GLOBAL – The age of adaption is upon us. At least according to Chris Meyer, CEO of Monitor Networks and one of the latest contributors to IdeasProject.com. Chris, who’s company works in the monitoring space, talks about sensors becoming cheap enough to be utilised pretty much anywhere. He talks about an age where we can move to universal feedback, an evolution from where we are right now. The more tech savvy amongst us will be well used to leaving feedback on products or, as happens at Beta Labs, actually take part in the development of products. Universal feedback though is a much bigger beast. Monitoring blood pressure reaction to certain situations, even rating emails the way we do books on Amazon is potentially within our grasp.
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LONDON, England – The other day we caught up with Ken Banks from kiwanja.net. On something of a high from the news of receiving a $400,000 grant from the Hewlett foundation, Ken gave us the lowdown on his plans for FrontlineSMS, the software designed to connect rural organisations with participants through SMS.
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GLOBAL – The lack of infrastructure in remote places can make what we in the developed world take for granted incredibly complex and in some areas almost impossible. Think about disseminating information to large groups of people. In the UK we might use a mailshot, or more likely, an email newsletter. In sub-Saharan Africa though, neither of those is an option. Which is why Ken Banks from kiwanja.net came up with a solution that focussed on the technology that was available locally, rather than that which we typically enjoy.
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