CP102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Ushahidi, Digital Divide, How We Think
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Changing the way ideas are shared between people around the world. Allowing politicians to share ideas, groups to share info, businesses to advertise etc. Ushahidi, website that collects info from a variety of sources and compiles them onto a map and shares with the public, good for mapping danger. Technology is helping create cures, share info, help research and more to help healthcare advance. Technology is helping save the environment, studies and software help researchers save the environment and develop products to reduce waste and save resources. A big gap between internet access across the world. Web 2. 0, a set of websites that allow for users to customize things. Cognitive surplus: combo of leisure time and tools to be creative and collaborate. People can connect through various types of music and sites that allow music sharing (ex. Many ways online to connect for business, e-commerce, crowdfunding etc. Qr codes, phones scan these codes and reveal content about the advertisement.
