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Just found out that TED is organizing a TED India conference (November 4-7, 2009) in Mysore at the Infosys campus. Check it out here

September 27th, 2009 | Tags: change, development, impact, social, technology | Category: ICT4D, all, science, social, technology | Leave a comment

Turn any water into drinking water… $20 billion can provide safe drinking water for the entire world… this would an ideal stimulus plan…. healthier people can improve their own lives and contribute to their and society’s development

August 9th, 2009 | Tags: change, clean, development, green, human, impact, social, technology, water | Category: invention, social, technology | Leave a comment

The traction beam cannot lift your car or boat but it can move really really small objects. Here is the blurb from the article in ScienceDaily:
A team of Yale University researchers has discovered a “repulsive” light force that can be used to control components on silicon microchips, meaning future nanodevices could be controlled by light [...]

July 15th, 2009 | Category: all, invention, nature, science, technology | Leave a comment

Treehugger has a great article on the hybrid car technology turning 100. Actually about a 100 years ago there were more electric or hybrid cars than pure gasoline / petrol driven cars.
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March 4th, 2009 | Tags: footprint, green, hybrid, oil dependence, transportation | Category: all, conservation, invention, science, social, technology | Comments (2)

Google just announced a new service for pushing Gmail contacts and Google Calendar updates to mobile devices. This is neat!
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February 9th, 2009 | Tags: technology | Category: all, content distribution, personal, technology | Leave a comment

Cleantechnica has a post on Forward Osmosis. It is better explained here. The authors description in a gist:
…conventional desalination and reuse technologies use substantial energy. “forward osmosis,” exploits the natural diffusion of water through a semi-permeable membrane. Their process “draws” pure water from its contaminants to a solution of concentrated salts, which can easily [...]

February 5th, 2009 | Tags: clean, development, eco-living, environment, green, impact, recycling, technology, water | Category: all, conservation, discovery, invention, science, social, technology | Leave a comment

CNN reports that scientists after over 10 years of research have successfully developed a new strain of flood-tolerant rice through precision breeding. Read the article to know more about the inspiring work being done to positively impact the lives of hundreds of millions.
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January 31st, 2009 | Tags: development, social | Category: all, discovery, invention, nature, science, social, technology | Leave a comment

This could prove to be a breakthrough for bio-ethanol based fuel cells. Current fuel cells are mostly methanol based which is a toxic chemical and have low efficiency.
Here is the ScienceDaily (2009-01-29) article:
Scientists have developed a new catalyst that could make ethanol-powered fuel cells feasible. The highly efficient catalyst performs two crucial, and previously [...]

January 31st, 2009 | Tags: electricity, electronics, fuel-cell, green | Category: all, invention, technology | Leave a comment

Local communities can probably leverage ideas like these to implement open-source design democratized green urban housing. BTW, how can you make a paper house fireproof? I understand that by using resin / coatings you make it waterproof but how it be made fireproof like bricks and not just fire-resistant?
Your thoughts / comments are welcome. [...]

January 23rd, 2009 | Tags: eco-living, green, housing, recycling, urban | Category: all, invention, social, technology | Leave a comment