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This Community-Run Internet is Bridging the Digital Divide

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First place in the best overall proof-of-concept category went to social enterprise startup Wakoma for the Nimble , an open-source, portable, wireless mesh network system that communities can build and deploy locally. Our team is accelerating this with localized open-source hardware and software and capacity building.”

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Why the Internet needs the InterPlanetary File System

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But in countries without the same level of investment in network infrastructure, the picture was less rosy: Internet service providers (ISPs) in South Africa and Venezuela , for instance, reported significant strain. That’s because most of their networks were overprovisioned, with more capacity than they usually need. Carl De Torres.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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We used this information to estimate annual greenhouse-gas emissions from the fuel cycle, which depend partly on the average vehicle size and partly on how much vehicle efficiency improves over time. Promoting mixed-use neighborhoods—areas that put work and residence in proximity—would allow more bicycling and walking.