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Jason
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Catalina
Collecting information on Nigeria. Here is a link to stories and links compiled by the NYT: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/nigeria/index.html
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Tom
This weekend’s NY Times had an interesting article on “human flesh searching,” a rather graphic term used to characterize the phenomenon where a large group of people works together to identify, locate and punish people who have committed online infractions (ranging from posting dissenting views on bulletin boards to having done rather appalling things in the physical world). See http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07Human-t.html
Will engender interesting reflections on both the power of the crowd, and the power of the mob.
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Tom
New York City has launched a shared taxi experiment that allows strangers to share a taxi.
“Up to 1,000 “share cabs” outfitted with LED screens and special meters will display the destinations of passengers so they can be hailed by others heading in the same direction. As long as there is more than one passenger, everyone will get a 50 percent discount, and new smart meters will cleanly break up and display each rider’s fare on screens facing in the back seat.”
It will be interesting to hear how it works. I read a short piece in the NYT saying that initially it was not getting much ridership, and another news piece confirms this, though some of the problems may be addressble via better design and PR: http://www.ny1.com/5-manhattan-news-content/top_stories/114734/new-yorkers-slow-to-catch-on-to-taxi-sharing-program
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Mark
Interesting info-graphic on how cell phones affect social networking
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Jason
Patients put a drop of blood on one side of the slip of paper, and on the other appears a colorful pattern in the shape of a tree, which tells medical professionals whether the person is infected with certain diseases.
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Patients simply can take photos of the chips with cell phones and then send them to larger cities for diagnosis. And Whitesides said his group is also working with a cell phone maker to develop apps that would tell patients the results of their tests automatically if doctors aren’t available.http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/02/25/whitesides.chip/index.html
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Tom
Yes, there was an article about this tech in Technology Review about a year ago. See http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/22113/page1/ for some more complex ‘chips.’ Another useful attribute of this technology is that after it’s been photographed, the chips can be burned.
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Jason
iHub incubator/cybercafe launched in Nairobi this week with participation from Google, Nokia Research, and more
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Jason
Measuring the Information Society 2010: New ITU report shows global uptake of ICTs increasing, prices falling:
- Sweden tops ICT ranking for the second year in a row
- Broadband prices drop 42 per cent from 2008-2009
- Demand strongest in developing countries
Regional top 5:
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Jason
Sub-Saharan Undersea Cables Through 2011
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Jason
Visualizing Mobile Browser Marketshare Worldwide
(click for detail)http://connect.icrossing.co.uk/mobile-browser-market-share-map_4217
Allan Fromberg 11:35 am on March 8, 2010 Permalink
Actually, Tom, the program you describe above is not yet in service, but rather is slated for later in this year. This project ionvolves three specific group ride locations on the east and west sides from which passengers can share a taxicab to Grand Central Station, or hop off anywhere along the Park Avenue corridor for a significantly discounted fare, saving passengers money, allowing drivers to earn more, and putting less stress on the environment. For more information, visit http://www.nyc.gov/taxi!