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Fish Tale Has DNA Hook

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I recently was forwarded a post from David Duthie (of the UN Environment Program) that spotted a new application: truth in sushi labeling. I've written about Dan Janzen's idea for a DNA barcoding device , which you could use to identify the different kinds of life you encounter.

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Meet the Nonprofit Hero Behind the Hardware: Charles Brennick

Tech Soup

He subsequently worked as an ecotourism developer in Costa Rica. He saw firsthand the benefits that access to technology, especially computers and the Internet, have for remote organizations with limited resources. He founded InterConnection in Seattle in 1999. Image: Frank Babbitt. spanhidden.

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Snapshot of Worldwide Electronics Recycling 2013

Tech Soup

According to the International Environmental Technology Center of the United Nations Environment Program. According to Park Young-Woo of the United Nations Environment Program, the Asia-Pacific region now produces more than half of global e-waste. It now has a quarter billion Internet users and 450 million mobile phone users.