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Emergency Telecoms Team Forced to Wait in Thailand by Burmese Junta
Emergency communications kits destined to help the clear-up of the Burmese cyclone have been held up by the Asian country's military junta. A five-man team from NGO Telecoms Sans Frontieres has been waiting all week for its entry visas from the
How to Fall Up an Escalator
You'd think that by now people would know how to handle those tricky new-fandangled moving stairways. That's gotta be embarrassing. [Glumbert]
You'd think that by now people would know how to handle those tricky new-fandangled moving stairways. That's gotta be embarrassing. [Glumbert]
tis the hurricane season
DH1 Disaster House Doesn't Require Screws
The hurricane season cometh, and the DH1 Disaster House is one man's solution to the problem of homelessness—only problem is that it costs and arm and a leg—and that is usually not an option if you have lost everything to one of Nature's bad moods. More »
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GPS Cellphones to Help with Disasters
Realizing that GPS cellphone technology can do more than show you the closest Starbucks, Kyoto University has partnered with the research arm of Japanese cellphone carrier KDDI to see how mobile phones with GPS could be used to help with evacuations in a disaster area. Using about 30 students equipped with GPS phones, a computer system actually figured out where they were located, searched for the five closest evacuation centers and sent them each a map. Not bad, especially considering GPS is fast becoming a service we expect in phones and other portable electronics. More »
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