The Stanford Social Innovation Review has an interesting article by John Voelcker on 10 innovative projects to bring truly helpful technology to poor nations. Link to pdf: Creating Social Change: 10 Innovative Technologies.
Via Idealist.org who summarize the article:
Despite the buzz that often surrounds the latest high-tech gadgets, the fact remains that the vast majority of the world’s people need less flashy technologies that are more appropriate to their locales, budgets, and problems. This article profiles ten of the many brilliant and innovative technologies that social entrepreneurs have created and deployed in recent years to solve chronic problems that rarely receive the attention they merit.
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