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Timbuktu Chronicles

Shareable's Josh Wilson reports on the Noisebridge hackerspace co-founded by Mitch Altman : Noisebridge is unique, but it’s in good company. Over the last few years, ‘thousands’ of hackerspaces have sprung up worldwide, Andy says, each adapted to local conditions and needs, but sharing a common ethos of openness and participation. It thrills me utterly. In my most blue-sky moments, I envision a new, radically decentralized circuit for materials fabrication , for industrial and technological productivity, for invention and development, for art and culture — a mutual-aid "supply chain" of ideas and expertise On why it works:

Ushahidi

Treehugger Snowmageddon is a website set up to help people dig out of the blizzard in New York. It was originally set up last year in Washington; it is an attempt to crowdsource information, where people can use their... http://www.ushahidi.com/
Posted: January 23rd, 2012 By: JKE “Safety First!” , you may think while watching the following video, but if the cheap (Chinese) polyethylene (?) extension cables just break too often due to rough handling and their low quality, chances are that someone will come up with an alternative. Like this young man in Kenya:

AfriGadget

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