Category: Equality

Booze for Strength

Researchers have found that robotics can use alcohol for power. This means that in the future, your prosthetic limbs will need to intake booze in order to function properly – unlike the rest of your body.

“Most robotic muscles are powered by an electrical current. As recent competitions have shown, scientists are working on many different versions of artificial muscle. But as he reported in the journal Science, Baughman’s artificial muscles are powered by chemical energy, just as human muscles are”

Peace in Darfur??

All over the world, people are celebrating: the road to peace in the Darfur region of the sudan has been paved. The question now is weather or not we shall all walk it together.

Over 400 000 people have lost their lives in the continuing genocide in Darfur. The signing of this peace deal marks the beginning of the process of ending the genocide.

For more information, including things that YOU can do TODAY to help, visit these websites:

www.savedarfur.org
www.darfurgenocide.org
www.projectequity.org

eTUKTUK

The eTUKTUK project is a small vehicle that is a mobile telecentre that operates in rural Sri Lanka. It is equipped with a battery powered computer, printer, camera, telephone and scanner.

From the India Times:

“It is a project of the Kothmale FM Community Radio Station, located in Mawathura, which is about 25 km southwest of Kandy. Mawathura is primarily a rural region with tea and rice being the dominant plantation crops.

Since 1999, Kothmale Community Radio has been serving as an interface between rural communities in the central hill region of Sri Lanka and new communication technologies.”

Economist 2006 Report on e-readiness

The Economist Intelligence Unit has relased their 2006 e-readiness rankings and e-things are looking up according to the EIU!

“With over 1bn Internet users and 2bn mobile-phone users worldwide, and continual progress in most qualitative indicators of technology-related development, the world in early 2006 may be proclaimed ever more “e-ready”. This year’s e-readiness rankings reflect such progress, as all but two countries have improved their scores from the previous year. Most of the rankings’ top players have moved upwards in lock step, and there has been little real movement in the broader ranks from 2005 to 2006 (although the addition of three new countries this year has pushed some down the list).”

IMF

Looks like a stalwart for backwards economic policy has decided to give in to some demands for democracy. The IMF is going to let almost-rich countries speak.

“The IMF has announced that it plans to boost the voting shares of big, rapidly growing developing countries, particularly China. And the IMF will organize multilateral consultations with top officials from large countries about how their economic policies affect each other and the world–going beyond traditional single-country consultations. The moves would boost the IMF’s legitimacy and relevance.”