Alert 2 of 4: Amex Nomination and Technology Review [8/28/2008]
AIDG Technology Review (and brief plug for the Amex
Project)
The Countdown Continues: 4 days to go Nominate AIDG
today.
Before
you scroll down to the technology review do you have 5 minutes to help
AIDG? Despite a late start AIDG has caught up to be part of the top
125 projects (out of 1190) in the member's project nominations, but we
still need your help to get into the top 25.
Our
project (AID-Lab:
Life-Changing Tech for the World's Poor) is about working with major
corporations, universities and engineers to get
life-changing technologies to people who live under $2 a day. It's taking
the work we're trying to do now and increasing that impact
worldwide.
NOMINATE AIDG TO THE NEXT ROUND
You can
help get sanitation, energy,
clean water and agricultural tech to people who need it the
most. Nominate our project and get your friends and family to
do the same.
Click the
"Nominate this Project" button on the center of the
page
Log in as an
American Express card member, or sign up as a guest
member
Click
the Nominate this Project button again
Optional
(but very much appreciated!) Click on the discuss button and tell the jury
about how the project will help create huge change.
And you're done!
We're 900 nominations short, so your support can make a big
difference fast. We'll keep you posted on how we're doing.
The nomination period ends September 1. So don't
delay.
We are also
seeking comments on what technologies you would like to see produced by
major corporations for people at the bottom of the pyramid. Please nominate
us using the instructions below. Once you have nominated us you can use the
"post your comments" link at the bottom of the page to post
comments.
AIDG Technology Review
We are using this second update to introduce you to the AIDG
Technology Review. This is a special newsletter that we will be sending out
3 times a year to highlight different technologies that have been featured
in our blog. If you like some of these stories you must join the Technology
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at the bottom of this email, and once you get to the preferences page check
off the Technology Review newsletter box. You might also want to start
reading the blog at www.aidg.org/blog.
Sam
Redfield and Pico Hydro
The post about Sam Redfield's work with AIDG on permanant magnet
alternators and a bucket based pico hydro system was the most popular post
AIDG has ever had. With almost 2,000 unique visitors in almost 20 minutes,
it ended up breaking our server from the load. Take a gander at the
following links to see what all the fuss was about:
This post about Shawn
Frayne's Humdinger Windbelt winning the Popular Mechanics Innovation
Awards is a taste of things to come. Shawn has been working with AIDG and
Xelateco to scale up the Windbelt technology. Look for some exciting posts
on Windbelt developments in the next few months.
Amy Smith's
IDDS did an amazing job once more bringing together aspiring technology
designers and students from the world over to tackle some compelling
appropriate technology problems. Check out the links below for some of
Cat's photos of IDDS 2008 (or take a trip in the wayback machine to
IDDS2007 here: http://www.aidg.org/component/option,com_jd-wp/Itemid,34/p,776/
)
The
appropriate technology roundup presents a snapshot of different appropriate
technology solutions from around the world. It comes out on the blog
roughly two times a month.
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