Stephen E. Arnold: Ushahidi Internet Solution for Remote Areas — the Autonomous Internet Begins!

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Noted with great regard.

From the Ushahidi team, an internet solution for remote areas

BRCK is built in Africa for Africa but just like Ushahidi, can be scaled across continents. The wireless modem allows up to 20 users connect to the internet by optimizing on available networks. “BRCK has mobility in mind, insert a 3G data enabled SIM card in over 140 countries and broadcast a WiFi signal that you can share. If you don’t have a SIM card, BRCK still has you covered, as we have BRCK vMNO for global connectivity with SIM cards,” explains Hersman.

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Event: 11 NOV 14 NYC What infrastructure is needed for positively disruptive technology? Hosted by Internet Society of New York

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November 11, 2014, Brooklyn Law School

Fell Hall, 205 State Street, Brooklyn, New York

10:00 am to 8:00 pm, Admission: $20.00, Student ID Free

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Michel Bauwens: Research: 3D printing, the Arts and Crafts Movement and the Democratization of Art

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Research: 3D printing, the Arts and Crafts Movement and the Democratization of Art

* Master’s Thesis: “The Art and Craft of the Machine”: 3D printing, the Arts and Crafts Movement and the democratization of art. Patokorpi, Lassi. 2014. University of Tampere.

I discuss the machine’s two-sided role as, on the one hand, the destroyer of art, and on the other hand, the saviour of art.

Stephen E. Arnold: Salon Says Google Makes Us Stupid… PBI: We Think We Make Google Stupid!

Commerce, Corruption, IO Impotency
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Overreliance on Search Engines?

The Salon.com article titled Google Makes Us All Dumber: The Neuroscience of Search Engines probes the ever-increasing reliance on search engines and finds that the way we use them is problematic. This is due to the way our brains respond to this simplified question and answer process. The article stipulates that the harder we work for knowledge, the more likely we are to store it. When it is as simple as typing in a search query and reading a simple answer, we will forget the answer as easily as we found it. The article explains,

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SchwartzReport: Is the Pope Catholic? Will the Pope be Assassinated? Which Pope and Why?

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I have been waiting for this, the pushback from the conservatives within the Roman Church, whose views and power is threatened by this new pope. I just hope something doesn't “happen” to Francis.

Is the Pope Catholic? Critics Rally Around Benedict As Talk of Schism Looms

Conservative Catholics, angry at Pope Francis’s more moderate tone, are bucking the Church’s hierarchy.

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