We present our twice-monthly snapshot of interesting tweets in the technology for global development space. For up-to-the-minute updates from E4C on Twitter, please follow us at @Engineer4Change.
Pop-up schools could radically improve global education http://t.co/di79P5p1Pk
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) January 5, 2014
Wired Magazine has had a run of articles about technology for global development. This one offers an in-depth look at a school project in Kenya.
the Samba machine delivers rapid #diagnostics for #HIV patients in rural Malawi even when the power out goes http://t.co/MJRLhNAdav
— iana (@iana_aranda) January 2, 2014
Good News You Might Have Missed in 2013 – “We got smarter and faster at fighting polio.” http://t.co/8SxGYJSE4W #endpolio
— UN Foundation (@unfoundation) December 30, 2013
Vaccine programs made important headway in 2013. The UN Foundation reports on their successes with polio.
new book on frugal #innovation highlights Indian businesses creating solutions w/scarce resources= Jugaad Innovation http://t.co/JSLN3Mbmxm
— iana (@iana_aranda) December 31, 2013
Peru plans to provide 12,500 PV panels to its poorest residents for 95% energy access nationwide by 2016 http://t.co/EooN6u9X6f
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) December 28, 2013
You don’t create a solution without engaging the end users, says @ghobashy.
— The Takeaway (@TheTakeaway) January 10, 2014
The US National Public Radio program The Takeaway interviewed two of E4C’s experts for a piece on performance standards in technology for developing countries. E4C’s President Noha El-Ghobashy and Heather Fleming, the CEO of Catapult Design and a member of the E4C Solutions Library steering committee both had interesting insights into good design. http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/meeting-standard-technology-developing-world/
Be cautious when there’s no prototype. Interesting @MelissaHui: Pro Product Designers Critique Crowdfunded Projects: http://t.co/pKS2ACWQHh
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) January 10, 2014
People throw money at captivating ideas for inventions on crowdfunding sites, but many of the claims fail expectations. Two engineers offer analysis of the designs and tips for investors.
For the 5b w/o access RT @FastCoExist: A verbal Internet lets unconnected people call in emails & searches http://t.co/2mBqCfgsm0
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) January 9, 2014
In Indian ag, improving diesel would be greener than introducing solar, but donors run from boring ideas like that http://t.co/C12dGmRg8C
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) January 9, 2014
