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Madeleine Ball: An Inspiration In Open Medicine And Free Software
Madeleine Ball is an inspiration to anyone who thinks individuals should control the software and medical information that define our lives. I’m happy to honor her for this year’s Ada Lovelace Day, when we share the stories of women in science, technology, engineering, and math that inspire us. Read More »
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Making Telework Work: Tips From WordPress Founder
Federal agencies increasingly are learning to operate with a distributed workforce, thanks to the 2010 Telework Enhancement Act and other efforts to expand technology and flexible work options for federal employees. So what are the keys to making those efforts successful? Read More »
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Medical Content On Swahili Wikipedia
If you want to find medical information quickly and have access to the internet, Wikipedia is likely to be one of the first places you go to (whether you’re the patient or the doctor). Yet for those with limited or no English language, finding reliable medical information can be tricky. Read More »
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mHealth Apps are Just the Beginning of the Disruption in Healthcare from Open Health Data
Two years ago, the potential of government making health information as useful as weather data felt like an abstraction. Healthcare data could give citizens the same "blue dot" for navigating health and illness akin to the one GPS data fuels on the glowing map of geolocated mobile devices that are in more and more hands...
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Mobile Phone Access Reaches Three Quarters of Planet's Population
Around three-quarters of the world’s inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone and the mobile communications story is moving to a new level, which is not so much about the phone but how it is used, says a new report released today by the World Bank and infoDev, its technology entrepreneurship and innovation program... Read More »
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Monopoly Madness
Monopolies, whether created by the state or created by the market, can be problematic for open source, and as technology moves forward, new spaces to monopolise are always appearing. Glyn Moody looks at how the authorities should handle the problem.
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My MOOC Improves My Classroom
Amidst all the angst within academia generated by the new MOOCs (massive open online courses) and online education in general, actually working on a MOOC for the last six months has convinced me of one thing: MOOCs will make the classroom better. Read More »
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Nairobi's iHub Seeks Investment For New Hardware Hackspace, Gearbox
One of the stalwarts of the Kenyan tech scene wants to move beyond its focus on software and apps by offering hardware workspace for design and rapid prototyping. Read More »
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NASA's Spinoff Technologies Are Outta This World
NASA's technology is often repurposed for commercial use. How do you think we got ear thermometers, LEDs or scratch-resistant glass lenses? Here are a few ways the next wave of NASA tech will benefit the rest of us.
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Natural Disasters Become Battlegrounds In Spectrum Fight
While the government seeks to parcel out valuable spectrum to new technologies, TV and radio stations point to disasters like Sandy as proof that broadcasters are as important as ever. Read More »
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Netflix Does Its Tech Homework
When people here and elsewhere look at Netflix (NFLX) they see a content company, a sales channel for Hollywood. They may compare it with other channels or they may focus on its growing costs. What no one seems to do is consider Netflix as a technology play. So let's look at that. Read More »
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New Initiative Throws Open Access To Arabic Science Education
New initiative to provide free, open access, high-quality education materials in Arabic, with a focus on science and technology. Read More »
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New Promethean CEO Eyes Move To Open Source
In recent years, schools have shifted away from a front-of-the-classroom approach to one that puts tablets and laptops in each student's hands. Those devices have carved into other education technology businesses, namely interactive whiteboards, which offered educators a way to enhance the front-of-the-classroom experience. Read More »
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New Wireless Sensors Tackle Old Problems Like Pneumonia
For the past seven years, wireless sensor technology developed at the University of Missouri (MU) has helped detect disease in its early stages among residents living at the TigerPlace assisted care facility in Columbia, Mo. Now, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation, that technology soon will be expanded to remotely monitor the elderly in another facility in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Read More »
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker Says Government Must Embrace Tech, Be Open Source
Monday afternoon Newark Mayor Cory Booker crossed the Hudson River to chat at the OnMedia NYC conference about changes he believes government can make through technology. His administration uses social media to get residents more active in improving their community... Read More »
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