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Remote sensing for natural disasters: Facts and figures
Sian Lewis explains how remote sensing can be used to manage natural disasters and highlights ongoing efforts and obstacles.
Launching your own satellite — the pros and cons
Developing nations are building their own satellites despite freely available Western data. Do the gains outweigh the costs, asks Tatum Anderson.
An eye in the sky watching forests disappear
Remote sensing is crucial for getting the measure of forest loss. Countries don't need their own satellites but they do need training.
Massive potential in miniature microscopes
A tiny solar-powered microscope with no lens could be a cheap and disposable alternative for malaria diagnosis
FEATURE | 8 June 2009 | EN
Nanotechnology for clean water: Facts and figures
Nanotechnology could help give millions clean drinking water. David J. Grimshaw outlines the potential, the progress and some of the risks.
Nanosponges: South Africa's high hopes for clean water
Can nanosponges solve a continent's water contamination problems? Munyaradzi Makoni investigates.
Rural Internet — not online but still connected
The Internet is spreading to villages in the developing world — but sometimes in unexpected ways, reports Katherine Nightingale.
Texting for TB: Mobile phones and drug adherence
Text messaging to ensure that TB patients in developing countries take their medication every day is showing promise in trials.
FEATURE | 8 January 2009 | EN
Q&A: Clean technologies with Yvo de Boer
Yvo de Boer, the UN climate chief, speaks to SciDev.Net about getting clean technology into the developing world.
'Spoken web' aims to beat India's digital poverty trap
Researchers have devised a version of the web that requires cellphones instead of computers, targeted at people who cannot read or write
How mobile phones contained Kenyan polio outbreak
A mobile phone application called EpiSurveyor proved instrumental in monitoring and containing a polio outbreak in Kenya.
Thailand puts big money into nanoscience
Thailand is pumping money into nanotechnology but a dearth of scientists and engineers could be a barrier to success.
Maldives goes for mobile banking
The Maldives has launched a pioneering system for its citizens to bank primarily using mobile phones.
FEATURE | 30 July 2008 | EN
Developing countries tap into text messaging
Despite the acceleration of mobile technology in the developing world, the humble text message reigns supreme.
FEATURE | 21 July 2008 | EN
Pod-ready: Podcasting for the developing world
The digital audio medium of podcasting is being adapted by developing nations to give local people a voice. Katherine Nightingale reports.
FEATURE | 19 June 2008 | EN
ICTs can close India's urban-rural divide
An eminent Indian scientist believes India can close the urban-rural divide with information technology, writes Daemon Fairless.
FEATURE | 26 October 2007 | EN
Talking Braille: A new tool to teach blind children
Learning Braille can be a formidable challenge in developing countries. Supriya Kumar profiles a new device that's addressing the task.
Fighting for sight in the developing world
T. V. Padma takes a look at methods that are helping the developing world's blind people see again, and helping them live more easily.
The rise of Middle East technology parks
The rapid growth of technology parks in the Arab world has so far created more expectations than outcomes, reports Waleed Al-Shobakky.
FEATURE | 3 October 2007 | EN
Infighting plagues East African cable project
Arguments over management of the planned East African Submarine System could mean economic disaster for businesses, writes Lloyd Gedye.
FEATURE | 16 August 2007 | EN
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Missed the Global Health Forum 2009?
Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels
