Technology & Innovation

Technology is transforming and informing our lives. From the Internet and email to mobile phones, the recent revolution in communication and access to information has helped to bring the world closer together. But with that has come a heightened awareness of the divisions that continue to exist between rich and poor, developed and developing countries. From where and in what form will the innovations take shape that will help solve these problems, educate, inform and empower?

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Neil Gershenfeld, director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms and visionary pioneer of personal fabrication machines.
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Bridging the digital divide
Is the One Laptop Per Child project a breakthrough for education in developing countries?
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Jimmy Wales, revolutionary luminary who founded online peer-reviewed encyclopaedia, Wikipedia.
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Technology debate
Our Principal Voices discuss how innovation and information technology are reshaping our world.
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Kristin Peterson, is co-founder of technology-based social enterprise, Inveneo.
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Food for thought
Are biotech crops a growing problem or key to solving world hunger?
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