TIS Weekly (#107): Education For All
[June 25th, 2017]
Soon time for some great initiatives in the field of education. But first, this great site I come across this week: Brainy Ant. These guys figured that many people want to tinker with robots and coding, but don’t have the money to invest. So they took some webcams, aimed them at two robots, and let YOU control them remotely! Had to try this. And yes, in 5 seconds I accidentally bumped one robot into the other and made it fall on its back. It couldn’t move anymore. But you know what happened then? A person showed up on camera and put the robot the right way up. No, I’m not saying you should start crashing the robots, but it will give the guys at Brainy Ant a good workout :P.
Theme | EDUCATION
Mobile education unit for refugees
The Ideas Box from France, is a mobile education unit consisting of compact media centers with laptops, tablets, e-readers, cameras, books, games and other resources to support refugees who had to leave everything behind. Each box can serve up to 70 people of all ages.
Theme | EDUCATION
Talking books in Ghana
Talking Book is an affordable audio computer and a source of important information on health and agricultural practices for rural communities in Ghana. The informative messages take the form of drama, songs and interviews. The ‘books’ are circulated within the community, thus transgressing the barrier of illiteracy.
Theme | EDUCATION
Videobooks for people who are deaf
Videobooks is aimed at children who are deaf and cannot enjoy regular story time before bed. The books from this Argentine company tell commonly known stories in written Spanish and Argentine sign language along with a voice-over, so deaf children, their siblings and parents can enjoy story time together.
Theme | GADGETS
Free phone calls, wherever you are
Let’s end this week with a really cool device, saving travelers a big buck. VoxEra has developed a phone-size device for your SIM card which transforms all GSM calls into VOIP calls, thus becoming free of charge! You can stay connected from all over the world, without paying roaming fees. Just connect to the Internet through the WiFi in your holiday hotel and open the VoxEra app.
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