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This is the text of the keynote address at the Global Humanitarian Technology Conference, 23 October 2012, in Seattle, Washington, USA. The keynote postulates that 'to think that technology can solve the world's major social challenges is a myth', and questions if we know what 'technology' means and challenges our views on 'major social challenges'. The address positions itself from a rural African...
IEEE has contributed to humanitarian efforts almost from the moment of its inception [28]. IEEE's activities in the world-of-things are methodology devised to interact with the world-of-humans. The shrinking world, aided by unprecedented progress in travel and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), fuels hope for building a new, progressive social order. Thus, IEEE members start to question...
To the eyes of the urban beholder, pervasive / ubiquitous computing seems to be achieved. However, not so in the eyes of the rural person. Apart from mobile phones, not much computing seems to go on in rural areas of Africa.
To the eyes of the urban beholder, pervasive / ubiquitous computing seems to be achieved. However, not so in the eyes of the rural person. Apart from mobile phones, not much computing seems to go on in rural areas of Africa.
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