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What is the best way to help people in developing communities?
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The new DIYNGO newsletter is out NOW @ www.diyngo.org. Enjoy! :-)
November 21
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This is Duncan using the prototype solar computer (actually we eventually used his own solar equipment to power this session). He is based in a small rural Kenyan village near Lake Bogoria. Duncan now as updated his mobile phone to a Chinese N96i ...
November 9
Timothy Barker commented on mary me's blog post 'Face to face with climate change effects at Mutomo- kitui-kenya'
Thank you Mary for this moving account of a community at the sharp end of climate change. Here in the UK today our ministers have been meeting to discuss the effects of climate change and presumably what we in the 'developed' countries can do to h...
November 5
Timothy Barker commented on Timothy Barker's blog post 'Big Prop II'
Forgot to say that the new wood hub extension is the base from a 'mug tree' purchased from a charity shop for a pound. The centre hole was then widened with a couple of different sized files so that it fitted over the axle.
October 27
Timothy Barker added a blog post
This is the latest version of Big Prop which uses the Dynohub as a generator. The same blades are used as previously described but a wooden extension to the hub is now screwed onto the smallest of the two hubs (having nine holes). This then allows...
October 27
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DIYNGO has accepted an invitation from UN DSPD-DESA to join an initiative called "ICTs and Civil Society to Promote Social Development". We're not sure what it entails yet besides sharing 'best practices'. It is, however, an interesting developme...
October 23
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Hmmm...was thinking on the bus today how important it is in attempting to solve these problems we all face today on a 'meta level'. That is, we have to detach ourselves from the immediacy - the here and now - of our lives, escape the everyday and ...
October 20
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Renewable energy is not just of interest for Developing Countries. In the UK the government, quite rightly, is concerned that we may not be able to meet the energy demands of our own future society. Hence the call for evidence for delivering secur...
September 24
Timothy Barker commented on mary me's blog post 'SOLAR WASTED WILL NEVER BE RECOVERED'
all good mary. keep up the good work!
September 20
Timothy Barker commented on mary me's blog post 'SOLAR WASTED WILL NEVER BE RECOVERED'
Thanks Mary. It does seem unfortunate to be 'wasting' such a valuable resource. Although I do read that people are starting to realise that it is a viable national asset. I think that with increasing demands being placed upon countries as alternat...
September 16
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This is Big Prop which, briefly, consists of a dynohub bicycle dynamo on top of an upturned castor wheel (the sort of thing you find on the bottom of chairs) with the blades made out of plastic guttering half-pipe found lying around the nearby wo...
September 16
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We just released a questionnaire at http://ict4d.questionpro.com/ to try to figure a few things out. Like where are we in the field of ICTs for Development, what are people's expectations and what kind of business model may work? The latter is tes...
September 6
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Hmmm...good question. Did you read the White Paper over at www.diyngo.org (click on 'resources')? We basically have a set-up consisting of the solar computer (which is the Asus Eee PC, 12 volt battery and solar panel) then the separate PDA set-up ...
August 30
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Hello! We have reached an impasse with DIYNGO. We need further resources to continue these important efforts. If you or your institute/corporation are interested in sponsoring us or donating in kind, e.g. relevant equipment (radios/computers/rene...
August 21
Timothy Barker commented on mary me's blog post 'Duncans Passion for Solar Energy - Bogoria ( Kenya )'
Thanks Mary. I met Duncan too on my last trip to Kenya. He is, indeed, a very inspirational figure. His family is very supportive of his efforts and the community of which he is very much a part are hopefully beginning to appreciate his many talen...
August 21
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This is our latest DIY wind turbine design. We took a computer fan kindly donated to us by a guy from the local University then first of all extended the blades with some balsa wood. The balsa wood is simply taped onto the original plastic blade...
August 16

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The new DIYNGO newsletter is out NOW @ www.diyngo.org. Enjoy! :-)

Posted on November 21, 2009 at 12:37am —

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The Cutting Edge of Rural Kenyan DIY Net Connectivity.

This is Duncan using the prototype solar computer (actually we eventually used his own solar equipment to power this session). He is based in a small rural Kenyan village near Lake Bogoria.… Continue

Posted on November 9, 2009 at 7:01pm —

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Big Prop II

This is the latest version of Big Prop which uses the Dynohub as a generator. The same blades are used as previously described but a wooden extension to the hub is now screwed onto the smallest of the t… Continue

Posted on October 27, 2009 at 10:57pm — 1 Comment

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Combined Forces!

DIYNGO has accepted an invitation from UN DSPD-DESA to join an initiative called "ICTs and Civil Society to Promote Social Development".

We're not sure what it entails yet besides sharing 'best practices'. It is, however, an interesting development in the evolution of DIYNGO.

All best,

Tim :-)

Posted on October 23, 2009 at 9:00pm —

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Zen and the Art of Renewable Energy

Hmmm...was thinking on the bus today how important it is in attempting to solve these problems we all face today on a 'meta level'. That is, we have to detach ourselves from the immediacy - the here and now - of our lives, escape the everyday and reflect upon where we are going 'wrong'. And by 'wrong' I do mean applying some kind of moral inquiry to the problem at hand, as well as applying positively grounded problem-solving strategies.

For example, I had placed a solar panel outside as… Continue

Posted on October 20, 2009 at 4:55pm —

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At 3:23am on July 2, 2009, j Tim Denny said…
Thanks Tim... been swamped with my typical stuff and wrapping up a project... hard to work when the neighbors are remodeling.
cheers

I really need to get a more appealing picture... I think step one should be to swap out that boring academic looking pic for something more tasteful.
 
 

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