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Massive potential in miniature microscopes
A tiny solar-powered microscope with no lens could be a cheap and disposable alternative for malaria diagnosis
FEATURE | 8 June 2009 | EN
Rural Internet — not online but still connected
The Internet is spreading to villages in the developing world — but sometimes in unexpected ways, reports Katherine Nightingale.
Texting for TB: Mobile phones and drug adherence
Text messaging to ensure that TB patients in developing countries take their medication every day is showing promise in trials.
FEATURE | 8 January 2009 | EN
'Spoken web' aims to beat India's digital poverty trap
Researchers have devised a version of the web that requires cellphones instead of computers, targeted at people who cannot read or write
How mobile phones contained Kenyan polio outbreak
A mobile phone application called EpiSurveyor proved instrumental in monitoring and containing a polio outbreak in Kenya.
Maldives goes for mobile banking
The Maldives has launched a pioneering system for its citizens to bank primarily using mobile phones.
FEATURE | 30 July 2008 | EN
Developing countries tap into text messaging
Despite the acceleration of mobile technology in the developing world, the humble text message reigns supreme.
FEATURE | 21 July 2008 | EN
Pod-ready: Podcasting for the developing world
The digital audio medium of podcasting is being adapted by developing nations to give local people a voice. Katherine Nightingale reports.
FEATURE | 19 June 2008 | EN
ICTs can close India's urban-rural divide
An eminent Indian scientist believes India can close the urban-rural divide with information technology, writes Daemon Fairless.
FEATURE | 26 October 2007 | EN
Talking Braille: A new tool to teach blind children
Learning Braille can be a formidable challenge in developing countries. Supriya Kumar profiles a new device that's addressing the task.
Fighting for sight in the developing world
T. V. Padma takes a look at methods that are helping the developing world's blind people see again, and helping them live more easily.
The rise of Middle East technology parks
The rapid growth of technology parks in the Arab world has so far created more expectations than outcomes, reports Waleed Al-Shobakky.
FEATURE | 3 October 2007 | EN
Infighting plagues East African cable project
Arguments over management of the planned East African Submarine System could mean economic disaster for businesses, writes Lloyd Gedye.
FEATURE | 16 August 2007 | EN
Keeping track: phones for health in Rwanda
Mobile phones will soon make tracking epidemics and receiving healthcare much easier, reports Manasee Wagh.
FEATURE | 8 June 2007 | EN
My laptop is better than yours
A new entrant is heating up the competition to provide low-cost computers to students in the developing world, writes Bobbie Johnson.
Off-grid Namibia tests solar communications
Solar and wind energy are being used by Namibian rural network providers to power communications base stations, reports BBC Online.
FEATURE | 24 May 2007 | EN
South Africa brings new tricks to old technology
Modifying technology in unique ways is helping South Africans communicate, reports BBC Online.
Digital mapping shows the way forward
Today's maps are sophisticated tools, helping developing countries track everything from drought to disease, reports TV Padma.
FEATURE | 6 March 2007 | EN
Tuning in: mobile phones help development
Tatum Anderson reports on how mobile phone technology is changing people's lives in Africa and Asia.
FEATURE | 21 February 2007 | EN
Mobiles to help health workers in developing nations
New mobile phone software could allow health workers to track diseases in developing countries.
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