We present our twice-monthly snapshot of interesting tweets in the technology for global development space. For up-to-the-minute updates from E4C on Twitter, please follow us at @Engineer4Change.
Help Takamato Biogas provide pay-as-you-go energy to 1,8m farming families in Kenya http://t.co/XQZGeNGwea
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) January 24, 2014
The company launched an Indiegogo campaign to help scale up and supply a customer base that it says is growing faster than expected.
This is well done – @FrontlineSMS on why it’s so hard to do new things in #ICT4D http://t.co/l3WrFDWbUW
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) January 24, 2014
On the level of its format, we like this short video for its interesting images and fast pace. The issue it addresses is a tough one – that people don’t always like new things, even when they can benefit from them. And that good technology isn’t as important as the presentation, roll-out and support network you have set up around it.
Low-income countries may be harming themselves by restricting access to their geospatial data – http://t.co/CRqGkUyZLU
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) January 23, 2014
SciDev.Net makes an interesting point about data protection vs. data sharing.
This is inspiring – Unleash Your Inner Innovator – an overview of “creative confidence” in design http://t.co/iH1KbEIBls / @iDEorg
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) January 22, 2014
#E4CWebinars #washtech TAF already tested on 13 #WASH technologies, see results http://t.co/H2wczDowFT
— ircwash (@IRCWASH) January 21, 2014
We tweeted notes and retweeted tweets from the E4C Webinar on WASHTech and how to evaluate the viability of technologies in a given region.
.@ToddJMoss explains why solar LED lamps should not be considered a replacement for real energy access http://t.co/pr7gff3HsF
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) January 17, 2014
#globaldev dilemma: is mapping informal settlements endorsing them? or is it development evolution, not revolution? http://t.co/B1n2WQHodm
— iana (@iana_aranda) January 17, 2014
One of the possible unintended consequences of a development tool.
This Nigerian doctor runs his hospital on corn cobs, used bike parts and #maker ingenuity http://t.co/72w9i1KQ6p
— iana (@iana_aranda) January 15, 2014
Some action plans for sustainable development here… 5 steps to scale up energy efficiency http://t.co/ABL6qwpQV4
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) January 15, 2014
High five @Sanergy and @JacarandaKenya! RT @GuardianSocEnt: Beautiful gallery of #socent stories from Urban Kenya – http://t.co/cmdf48wliJ
— Catapult_Design (@Catapult_Design) January 14, 2014
The worst thing you could do as an engineer is to deliver a solution that will fail in a year or 2 – @heatherfleming on @TheTakeaway
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) January 12, 2014
The US National Public Radio program The Takeaway interviewed E4C’s President Noha El-Ghobashy and our friend and collaborator, Heather Fleming, founder of Catapult Design, for a series on standards in engineering.
Wind energy helps ward off power outages http://t.co/6Ke21jwuMr via @powerofwind #windworks #polarvortex
— frank bergh (@frankbergh) January 10, 2014
Our contributing editor, Frank Bergh, advocates renewable energy use.
Be cautious when there’s no prototype. Interesting @MelissaHui: Pro Product Designers Critique Crowdfunded Projects: http://t.co/pKS2ACWQHh
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) January 10, 2014
These two provide a valuable service to charitable investors.
Design grant and contest opportunities
Grant: Up to £1.9m each for projects that improve groundwater use in sub-Saharan Africa | Deadline 3/3 http://t.co/4SCHKIi78s
— Engineering 4 Change (@engineer4change) January 24, 2014
10 days left to register your team’s project for the 2014 #ASME IShow to win $25,000 http://t.co/QZLWx00qDh @ASMEtweet #engineering
— EngineerJobs.com (@EngineerJobs) January 22, 2014
