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What Happened to the Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
August 10, 2015 Editor 0
For years we have been regaled with prospects of outsized productivity increases in the United States such as those that actually accompanied the Industrial Revolution, the Second World War, and the period from the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s. During another productivity bonanza, the one that extended from 1995 to about 2005, we speculated in one […]
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Setting research priorities across science, technology, and health sectors: the Tanzania experience.
May 12, 2015 Editor 0
Related Articles Setting research priorities across science, technology, and health sectors: the Tanzania experience. Health Res Policy Syst. 2015;13(1):14 Authors: de Haan S, Kingamkono R, Tindamanyire N, Mshinda H, Makandi H, Tibazarwa F, Kubata B, Montorzi G Abstract BACKGROUND: Identifying research priorities is key to innovation and economic growth, since it informs decision makers on […]
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4 Reasons Why Global Satellite Internet Is A Fantasy
April 13, 2015 Editor 0
World famous entrepreneurs Elon Musk, founder of PayPal, SpaceX, and Tesla, and Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group, have both recently announced separate initiatives to provide global Internet access via a vast network of small satellites spanning the globe. The plans propose to blanket the planet in coverage, overcoming many of the obstacles standing […]
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From innovation to mass market: Lessons for the IoT
March 13, 2015 Editor Comments Off on From innovation to mass market: Lessons for the IoT
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt by Claire Rowland from our upcoming book Designing Connected Products. This excerpt is included in our curated collection of chapters from the O’Reilly Design library. Download a free copy of the Designing for the Internet of Things ebook here. In 1962, the sociologist Everett Rogers introduced the idea of […]
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If Digital Freedom is a Myth, How Can We Ethically Provide Access to Cutting-Edge Technology?
February 18, 2015 Editor 0
Ethics is an ever-present theme in Development and one which is sometimes overlooked in ICT4D/Technology for Development – a field in which people can sometimes get carried away with the supposed transformational potential of technology. So it is refreshing to arrive at a Technology Salon explicitly setting out to discuss these complex ethical issues. Lead […]
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Can urban innovation ecosystems be developed with little broadband infrastructure?
December 1, 2014 Editor 0
We are witnesses the surge of tech startup ecosystems in cities globally. This is happening in both developed and developing countries. In my previous blog post I showed this trend and the studies that confirm it. Among the questions we are looking for in our research to map urban innovation ecosystems is whether there is […]
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