Seen that? - In Focus: PowerSource
Filed in archive Best of on May 23, 2010
In Focus: PowerSource Audeamus - How dare we...
(Photo from Syscor) One of my readers sent along a link to this company, PowerSource. Because of a start-up project the foundation I work for is involved with using biomass energy in rural Sri Lanka, it was great to get this e-mail and actually see something along the same lines that has worked. It seems they've developed a rural community electrification program in the Philippines over the last several years in [...] Read More
In Focus: Naandi Audeamus - How dare we...
In March while I was in Hyderabad, India working on documenting a project the foundation I work for is involved with, we made a number of excursions to see social entrepreneurial and social enterprise work throughout the city as well as in rural areas close by. I've already briefly profiled THRIVE, and will be profiling others when I can fit them in. Today we'll look at Naandi, a not-for-profit development [...] Read More
In Focus: Thrive Audeamus - How dare we...
Over the next few weeks I'll share some profiles of social entrepreneurs I visited during my trip to India in March. For the first one, I had the opportunity to visit the campus at the THRIVE rural entrepreneur training program about 80 kilometers outside Hyderabad at the village of Chintapalli, of the Nalgonda District, Andhra Pradesh. I'd use some of my pictures, but the ones they have at their website [...] Read More
Finding Your Focus Business Computer Blog (UK)
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Sometimes we need to take a break from the everyday bustle and refocus. Why did we get into business in the first place? What inspired us to strike out into the unknown?
Recently I'd been going through the motions but I saw a commercial that made me stop and remember why I got into technology in the first place. You're welcome to watch the clip and read about why I [...] Read More
Intel's Rural Connectivity Platform: 60-Mile Wi-Fi The Wireless Weblog
Intel has announced the Rural Connectivity Platform (RCP), a solution designed to send data as far as 60 miles to provide Wi-Fi connectivity in rural areas. That maximum distance, according to the company, is limited only by the curvature of the earth... "Already, Intel has installed and tested the hardware in India, Panama, Vietnam, and South Africa," writes MIT Technology Review's Kate Greene. "Later this year, the company will sell the [...] Read More
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