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Nuclear-Powered Transponder for Cyborg Insect
Survival News Network —
Authority: 140
This week at the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), in Baltimore, Md., Cornell University engineers presented research that shows progress in powering cybernetic organisms with a radioactive fuel source.Electrical engineering associate professor Amit Lal and graduate student Steven Tin presented a ...1 week ago -
Nuclear-Powered Transponder for Cyborg Insect
The Gates of Hell —
Authority: 132
This week at the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), in Baltimore, Md., Cornell University engineers presented research that shows progress in powering cybernetic organisms with a radioactive fuel source. Electrical engineering associate professor Amit Lal and graduate student Steven Tin presented a ...1 week ago -
Operation HOPE’s Mortgage Crisis Hotline Helps Restructure $290 Million in Mortgage Loans in 2009
John Hope Bryant —
Authority: 135
Operation HOPE’s Mortgage Crisis Hotline Helps Restructure $290 Million in Mortgage Loans in 2009 LOS ANGELES, CA - December 10, 2009 - With national unemployment rates at more than 10% and the effects of the housing crisis seeing millions of foreclosures across the nation, Operation ...1 week ago -
The tsunami – five years later
East Asia Forum —
Authority: 536
Author: Peter McCawley It is now almost five years since December 2004, when the great tsunami swept across more than a dozen countries in Asia. More than 230, 000 people died across the region. The cost to human life was mainly borne by Indonesia, in Aceh, where perhaps 170, 000 people were swept away. Five years ...1 week ago -
New Tech in Emergencies and Conflicts: Role of Information and Social Networks
iRevolution —
Authority: 416
I had the distinct pleasure of co-authoring this major new UN Foundation Report with my colleague Diane Coyle . The report looks at innovation in the use of technology along the time line of crisis response, from emergency preparedness and alerts to recovery and rebuilding. “It profiles organizations ...1 week ago -
New Tech in Emergencies and Conflicts: Role of Information and Social Networks
iRevolution —
Authority: 416
I had the distinct pleasure of co-authoring this major new United Nations Foundation & Vodafone Foundation Technology Report with my distinguished colleague Diane Coyle . The report looks at innovation in the use of technology along the time line of crisis response, from emergency preparedness and alerts to ...1 week ago -
INDONESIA: Project Sungai Geringging Update - Week 6
Hands On Disaster Response —
Authority: 402
Wow, what an amazing start to Project Sungai Geringging (still love saying that!). We opened our doors on 25 October 2009 and in the following weeks have had 65 volunteers, representing 13 countries spanning the globe from Indonesia to Canada to Ireland to Russia to Lebanon! We are assisting survivors of the 7.9 ...2 weeks ago -
Film: Cade Courtley, Contractor and Host of ‘Surviving Disaster’
Feral Jundi —
Authority: 139
First off, this show definitely gets a FJ thumbs up. Each episode is all about how to survive some really tough and realistic scenarios. The two shows I recommend especially are the mall shooting and the hijacked airplane episodes. Both of them are filled with excellent information on how to realistically ...2 weeks ago -
Job Tips: Pack a Voltage Tick Tester For Deployments
Feral Jundi —
Authority: 139
This is one that I recommend for guys working all over the world, both in security and disaster response. A quick way to know if your shower or bathroom is hot, is to test it with a voltage tick tester. Shoddy electrical work is not just a problem in Iraq or Afghanistan, this is a problem all over, and if you ...2 weeks ago -
Applying Technology to Crisis Mapping and Early Warning in Humanitarian Settings
iRevolution —
Authority: 416
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative ( HHI ) just published a working pape r I co-authored with my colleague Dr. Jennifer Leaning . Jennifer and I co-founded the Program on Crisis Mapping and Early Warning ( CM&EW ) back in 2007 with the generous support of Humanity United ( HU ). During this two-year period, HU ...2 weeks ago -
Applying Technology to Crisis Mapping and Early Warning in Humanitarian Settings
iRevolution —
Authority: 416
The Harvard Humanitarian Initiative ( HHI ) just published a working pape r I co-authored with my colleague Dr. Jennifer Leaning . Jennifer and I co-founded the Program on Crisis Mapping and Early Warning ( CM&EW ) back in 2007 with the generous support of Humanity United ( HU ). During this two-year period, HU ...2 weeks ago -
Operation HOPE Client Testimonial: Mortgage HOPE Crisis Hotline
John Hope Bryant —
Authority: 135
Monique Laguerre, who called Operation HOPE after hearing about our work on CNN. At the time she was in the middle of her third unsuccessful attempt for a loan modification. After working with one of our assigned mortgage counselors , she not only captured the attention of her previously uncooperative bank, but was ...3 weeks ago -
Operation HOPE Client Testimonial: Mortgage HOPE Crisis Hotline
John Hope Bryant —
Authority: 135
Yolanda Shaw was offered an 11.25% adjustable rate loan modification prior to calling Operation HOPE. After working with our certified foreclosure prevention counselor we successfully negotiated a fixed 5.5% rate reducing her payment $1,300 per month. Yolanda Shaw worked with our Mortgage HOPE Crisis Hotline, ...3 weeks ago -
Disaster Response: Worst-Case Internet
Feral Jundi —
Authority: 139
This is a cool little kit for you disaster response folks out there. Hell, even our industry can benefit from this. Internet is vital, and to be able to put together a kit from off the shelf stuff is something contractors and companies can really benefit from. It’s important in disaster zones, and war ...3 weeks ago
