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Wearable Computing: Sussing Out the Frontiers of Nonprofit Technology

Tech Soup

It was developed at Singularity University and uses technology from the NASA Mars Rover project. He is an expert in the cognitive neuroscience field of ‘brain computer interface’ or thought controlled computing. Their Muse brain sensing headband looks a bit like a set of headphones and is available on pre-order for $300.

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Meet Budley Omegamu/Sombit Mishra

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've been attending the weekly Friday TechSoup meetings in Second Life and you run into the most fascinating people. Prior to joining GlobalGiving, he completed his Masters in International Relations at the London School of Economics and his Bachelors in Economics/History at Northwestern University. Details will be available soon!

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Feeling Inspired Thanks to NTEN and the ConnectingUp! Conference

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I spoke with him afterwards to pick his brain on how he got involved with such an ambitious global project. My mom suffered from polio and has dealt with her disability her whole life, so my personal history with polio made me even more passionate about the cause. Impressive is an understatement. 211Ontario.ca

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

For 2014, our NPTech experts made strong predictions about charities doing more multi-channel marketing or going beyond email and direct mail into social media. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in June to expand the Universal Lifeline program to include broadband, following a public comment period.

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Nonprofit Technology News for March 2014

Tech Soup

There’s lots of interesting NPTech news this month. It is 2025 according to a new report by the nonprofit Pew Research Center and Elon University in North Carolina. The most interesting thing about the report is not the end-date estimate, but rather the several dire predictions on the results of universal Internet access.

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Things We Like (September 2009)

NTEN

Not a big surprise: they already know the answer to life, the universe, and everything. This kinda makes our brain hurt. Tags: Newsletter NPTech NTEN Things We Like. (And, while we're on the subject, to those who claim Red Dawn was the most violent movie of the 80s , we'd just like to say: Star Wars blew up a planet.

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Revenge of the Female Nerds: Myth Busting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Larry Summers is wrong (There is no conclusive research that women's brains are different). Society is giving women a false choice: Either keep the glasses on and do the technical work, or take the glasses off and have a dating life. Technorati Tags: blogher , webjustice2.0 , net2 , nptech , berkman feministcarnival.