Tag Archives: technology

Augmented Reality through the appearance of a little green man

Lotte Woerde | 12 September 2010, 5:48 pm | 3 comments | tags: , , , , , ,

Meet Proto. This little green man appeared on my hand today when I was about to write this blog post. Off course he didn’t ‘just’ appear to me like the virgin Mary. His arrival was caused by an almost magic collaboration between my webcam, Flash, and the use of a symbol printed on ordinairy paper.

Can African reporters equipped with smart phones help improve accountability and transparency in development aid?

Ben White | 25 February 2009, 7:20 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Tomorrow Africa Interactive and the International Resource Center for Water and Sanitation will compete for the WeMedia GameChangers award.

Here is an outline of my presentation. All comments, thoughts and ideas are welcome !

Africa Interactive is working to build a network of African journalist, photographers and filmmakers. This network consists of 400 individuals in 35 African countries. Last year…

Eternal life?

Laura van der Vlies | 19 October 2007, 9:13 pm | 2 comments | tags: ,

Eternal life is a fairytale. It is not possible to live forever. Or at least, this is the case these days. But what if it really becomes possible to live forever? According to three scientists, Anders Sandberg, Aubrey de Grey and Nick Bostrom, an endless life isn’t far away.

A technique that is developed to better understand the architecture of…