http://www.oneworld.net/article/archive/17 en_US http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/159503/1/17 A little-known mobile helpline will now help you find a blood donor in times of crises. All it takes is an SMS. The messages access an online database of 45,000 blood donors in 300 Indian towns and cities. http://fi.oneworld.net/article/view/159501/1/17 Toimittaja ja kirjailija Leonardo Padura Fuentesin mielestä kännyköiden salliminen Kuubassa tarkoittaa muutakin kuin teknistä edistymistä. Kyse on myös vapauden edistymisestä kieltojen ja valvontajärjestelmien rajoittamassa maassa. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/159327/1/17 For rural populace who could not buy mobile phones due to power shortage, a new system has been launched in Uganda that enables people to charge phones by using a bicycle. The system can charge eight phones per hour by riding a bicycle. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/159095/1/17 Science fiction writer and visionary Sir Arthur C. Clarke died on March 19, 2008 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, at the age of 90. The global telecommunication community will remember him for his farsighted prediction of artificial satellite stations for earth-based communications. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/158517/1/17 The newly-opened Global Seed Vault (GSV) at Svalbard in Norway is being criticised by Indian and other NGOs for excluding farmers from its institutional framework. Farmers being the first link in the food chain, should be involved in conserving genetic biodiversity, they argue.