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Episode 7 of the AshokaTECH Podcast: Interview with Julia Novy-Hildesley

Submitted by AshokaTECH on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 18:37

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Road to Hyderabad: T-3 Days

Submitted by AshokaTECH on Mon, 02/08/2010 - 14:05

That's the team, or at least a small part of it. Our team that has gotten us to this moment, just 3 days away from the Tech4Society event.

Alex Brown, the Welfare of Horses and the Effect of Social Media

Submitted by AshokaTECH on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 07:53

In this interview from Knowledge@Wharton, Alex Brown, owner of the website Alex Brown Racing, dedicated to the welfare of horses (and saving them from the slaughter house), gives us a first hand account of his experience building the website and its popularity using social media tools including Wikis, discussion forums, YouTube Contests and Twitter.

Road to Hyderabad: T-10 Days!!

Submitted by AshokaTECH on Mon, 02/01/2010 - 07:56

Friends, this is my second to last Road to Hyderabad post. That means we are less than 2 weeks away from the opening of the Tech4Society event.To be honest, it still feels very far away. There are lots of last minute arrangements and decisions to make. Long ago I naively believed I would feel like we were “almost done” by this point. Ha! At this point 10 days feels like both an incredibly long time and an incredibly short one. It will be bizarre to write this post next week when we are truly just days away.

Episode 6 of the AshokaTECH Podacast: Interview with Elizabeth Hausler

Submitted by AshokaTECH on Thu, 01/28/2010 - 11:33

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"Earthquakes don't kill people...poorly built buildings do." -- Elizabeth Hausler

Inflatable Hospitals in Disaster Zones - Highlight: MSF

Submitted by AshokaTECH on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 13:48

Inflatable tent hospitals by MSF International
Image Source: Boing Boing

Road to Hyderabad: Lesson 18

Submitted by AshokaTECH on Tue, 01/26/2010 - 11:17

Hyderabad, India
Image Source: Bindaas Madhavi
Well, I'm in Hyderabad.
You know what that means.
We are less than 3 weeks away from the beginning of Tech4Society.

Ever Fussed About “Spectrum”? You Can Start Now

Submitted by AshokaTECH on Thu, 01/21/2010 - 12:36

The Chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) warned a few weeks ago of a looming “spectrum shortage” in the United States. What is even more curious in this affair is the admission by senior legislators in the US that they are largely ignorant about the precise distribution of the airwaves and their uses, much less about the best means of optimizing said distribution.

HBR's Breakthrough Ideas Highlight Everyday Tools for Health Care

Submitted by AshokaTECH on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 10:49

Thanks to a tip from my colleague Beth Jenkins, I enthusiastically read The Harvard Business Review’s List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2010. The entire article is a nice, quick read that will get you thinking about a wide variety of issues – from how we can better license technology to manage people to financing energy alternatives. I immediately focused on the second idea on the list, “The Technology That Can Revolutionize Health Care”.

SAFE AGUA CHILE: The Last Drop

Submitted by AshokaTECH on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 14:01

We have come to the last episode of SAFE AGUA CHILE, a project in partnership with Un Techo Para Mi Pais, led by 12 students from the Art Center College of Design.