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Human Machine Interfaces: The History of an Uncertain Future
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by
Sharath Chandra Ram
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published
Nov 30, 2012
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last modified
Jan 04, 2013 11:30 AM
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filed under:
Accessibility
"Multimodal interfaces maybe re-engineered much more easily now and can transform the ways in which the physically,cognitively and sensorially disabled can access information and interact with the digital world", says Sharath Chandra Ram.
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Exploring the Internals of Mobile Devices — Report from a One-day Workshop at TERI
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by
Jadine Lannon
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published
Nov 30, 2012
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last modified
Dec 01, 2012 05:57 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Pervasive Technologies
On October 27, 2012, the Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) organised a one-day workshop on exploring the internals of mobile technologies at the TERI Southern Regional Centre in Bangalore. The workshop received more than 140 registrants, of which approximately 40 attended. In this post, Jadine Lannon explores the discussions and the developments that took place at the workshop.
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Blogs
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Comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft)
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by
Snehashish Ghosh
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published
Nov 26, 2012
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last modified
Dec 01, 2012 03:36 PM
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filed under:
Intellectual Property Rights,
Access to Knowledge
The Department of Science and Technology invited public comments on the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (Draft). Accordingly, the Centre for Internet and Society has made the following comments on the draft policy document.
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Autonomy, Access, Infrastructure and Future — A Discussion with C S Lakshmi on the SPARROW Archive
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 26, 2012
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last modified
Dec 05, 2012 10:22 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Event
What does it take to build an archive? Why build archives in the first place? What kind of challenges do archives created through independent initiatives face in terms of infrastructure, autonomy, access and futures? On Thursday, November 29, 2012, the Centre for Internet and Society and HasGeek present a Q&A session with Dr. C S Lakshmi, founder of SPARROW in Mumbai.
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Openness
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An Odia Wikipedia Workshop at KMBB College, Bhubaneswar
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Nov 19, 2012
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last modified
Dec 07, 2012 10:40 PM
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filed under:
Higher Education,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Video,
Openness
The Centre for Internet and Society along with Odia Wikipedians in Bhubaneswar organized an Odia Wikipedia workshop on November 18, 2012. It was held in KMBB College of Engineering. Odia Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia in Odia language which everyone can edit.
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Blog
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Open Government Platform: An Open Source Solution to Democratizing Access to Information and Energizing Civic Engagement
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by
Neeta Verma, Alka Mishra and D.P. Mishra
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published
Nov 19, 2012
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Content,
Openness
If government could release these datasets in open format for people to use & reuse, a whole lot of new innovative apps could be built around these datasets to provide better, customized services to citizens.
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Typing in Indic Languages from Mobiles made Easy!
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by
Subhashish Panigrahi
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published
Nov 19, 2012
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last modified
Jul 17, 2013 09:02 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Openness,
Information Technology
A new app is up for typing in Indic languages from mobile phones. This is is available online at: http://bitly.com/indictyping and supports on iOS. Android version is to be released soon.
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Statement of Civil Society Members and Groups Participating in the "Best Bits" pre-IGF meeting at Baku in 2012
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Nov 16, 2012
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last modified
Dec 07, 2012 08:06 AM
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filed under:
WCIT,
ITU,
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet & Society was one of the signatories for this submission made to the ITU on November 16, 2012.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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ICOMM2012: International Communications and Electronics Fair
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by
Jadine Lannon
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published
Nov 14, 2012
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last modified
Dec 04, 2012 06:37 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge
The seventh India International Communications and Electronics Fair (ICOMM2012) organized by CMAI Association of India was held at the NSIC Expo Grounds in New Delhi from September 14 to 15, 2012. Jadine Lannon attended the event, and shares us with some interesting and exciting new developments in ICT.
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A Wikipedia Mini-hackathon in Delhi
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by
Yuvraj Pandian
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published
Nov 11, 2012
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last modified
Dec 04, 2012 07:31 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Openness
Wikipedian Yuvaraj Pandian visited the CIS office in Delhi and helped the Access to Knowledge team conduct a super-ad-hoc mini-hackathon with two other volunteers, Sheel from Delhi and Harsh from Ahmedabad. The aim was to get them a kickstart in developing userscripts/gadgets, and get them to a point where the prior existing documentation makes sense to them.
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Openness
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Blog