Cataracts are the chief cause of preventable blindness, but diagnosing the condition in remote parts of the world is tricky--unless you've invented a smartphone system that can do most of the imaging and analysis.READ»
Vodafone's trying to tap a new market in the developing world that leverages TV and web tech with a cheap Internet portal box that uses an existing TV as its display, bringing the Net to homes that otherwise may not have been connected.READ»
The World Bank is embracing digital openness in a big way: It's just revamped its APIs for public access to its treasure trove of financial data. The aim is to make data available to help developing countries. READ»
Nokia launched a quartet of basic cellphones for the developing world in Nairobi today, but the most interesting new offering is a peripheral device. The Finnish firm's Bicycle Charger Kit consists of a little bottle dynamo that you ...READ»
Solar power seems to be a simple and brilliant solution for the power needs of those in developing nations--it doesn't eat fuel, avoids the problems of janky power grids, and it's convenient. Hence the invention of the Studylite solar ...READ»
Simplicity is often the key to a great invention, and that's at the core of this idea from a retired physics professor: Adaptive eye-glasses that are easily tweaked to suit the wearer.
Joshua Silver's invention has flexible ...READ»
