Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 3, 2004
Benetech's Dr. Patrick Ball has just been awarded the ACM's 2003 Lawler Award for humanitarian contributions using computer technology. The ACM is the leading organization for computer science professionals. It's exciting to have one of our own honored by the technology community, and for the open source software that Patrick has so passionately advocated for.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 31, 2004
I'm working from Maputo, Mozambique on this U.S. Memorial Day. Today I've been talking to humanitarian demining groups about our proposed mine detector. Last week in South Africa I was discussing adaptive technology for the blind and software for human rights groups. Our Martus human rights software was just covered today by the San Jose Mercury News in an article entitled Software Helps Rights Groups Protect Sensitive Information.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 26, 2004
I've been in South Africa for just two days and have had several exciting meetings. My base of operations has been the IDP Africa Forum 2004, a conference for organizations serving the blind throughout Africa. I have had several great conversations about the state of adaptive technology for the African blind, and am getting good ideas for how we can help over the next few years.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 18, 2004
My May President's Update has just been posted. This is my quarterly (roughly) update to Benetech's stakeholders on what we are doing. This update is chock full of news: there's a great deal cooking in Palo Alto and around the world. One exciting news item is Benetech receiving the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship, which expands the already great support from the Skoll Foundation.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 10, 2004
Bookshare.org is moving quickly to expand in serving the needs of students. eSchoolNews just did a very nice story about Bookshare.org and schools with quotes from teachers and Margaret Londergan at Indiana University. Bookshare.org offers 17,000 royalty-free texts.
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