in Bangladesh. In this talk, he explains the triple impact of bringing cel phone service to rural areas (connecting the village to the world, creating business opportunities, and generating over time a culture of entrepreneurship.) He also relates his personal "A-ha moment," when he understood that "connectivity is productivity." (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 16:37)

http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/10/iqbal_quadir_on.html

Nicholas Negroponte is former Director of the MIT Media Lab, and founder of the non-profit, One Laptop Per Child, dedicated to making the famed "$100 laptop" a reality. In this talk, he outlines some of the challenges of getting the laptop produced, and explains why he stepped down as Media Lab director to focus on the initiative full-time, "for the rest of my life." (Recorded February 2006 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 18:21)

http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/08/nicholas_negrop.html


check them out. they are really good and a great starting point.

Mike

Links

Hey everyone,

Here are some links I have, most of them have to do with mobile technologies in the developing world. take a look.

http://www.smartmobs.com/

http://www.technologyreview.com/read_article.aspx?id=18117&ch=infotech

http://www.developments.org.uk/data/issue34/Mobile-phones.html

http://www.developments.org.uk/data/archive1.htm

ok, i am finally on. i had to set up a new account.

Mike

First note

Hey, this is our VISC 4b06 Images and technology class's seminar blog.
Lets start to post some links and findings,

Cheers,
jas