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Giga Aims to Find and Connect the World’s Schools

Cars That Think

Connecting every school to the Internet is a monumental challenge that until recently no one had dared to tackle—in part because not all countries can even pin down the location of all their schools. Now, as secretary general of the UN tech agency, she advocates “universal and meaningful connectivity” for the 2.7

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Starlink receives praise from healthcare providers

Teslarati

Starlink received praise from healthcare providers in Rwanda recently. Pilot tests for SpaceX’s Starlink internet services started in Rwanda in 2023. The aerospace company collaborated with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change to get Starlink’s pilot tests running in Rwanda.

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Flat-pack OX electric truck gets a $163 million order, expands in Africa

Baua Electric

Electric truck startup OX Delivers scored a $163 million multi-year deal to bring its tough, capable, and low-cost electric trucks-as-a-service vehicles to East Africa in a bid to bring e-mobility to the global south. OX Delivers calls its truck the first purpose-built electric vehicle for the Global South. Good for them.

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IEEE Society Restores Electricity To a Nepali School

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Her team collaborated with Global Himalayan Expedition (GHE), an organization that couples tourism with humanitarian technology to provide solar energy in off-grid communities. While attending IEEE Smart Village’s Power Africa conference in 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda, she met GHE founder Paras Loomba.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

Cars That Think

An integrated display and control system in the cab handles driving based on a video feed from a single low-resolution camera, no GPS or Internet connectivity required. As soon as the camera and the box are mounted and connected to the combine's control system, we're good to go. Cognitive Pilot.

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An Army of Grain-harvesting Robots Marches Across Russia

Cars That Think

An integrated display and control system in the cab handles driving based on a video feed from a single low-resolution camera, no GPS or Internet connectivity required. As soon as the camera and the box are mounted and connected to the combine's control system, we're good to go. Cognitive Pilot.

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