Through Nano Ganesh, farmers can dial a code from any phone to a mobile modem attached to the pump’s starter. This informs them whether electricity is available, and allows them to remotely switch the pump on or off. …
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Indian farmers control water pumps by mobile phone – Springwise
August 12th, 2009 
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August 6th, 2009 jedwan Yes, I have insurance in place to cover all of these inevitabilities, and granted with IMEI blocking in place Mobile Phone theft is not as attractive a proposition as it used to be, but the inconvenience factor is still there. …
Posted in Mobile Phone, Nokia, PC Tags: affiliate-news, css, device, gadget, ideas, mobile, Mobile Phone, nokia, theft-device, unusual, unusual-gift No Comments »â€¦My heart's in Accra » Afternoon sessions at the Digital Bridge …
July 14th, 2009 jedwan Juliana Rotich of Ushahidi takes to the stage in Abuja to discuss the history of her project and the possibility of crowdsourcing, mobile reporting and rapid responses to elections and violence. Ushahidi was built in the wake of the … The main problem with AEP has been a fundamental problem with African elections – the project has been prepared to monitor elections in the Ivory Coast and Guinea, but both elections were put off. So far, the project has monitored Ghana’s …
Posted in Mobile Monitor, Mobile Phone, PC Tags: abuja, berkman, digital, global-voices, ideas, nigeria, personal, politics, sms, ushahidi, work No Comments »Top 5 Mobile phones in South Afica according to Mkhoj | Web AddiCT(s);
July 9th, 2009 jedwan According to the latest Business Monitor International report, South Africa’s mobile operators will continue the ongoing deployment of HSDPA and HSUPA, which improves mobile users’ experience by increasing peak data rates. …
Posted in gaming, Mobile Monitor, Mobile Phone, Nokia, PC Tags: africa, collaboration, community-cloud, ideas, internet, mobile, Mobile Phone, nokia, photography, south-africa, technology, web-addicts No Comments »The Extraordinaries: Mobile phone sensors and crowdsourced citizen …
July 5th, 2009 jedwan Finally have 1/2 a day to luxiurate in back copies of The Economist. Came across an article about mobile phone sensors and the future of data gathering. A great read and especialy apropos The Extraordinaries in its closing paragraphs: …
Posted in Mobile Phone, PC Tags: article, citizen-science, contests, crowdsourcing, data, extraordinaries, ideas, image, iphone, mobile, Mobile Phone, street, volunteerism No Comments »Computers Are Better than Mobile Phones – For Now « Educational …
June 29th, 2009 jedwan The mobile phone is gaining momentum in the lives of developing world children.
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