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The Buffalo project - Visualizing urban development
http://www.geog.buffalo.edu/Geo666/batty/buffalo.html
A very interesting project, using GIS, to better understand
Buffalo (USA) urban development |
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Cidade do Conhecimento
http://www.cidade.usp.br/
Knowledge City is a research project under the coordination
of professor Gilson Schwartz, PhD, visiting professor at the
Institute for Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo. |
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Community Networking Pilot Projects in Latin America
http://www.redes-comunitarias.apc.org/
Project's Goal: To promote social participation at the community
level through the use of electronic communication, and to
assess the impact and sustainability of pilot telecentres
in Colombia and Ecuador, implemented by the local APC nodes,
Colnodo and Ecuanex, respectively |
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Community Technology Centers: Exploring a Tool for Rural
Community Development
http://www-unix.oit.umass.edu/~ruralma/CTC_ToC.html
Scientific research Project developed by Christopher J. Campbell
(The Center for Rural Massachusetts University of Massachusetts,
Amherst) |
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Computer Clubhouse
http://www.computerclubhouse.org/
The Computer Clubhouse is a successful model that uses technology
creatively to enable under-served youth to acquire the tools,
problem solving skills and confidence for successful lives
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Computer Club Huis
http://www.computerclubhuis.org/
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Computer Clubhouse at Katha
http://katha.org/clubhouse/index.html
The Intel Computer Clubhouse at Katha is an exciting and innovative
programme for children who belong to families living in Bhumiheen,
Navjivan and Jawahar Camps in Govindpuri, New Delhi. Club
Members will learn how to use a computer as a friend for life,
as a means for peer learning, and for economic and social
advancement…. |
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eDevelopment
http://edevelopment.media.mit.edu/
The eDevelopment group invents systems that empower, enrich,
and inter-connect developing communities. In particular, we
study new e-commerce, communication, and system software that
are appropriable and appropriate to emerging communities |
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e-markets Special Interest Group (SIG)
http://e-markets.media.mit.edu/
The goal of the e-markets special interest group (SIG) is
to encourage closer collaboration among a select group of
Media Lab faculty members and sponsors on the topic of electronic
markets. The SIG will invent the new forms that transactions
may take in a networked world, and explore the new social
and economic order that may result from these changes |
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The Electronic Space Project - Institute for Public Policy
and Social Research (Michigan State University)
http://www.ssc.msu.edu/~espace/
...exploring the spatial context of information technology,
with emphasis on policy, economy, and society |
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ExploreNet(tm)
http://longwood.cs.ucf.edu/ExploreNet/public_html/
ExploreNet(tm) is a general-purpose object oriented, distributed
two dimensional graphic-based computational environment with
features to support role-playing games for educational purposes,
and cooperative learning of many kinds |
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Future Physical
http://www.futurephysical.org/
Future Physical is a cultural programme exploring the changing
boundaries between the virtual and the physical. Future Physical
aims to explore how the creative use of digital technologies
can enhance and extend human interaction |
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GVU WWW User Survey
http://www.gvu.gatech.edu/user_surveys/
Since its beginning in 1994, the GVU WWW User Survey has accumulated
a unique store of historical and up-to-date information on
the growth and trends in Internet usage. It is valued as an
independent, objective view of developing Web demographics,
culture, user attitudes, and usage patterns |
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HIIP - Harvard Information Infrastructure Project
http://ksgwww.harvard.edu/iip/
As the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project (HIIP) moves
into its second decade, the information revolution continues
to penetrate every aspect of daily life around the globe,
affecting everything from national security to personal privacy,
from economic competitiveness to democratic participation
in governance. The HIIP identifies key issues and guides responsible
policy in this critical and fast-moving area |
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IVRP - Information Village Research Project - Union Territory
of Pondicherry
http://www.mssrf.org/informationvillage/informationvillage.html
M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) believes that
information and communication technologies can play a major
role in environmentally sustainable rural development, not
only reaching the poor but also helping them to achieve food
security and social justice |
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Junior Summit
http://www.jrsummit.net/
Who said Internet is not for Kids...see this site, and get
convinced that children are the future! |
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LINCOS - Little Intelligent Communities
http://www.lincos.net/
LINCOS (Little Intelligent Communities) is an initiative of
the Fundación Costa Rica para el Desarrollo Sostenible, directed
by former president of Costa Rica, José María Figueres, which
consists in the installation of modern Community Centers with
information and technology platforms and an educational and
sustainable development approach for the use of the technology
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LINCOS - Little Intelligent Communities (Dominican Republic)
http://www.lincos.net.do/
The application of the LINCOS (Little Intelligent Communities)
project in the Bohechío, El Limon, El Seybo, Hato delYaque
and Oviedo communities (Dominican Republic) |
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LINCOS - Little Intelligent Communities (San Marcos community)
http://www.lincos.net/sanmarcos/
The application of the LINCOS (Little Intelligent Communities)
project in San Marcos |
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Mama Media Project
http://www.mamamedia.com/
MaMaMedia is the number-one kids' brand born on the Internet.
At MaMaMedia.com, kids discover by doing and create while
clicking. The engaging activities help them gain technological
fluency and expand their minds through playful learning |
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MIT - Digital Nations
http://dn.media.mit.edu/
Digital Nations aims to address major social challenges (improving
education, enhancing health care, supporting community development)
through the innovative design and use of new technologies
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MIT - Digital Life
http://loohooloo.mit.edu/departments/media_lab.html
The vision of Digital Life (DL) is invention motivated by
the culture, intelligence, and expressive demands of the world
at large. DL addresses a connected world constructed by everyone
and filled with machines that react with natural behaviour
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MIT - Home of the Future Consortium: Changing Places/House_n
http://loohooloo.mit.edu/departments/media_lab.html
Changing Places is a research consortium at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology explores how new technologies, materials,
and strategies for design can make possible dynamic, evolving
places that respond to the complexities of life |
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MIT Program on Internet & Telecoms Convergence
http://rpcp.mit.edu/
ITC research aims to clarify uncertainties in the Internet's
evolution, organized around three key areas of the Internet:
user devices, network access, and global backbone transport
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NEXSUS
http://www.nexsus.org/
NEXSUS is a Priority Network funded by ESRC over a period
of four years with the aim of developing a collaborative network
of research projects working around the common theme of sustainability.
The research is concerned with the application of complex
systems thinking and approaches to increase understanding
of sustainability in socio-economic systems |
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Multimedia Plan
http://www.multimediaplan.at/
Solutions for real and virtual spaces |
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Plannet
http://www.plannet.co.uk/index2.html
Is a company whose exterprise is based on 4 year research
& experience into virtual reality, geographic information
systems &internet based communications at the Centre for Advanced
Spatial Analysis, CASA, University College London |
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Planet 9 studios
http://www.planet9.com/indexie.htm
Planet 9 Studios is a 3D content company focused on providing
real business solutions for the Internet |
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PROPOLIS
http://www.ltcon.fi/propolis/
PROPOLIS is a research project supported by the European Commission
under the Fifth Framework Programme and contributing to the
implementation of the key action "The City of Tomorrow and
Cultural Heritage" within the thematic programme Energy, Environment
and Sustainable Development |
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RERC - Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on
Mobile Wireless Technologies for Persons with Disabilities
http://www.wirelessrerc.gatech.edu/
With an overall goal of promoting independence and autonomy
of people with disabilities, the RERC has two primary aims:
1) ensure equitable access to mobile wireless products and
services by people with disabilities of all ages and abilities;
and 2) investigate promising applications of mobile wireless
technologies in support of employment, independent living
and community integration of people with disabilities |
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SARI - Sustainable Access In Rural India http://edevelopment.media.mit.edu/SARI/mainsari.html
The SARI (Sustainable Access in Rural India) Project is dedicated
to demonstrating that the creation and deployment of information
and communication services and technologies in poor rural
areas leads to improvements in health, empowerment, learning,
and economic development amongst the poorest and most disadvantaged
communities |
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SLIM - Social Learning In Multimedia http://www.rcss.ed.ac.uk/SLIM/SLIMhome.html
SLIM investigated the process of innovation in multimedia
: the convergence of information, communication and broadcasting
technologies, highlighting the role of social learning, the
widely dispersed interactions between producers, intermediate
and final users and policy-makers which are critical to the
future evolution and success of multimedia |
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UrbanSim
http://www.urbansim.org/
UrbanSim is a software-based simulation model for integrated
planning and analysis of urban development, incorporating
the interactions between land use, transportation, and public
policy. It is intended for use by Metropolitan Planning Organizations
and others needing to interface existing travel models with
new land use forecasting and analysis capabilities |
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WDRT - Woodberry Down Regeneration Team
http://www.hackney.gov.uk/woodberry/
A sigificative example how technology can helps in the urban
regeneration process |
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