New Orleans The Titanic went down 96 years ago and the arguments continue. A story running around the world in recent days seems to provide another clue: the rivets in the bow and some other areas were sub-par. Naval archivists and others have determined that some of the rivets were made of iron (the …
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Cell Space
New Orleans We have spoken of the important potential of cell phones in this space before, but it was a delight to read Sara Corbett’s piece in the Sunday Times “Can the Cell Phone Help End Global Poverty?” She made some of the points we have speculated on here. The increasingly ubiquitous investment in …
15 By 2015
New York City An email came to me out of nowhere inquiring about ACORN International and our interest in partnering on global health care work. The good doctor and professor at Brown, David Egilman, knew our reputation and thought we might be able to do the field work while his outfit — GHETS, Global …