With limited understanding of the English alphabet, people are not interested in text-based material on the internet. Instead, they use mobile phones “for leisure activities, such as listening to music, taking and storing photos, and watching movies”. Without skills for browsing the internet, they purchase memory cards pre-loaded with music, videos and images.
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What does technology do to our relationship with the environment?
Emily Sohn As more apps and other online tools connect users with the outdoors, we walk a fine line between enhancing and degrading nature-based experiences. Orignially posted atEnsia, magazine showcasing environmental solutions in action. Republished by SixDegrees on arrangement with Ensia under Creative Commons’ Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported license. Around 7:30 on a 60-degree morning in early… Continue reading What does technology do to our relationship with the environment?
Your smart phone is the next water testing kit
Caddisfly is an open source low cost user friendly water testing kit that can be attached to a smart phone’s camera and captured data is transferred to an online map in realtime There was a time when bulky water testing kits had to be transported to far flung and inaccessible places-villages, forests, rivers, ponds to test the quality of water. Then… Continue reading Your smart phone is the next water testing kit