DG webcast and Misc TED Links.
Before i get to the rest of the post, in case you are travelling and happen to be in Charles De Gaulle airport in France, i have a HUB Telecom wifi card that i bought but did not use much. The username is 0037-7375, password 767491, should have about 50 minutes of time remaining, and its valid till the 19th of June.
My last post was on ‘electranets’; the idea of generating electricity using a bottom up model where there are mini grids tied to the main grid. While catching up on my rss feeds, i found a very interesting webcast at the sustainable energy blog about Distributed Generation, which is somewhat along the lines of the ‘electranet’ post.
It is 18minutes long but well worth your time if you are interested. It is focused on the EU market but gives an excellent overview of the distributed generation and renewable energy sources. Click on the graphic below for the webcast by Rob Van Gerwen of KEMA.
On TED global Arusha, here are some links and blurbs from around the web.
Emeka Okafor of Timbuktu Chronicles
The ideas,initiatives,businesses,inventions,creative pursuits on display at TED Global provided us with hint of what exists and a glimpse of what is possible. We have barely skimmed the surface of ingenious and profound possibilities, I am gladdened and delighted that a face of the continent that hitherto remained unknown has made its debut.
Bruno Giussiani of Lunch over IP has a summary in 25 pills.
What appears clearly however is that Africa is at a turning point; a new and modern Africa is emerging as Africans create their own businesses, markets, media, and technology, and TEDGLOBAL could interpret, and maybe — that’s what many bloggers have written — boost this change.
Sean Barlow of Afropop on the music at TED global
Thankfully, TED made a significant commitment to live music for the conference. Maliâ??s Rokia Traore delivered a beautiful set. South African singer-writer Vusi Mahlasela (recently inducted into the Afropop Hall of Fame) had TEDsters almost crying with his songs of strength and resistance in the bad old days of apartheid.
Andrew Heavens of Meskelsquare
…Spend too long with the hippos at the UN and the AU and you could easily give up hope for the future of African technology. Spend some time with the cheetahs in Arusha and you begin to wonder whether there is actually something behind all this talk about an African Renaissance.
Last week something special happened in Tanzania. A moment in time. A jumping off point. (Say it softlyâ?¦) a new future for Africa.
Russell Southwood of balancing act africa interviews Salim amin
African 24 hour TV news channel project to start investor fundraising
For more – Technorati tag TED Global 2007 search
Pictures – TED Global 2007 flickr tag
This entry was posted on Sunday, June 17th, 2007 at 1:14 pm and is filed under TEDGlobal2007, energy. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
