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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. The Proposals A. Joint Recommendation Proposal (US-JR). law (this is a wildcard issue right now). . •

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The One-Look Virus and Immersive Environments for Teaching and Learning

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Being another layer over existing technologies, those who are comfortable with the current models can stay behind while the rest of us move up to the next level. SL is not some new revolutionary model that has never been seen before. more preposterous than proposing an immersive MUVE communications revolution). D) is to going.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Technology in the Arts is accepting session proposals for its October 2007 conference. the integrated philanthropy model in honor of National Corporate Philanthropy Day. " Nancy White's slides from TALO and some audio from Nothern s about the new rules for online communities. Check out NOSI 's plans for NTC.

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Grave Work

Non Profit Quarterly

When transcoding audio of voices, the worker knows they are putting into writing the words of a speaker with an Irish accent. Modelled on eugenicist theory, the software is used to capture people’s faces and compare the photos to existing databases, with the aim of identifying and locating people – often producing highly racist results.

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All for Green, and Green for All: An Interview with Van Jones

Have Fun - Do Good

To start off, I asked Van to talk about the Ella Baker Center's Reclaim the Future program and how Oakland could become a model green city. Certainly, People's Grocery here in West Oakland is something that is celebrated as a model of bringing environmental solutions to people who need them. It is a mobile market.

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