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Seeing the United Arab Emirates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The UAE are in an incredible state of construction: I don't know of many places on earth (other than China) where so much has been built so fast. The resemblance to Los Angeles was striking: this is another community created in a desert land that tends to haze and smog (lacking rain, I guess).

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Interview: Kedar Iyer, PickyPolly

Amy Sample Ward

UAE residents also have one of the largest ecological footprints on our planet. Community production: Encouraging entrepreneurs to find community solutions to meet the localized needs. Where did the idea for Picky Polly come from? Using this behavior among residents as inspiration I felt compelled to do something about it.

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