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Archive for the “Congo-Brazzaville”

Communication, Communication, Communication

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

While it will be wonderful when the mythical UltraWideBand Wi-Fi eXtream wireless networking protocol has the reach of shortwave radio and blankets the world with Internet connections, The Freeplay Foundation is working right now with lower-tech one-way communications. The is the development organization founded by the company that invented the hand crank power generator. They [...]


World’s thinnest wallet?

Thursday, December 22nd, 2005

A coworker showed me a Christmas present he just got. It’s a very very thin wallet. They laid out four ‘card’ pockets next to each other, used really thin and strong material and made the edges very thin. They even have a traveler’s version that has a large pocket for your passport and (if you’re [...]