Technology and Environmental Sustainability
Media expert Tim O'Reilly provides insight into how innovative technologies can be used to support sustainable development and power the future.
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Technology & Design - Articles
Innovations in technology and design that serve the world (more)
Foundation of the Future?
PopTech has evolved from an annual technology gathering to a social innovation accelerator that curates international conferences, initiatives, labs, and fellowships. Can it live up to its ambitions?
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Technology and International Development
USAID Chief Innovation Officer Maura O'Neill leads a discussion on how connection technologies can support sustainable development.
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Teaching with Interactive Simulations
Katherine Perkins discusses what differentiates Physics Education Technology (PhET), and the range of students that have benefited.
Campus Party: It’s not a “Spanish Thing”
A look at a generational cohort that the world must engage.
Is the UN Really Trying to Take Over the Internet?
A look at new proposals to change how our Internet is governed.
Trust and Technology
Together, the public and private sector can develop affordable and truly accessible banking solutions that benefit the world’s poor.
Accessible Images
An open source web application draws on the wisdom of the crowds to give the blind access to images.
Smartphones and Mobile Payments
The penetration of smartphones in the US has caused jockeying for position in the new mobile payments space—can this happen in developing countries too?
Becoming a Networked Nonprofit
Redesigning your nonprofit organization to become more participatory, open, authentic, decentralized, collective, and effective—via social media, networks, and beyond.