Mobile social networking and at-hand health records via IBM
February 19, 2008
IBM enters the mobile market, intending to “enhance social networks, health records, security and overall customer experience.”
“IBM Research demonstrated how mobile phones and ‘presence’ technology combined with health records can provide a potential ‘good samaritan’ with information on how to aid people in critical medical situations,” tradingmarket.com reports.
IBM in collaboration with Vodafone, would expand the social networking sites to mobile platforms, via SMS and Voice, according to 901am.com.
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New tool for efficient solar-panel energy consumption
January 23, 2008
For many developing countries solar and wind energy are still out of reach of a regular consumer. But for those who are selling the surplus of the energy produced by their household’s solar panels or wind mills, the new Dutch project is definitely good news, Springwise writes.
The new Dutch project calls for a neighborhood approach to the alternative energy consumption. The unconsumed energy usually gets sold to the main grid or power station, which is, overall, better than simply wasting the non-conservable good. Yet, almost 30 per cent of the energy wired to the grid gets lost on the way. And, the household still needs to consume the main grid power during its peak periods. The project eliminates the transfer waste, and gets rid of the middle man, introducing the tool to manage it all - Qbox.
The idea behind the neighborhood consumption is simple: the surplus of your solar panel gets consumed by your neighbor. The neighborhood practically becomes a mini-grid, the website writes, with maximized internal efficiency, thus smaller paid-for energy consumption.
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SMS activism in non-profit sector – helped by free FrontlineSMS
December 19, 2007
Kenny B advertises FrontlineSMS as the first free mobile short-messaging solution designed specifically for non-profits, on his “Build it Kenny and they will come …” blog. The software allows NGOs to announce their events, conduct awareness campaigns, monitor elections, and many other, the author writes.
This software allows various integration solution, including such functions as export to Excel and management of all the actions required via a PC, without the need to be permanently online. It would send SMS to selected people, groups of people, and it allows to engage with contacts to conduct surveys, competitions and other - through integrated managers.
Kenny B plotted on a map the use of FrontlineSMS throughout the world, and the needs the software has been serving, since its launch two years ago. “The totals,” he writes, “areimpressive.”
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A light-powered, toothpaste-free toothbrush
November 25, 2007
The new light-powered toothbrush, currently undergoing tests among 120 students in
The untold destiny of electronic books - are we there yet?
November 23, 2007
The future of the only remnant of “analog culture” – the good old paper book, is under question yet again. And future looks, yet again, digital or… paper. The creators of the new device, the Amazon Kindle (named so to be reminiscent of “the crackling ignition of knowledge”), seem to have included all the goodies of the traditional paperback, while incorporating things that “your mom’s copy of “Gone With the Wind” can’t match.” Yet, Siva Vaidhyanathan, has a go on the soon-to-be-out gadget, highlighting the goal-mismatch of its main protagonists – the creators, publishers and wireless service providers, while bringing on stage the whereabouts of the ever-present faulty copyrights.
Retail business pleads for a double-day Black Friday
November 21, 2007
How about making the sun “stay still in the sky”? Wal-Mart certainly thinks it can manage it, for Black Friday’s sake. But can it really? See what Ken Jarboe had dig out on the eve of the