Africa

green

Smart Green Cell Station Makes Africa a Cleaner Place To Ask "Can You Hear Me Now?"

In an effort to clean up Africa's dirty and diesel-reliant mobile network, Swedish start up Flexenclosure has designed a green version of a cellular base station. Called the E-site, it runs primarily on wind and solar power and utilizes an intelligent operating system that adapts to local conditions. More »

3:00 PM on Sat Apr 5 2008
By Elaine Chow
2,717 views, 13 comments

security

Globalization and Its Malcontents: Mexico, India and Africa Will Be New Epicenters of Internet Crime

Computer viruses no longer come from the US or Europe; the hottest hotbeds of hackerdom may be in China and Russia now, but even that will shift. Soon, the most dangerous internet criminals might hail from Mexico, India and Africa, says a new study. Shouldn't somebody call Nick Negroponte? More »

9:45 AM on Fri Jan 18 2008
By Wilson Rothman
3,257 views, 17 comments

Latest by DJTripleRRR: Hahaha Africa! Take that! The place with like the highest crime rate is making it to the Internet scene. Take this virus from Xoxobe this malware from Mokhane and this worm from Noxolo! more »

not your average bar

This is Way Better than a Treehouse

No matter where you are on this planet, you will find throngs of people longing to get loaded—and they will often go to great lengths to do it. Case in point is this bar built inside a 72ft Baobab tree in Limpopo, South Africa. When Baobab trees reach 1,000 years old they begin to hollow naturally. This particular tree is around 6,000 years old and the hollow is big enough to hold 15 people comfortably (or 54 people very uncomfortably as they discovered a few years ago). More »

8:20 PM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Sean Fallon
11,865 views, 17 comments

Latest by n/a: @evilsnowman: Still pretty cool more »

subprime enabler

Kenyans Can Now Max Out Their Credit Cards Wirelessly

Those poor Africans. When they want to use their credit cards to go on a spending spree at Bloomingdale's, they just can't do it because there aren't enough phone lines to handle all those credit card transactions. That's where this Siemens BiasharaPhone MTT 1581 might bring African countries, specifically Kenya, into the 21st century. More »

1:15 PM on Thu Dec 20 2007
By Charlie White
1,279 views, 6 comments

africa

This Eco-Friendly Oven Stinks (Because It Runs On Garbage)

In the Kenyan slum of Kibera, outside of Nairobi, an oven fueled by garbage is now in testing. At its heart is a superheated steel plate that vaporizes drops of water. The oxygen released burns discarded sump oil from vehicles, reaching even higher temperatures up to 930° Fahrenheit. Garbage is then used to maintain the heat. More »

1:58 PM on Fri Nov 2 2007
By Benny Goldman
2,063 views, 12 comments

lighting

Hand-Crank Lighting For African Homes

With all of the emphasis on saving energy and eco-friendliness these days, hand-crank technology has seen increased use in devices ranging from cellphone chargers to the OLPC. If the Freeplay Foundation's LifeLight Project has its way, this old school technology may soon be used to illuminate the homes of Africa's poor. According to estimates, as many as 500 million people in sub-Saharan Africa do not have access to electricity, resorting instead to kerosene lamps, battery powered lights, and wood fires to generate light. Prototypes are now being developed for future testing in Kenya, and designs have been drawn up for a base unit that would be used to recharge multiple detachable lights that can be distributed around the home. [BBC News]

9:20 PM on Thu Nov 1 2007
By Sean Fallon
1,656 views, 5 comments

Latest by markarian: @SchruteBuck: When Thomas Edison invented the Pornograph in the 1800s, it was turned by handcrank too. more »

donkey power

Donkey Powered Mobile Business Unit Comes Fully Loaded

The HAPV or "Human and animal powered vehicle" puts a high tech twist on the old fashioned donkey cart by adding a solar panel that charges a 12-volt battery under the driver's seat. The power is then used to facilitate cell phone connectivity, front and rear emergency lights and a small neon tube at night. Uses include: a fresh water outlet (water filtration system is optional) a makeshift classroom, school bus, ambulance, and even a mobile phone kiosk. It has everything for the entrepreneur on the go. If you live in rural Africa that is. [Wheel and Water via Afrigadget]

6:30 PM on Tue Oct 9 2007
By Sean Fallon
1,552 views, 8 comments

Latest by JB007: "The wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown, The dashboard's genuine leather, With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down, In case there's a change in the weather. Two bright sidelight's winkin' and blinkin', Ain't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin' You c'n keep your rig if you're more »

software

Google Helps Themselves by Helping African Nations

Google has announced partnerships with both the Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure and the Kenya Education Network to provide both institutions with Google Apps such as Gmail, Google Calander, Google Talk, and Google Docs. The governments and educational systems of the two countries will begin to freely use the Google online applications to communicate and organize their data. More »

3:00 PM on Tue Mar 20 2007
By Adam Frucci
1,043 views, 7 comments

ipod

iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Shipping: Buy a nano, Fight AIDS in Africa

Here's the iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED, and It has the same specs and price as Apple's other 4GB nanos, except $10 of its $199 purchase price will go toward fighting AIDS in Africa. That money will be contributed directly into the Global Fund, according to Apple. More »

9:03 AM on Fri Oct 13 2006
By Charlie White
8,777 views, 19 comments

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