Appropriate Technology (AT) Update 11-06-05

Updates

Report by Cliff Thompson,
Appropriate Technology Evangelist, Paths of Native Africa,
Webmaster, Friends of African Outlet SIG 

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Updates

Note: Quotes from some of the sources below may run long, as they aim to represent Abstracts/Summaries of the content, in the event the links to which, free & available in full at the time of the write-up, change to reflect archiving, or registration/subscription/article purchase requirements  at the source site - providing the accompanying source name, title & date of the updates below offers the alternative of keeping things free of charge via public library access.

 

Time Global Health Summit...November 1-3, 2005:


Rx for Survival — A Global Health Challenge...November 5-6, 2005:


San Francisco Chronicle...Friday, November 11, 2005...Bono's Vision...Rocker's fight to save the world:

The Mercury News...Saturday, Nov. 12, 2005..African-led fund aimed at digital divide:

Reuters, November 15, 2005...Can Technology Ease Africa's Woes?:

Time, November 21, 2005...Clear Water Revival...The LifeStraw...drinking straw:


The Mercury News, Technology section, Associated Press, Nov. 17, 2005...Cheap laptops are planned for kids:


Small Fortunes...December 27, 2005:




Social Entrepreneurship (SE) Supplemental Resources: