The Internet of Things is a rather old story within the web. But through simple, low-cost technology such as RFID chips (Radio Frequency Identification Tags) volunteers worldwide gain another potentially powerful monitoring instrument. Such crowdsourcing efforts can unseal environmental damage, give valuable data to advocacy organizations and development projects. Internet of Things Originally, the Internet [...]
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The other day I stumbled over this news piece: “The phone that feels the flu before you do” – a company offers a service, where one can find out how intensive the level of flu is in their area. So, basically, you can get “Open Source Intelligence” via mobile phone. I find this quite fascinating [...]
A few days ago a tragic report came out stating that around a billion people in this world do not have enough to eat. The food crisis will worsen because of the fast rising prices, not to mention the impact of the financial crisis. The difference between the levels of poverty are drastic among different [...]
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