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“It’s name means ‘A New Light’. It was founded with a belief in welfare and preventive policing. With a handful of supporters and great deal of determination, they began their endeavors cautiously but confidently treading unchartered waters to help more and more people, gradually changing the mission to ‘help for helpless’ and then towards ‘self […]
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“Cape Kidnappers is on the Cape Coast, a headland at the southeastern extremity of Hawke Bay on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island. It is located 20 kilometres southeast of the city of Napier. The promontory sits at the end of an eight kilometre long peninsula that protrudes into the Pacific Ocean. It […]
“Initiated in response to the global landmine problem APOPO recognised that most mine-clearance techniques in use were slow and expensive. The humanitarian community had called for a more efficient method for the detection of landmines and un-exploded ordnance (UXO) in order to facilitate the repatriation of refugees and distribution of emergency aid. An analysis of […]
Tags: adopt, analytical chemistry, APOPO, behavior analysis, bombs, bullets, comicStyle, Cricetomys gambianus, detection of landmines, detection rat technology, donate, DOTS ((Directly Observed Treatment Strategy), emergency aid, ethology, Gail Penney, Giant African Pouched Rat, global landmine problem, grenades, Help, hero, Hero Rats, human sputum samples, humane training protocol, humanitarian community, inspirational, land mines, lifeStyle, main blog, methods for detection of landmines, mindStyle matters, mine-clearance techniques, naval mines, odour signature, penneylane, penneylaneonline, positive behaviour reinforcement, rats, reduce foreign aid dependency, repatriation of refugees, rodents for mine detection, scent-detection technology, shells, sub-Sahara Africa, Tanzania, TB, TB agent Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, training and research, Tuberculosis, turnStyle, Unexploded ordnance, UO, UXB, UXOs, vulnerable communities, www.penneylaneonline.com, Zen Buddhist monk
“The YikeBike is a statement about using smart technology to solve the problems of our increasingly congested, polluted, stressful cities. It is the first commercial expression of the mini-farthing concept, created by a bunch of successful entrepreneurs, engineers and dreamers. Grant Ryan’s goal is that one day his electric bike will be the most commonly […]
Tags: battery-powered, Best Brainwave Award, bicycle, Canterbury Development Corporation, clean transport solutions, comicStyle, commercial, content-rich sites, Dilbert, Dilbert satirical comic strips, e-commerce, ecological economics, electric bike, entrepreneur, Environment, Eurekster, Foundation for Research Science and Technology, Gail Penney, Global Brain, Grant Ryan, ideas, innovation, innovative design, intelligence, intelligent search, International Gadget Fair 2010, internet search technology, inventor, kiwi, kiwi kristmas magic, lifeStyle, main blog, mechanical engineering, mechanics, mindStyle matters, mini-farthing concept, minimal carbon footprint, navigation services, New Zealand, New Zealander, on-demand, penneylane, penneylaneonline, Scott Adams, Shaun Ryan, SLI Systems, smart technology, Time Magazine, top inventions of 2009, turnStyle, Venture Investment Fund, www.penneylaneonline.com, YikeBike
“Around the world, women face some of the greatest obstacles YET also represent tremendous opportunity for lasting social and economic development. As a result of war and conflict, women and girls often lose everything that ever mattered to them, including their sense of self. Their voices are silenced. And even if they were to speak, […]
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