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e-Health in Peru: A Country Case Study

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"The rapid growth rate of mobile telephony could be a great opportunity for the deployment of mobile health applications, not only for health care workers but also for the general public. Under the current disease monitoring system, it can take up to one month (or more) for a notification from a remote area to reach the central level. A disease monitoring system used by the Navy leverages the already existing telephony infrastructure (fixed, mobile, or satellite) to increase the reach of its more...

Added by John Daly on September 02, 2010

Cell Phones May Have Potential in Global Health Arena

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fhpr.osd.mil –

"The potential use of cell phones as innovative, cheap and efficient tools for public health was a primary theme in a Mobile Health Summit convened by the MHS last December that included the Combatant Command surgeons and experts from multiple federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and the WHO. "Over half the world (or about 4 billion people) own a cell phone and only 400 million own a computer, so it's only a matter of time before everyone uses a cell phone for all their computing more...

Added by John Daly on September 02, 2010

Apple's move pushes TV toward Internet delivery

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washingtonpost.com –

Apple has announced that it will now sell TV programs from two networks via its iTunes store to the U.S. market; shows will rent at &0.99. It has also announced "an upgraded $99 version of its Apple TV media receiver.""Apple's updated video vision falls in line with that of such competitors as Amazon's video-on-demand store and the free, ad-supported viewing available at the Web sites of the TV networks and Hulu, which is owned by some of them."All those offerings mean free viewers more...

Added by John Daly on September 02, 2010

Twitter breaks story on Discovery Channel gunman

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washingtonpost.com –

A gunman entered the headquarters of the Discovery Network on Wednesday, September 1, 2010; he took several hostages, kept them for some time, and was finally killed by police. "As it has with other breaking news events -- the landing of a jet on the Hudson River in 2009, the 2008 massacre in Mumbai -- the story unfolded first in hiccupping fits and starts on Twitter." "Within minutes, there were photos, including an astonishing one of a man clad in shorts, carrying a rifle and stalking through more...

Added by John Daly on September 02, 2010

Software for justice

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idrc.ca –

To collaborate in the fight against human rights violations such as covert arrests, torture, and death squad killings, governments and activists need accurate, timely information about these crimes. Thanks to support from IDRC, they can turn to HuriSearch.HuriSearch is the first and only comprehensive Web search engine specializing in human rights. Operating in 77 languages, it lets users tap into millions of web pages published by some 5,000 human rights groups. It is just one resource in a more...

Added by Zunia on September 02, 2010

ICT Update numéro 56, août 2010 : Irrigation

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D’après la FAO, l’irrigation peut quadrupler les rendements. L’installation d’un système d’arrosage fiable toute l’année permet aux paysans de récolter durant la saison sèche et de cultiver des variétés à forte valeur pour accroître leurs bénéfices et amortir leurs investissements. Vu le faible pourcentage d’exploitations irriguées dans les pays ACP, les TIC occupent une place essentielle dans la promotion, le développement et l’entretien des nouveaux systèmes d’irrigation.DANS CE NUMÉRO« Le more...

Added by Jim Dempsey on September 01, 2010

ICT Update magazine, new issue: Irrigation

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ictupdate.cta.int –

ICT Update issue 56, August 2010: IrrigationFigures from the FAO show that irrigation can increase crop yields by up to 400%. Developing a reliable system to water the land all year round gives farmers the chance to plant crops in the dry season, and grow high-value crops to increase profits and recoup investment costs. But with only a small percentage of available farmland being irrigated in ACP countries, ICTs are now becoming crucial to the promotion, development and maintenance of new more...

Added by Jim Dempsey on September 01, 2010

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mundusmaris.org –

The Mundus maris association promotes sciences and arts for sustainability - inter-cultural exchange and international solidarity around the seas and the people of the sea.

Added by Giacomo Rambaldi on September 01, 2010

Strategies for a Cybered World

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This paper examines the strategic assumptions of cyberspace and the nature of the cyber threat. Dr. Demchak identifies a set of “cyber communities” and recommends a way ahead to reach consensus on organizing the U.S. government’s response to cyber challenges.

Added by Zunia on August 31, 2010

Report on EU Latin-America cooperation - Relevant aspects on the establishement of Latin-America Technology Platforms

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latin-american-technology-platforms.eu –

This report is a preliminary analysis on the potential of different Latin American countries to set up cooperation mechanisms (Latin American Technology Platforms) on Future Internet, ICT Components and systems on the basis of the experience gained in Europe through the European Technology Platforms.

Added by Zunia on August 30, 2010

Towards a Future Internet Interrelation between Technological, Social and Economic Trends

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cordis.europa.eu –

The internet has become the basis for global trade and culture, fundamental to the global economy, and this over a very short space of time. It has also gone mobile, available in more places and on more devices than ever before. In consequence, a quarter of the world’s population, use the internet either at work or in their social lives. This dependence on the internet as a daily tool has tremendous social and economic impact. If we look at technology that has driven socio-economic change – more...

Added by Zunia on August 30, 2010

How do good health technologies get to poor people in poor countries?

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accessbook.org –

This book explores the challenges and approaches to improving access to health technologies for poor people in poor countries. The goals are to develop and illustrate a way to think systematically about the barriers to access and to identify strategies that can help improve access.

Added by Zunia on August 30, 2010

Help develop a national Spatial Data Infrastructure for Uganda

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infodev.org –

infoDev, a donor-funded agency of the World Bank, Geo-Information Communication (GIC) and ESRI Canada are convening a stakeholder discussion in September 2010 to help develop a national spatial data infrastructure (SDI) for Uganda.

Added by Zunia on August 30, 2010

The 2010 Internet Governance Forum Annual Meeting

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intgovforum.com –

The fifth annual IGF Meeting will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 14-17 September 2010.The overall theme is: 'IGF 2010 – developing the future together'The agenda for the meeting is contained in an open invitation addressed to all stakeholders on 25 March 2010. The schedule for the Vilnius meeting is available at the IGF website. The latest version of the program paper for the Vilnius meeting is available also available there. Online registration for the Vilnius meeting has started and will more...

Added by John Daly on August 29, 2010

Giga-Net 2010 Annual Symposium

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giga-net.org –

The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is a scholarly community which aims: (i) to promote the development of Internet Governance as a recognized interdisciplinary field of study and (ii) to facilitate the informed dialogue on policy and issues in a multistakeholder approach.In order to fulfills its goals, since 2006, it has been organizing a collective research event, the GigaNet Annual Symposium at the Internet Governance Forum meetings, which is an opportunity to showcase more...

Added by John Daly on August 29, 2010

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