[Chapter-delegates] Open Source and Open Hardware

[Babar Zahoor]

Rightly said by Auhustin, We need to move this direction for provide "Equal
Access to Technology for Everyone"

Best regards,
Babar

On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Augustine CHII Ngek <chii.ngek at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks for this initiative. In fact we have for long looked at internet as
> a service different from others but in developing countries internet is far
> fetched due to lack of electricity, lack of knowledge in open source and
> hardware and little or no local content. So, I think this is a move in the
> right direction.
> Augustin  CHII
> ISOC Cameroon
> On 16 Jan 2015 20:41, "Glenn McKnight" <glenn.mcknight at ieee.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> On yesterday's  call  one of the questions  was by myself on the
>> relationship of  ISOC and IEEE and another was on  Open Hardware
>>
>> Unfortunately,  Sally didn't ask me for any clarification and she assumed
>> only one very narrow  track within IEEE
>>
>> Since  2008 I have been working on the IEEE Toronto Chapter ,  Global
>> Humanitarian Technology Challenge,  IEEE SIGHT,  IEEE  Canada HIC and the
>> International Humanitarian Technology Challenge
>>
>> All of these efforts  have three  main UN  technology challenges
>> 1.  Reliable  Electricity
>> 2. Data  Connectivity
>> 3.  Patient Records
>>
>> All using an Open Source and an Open Hardware  approach which was the
>>  second person's  question.
>>
>> Here is  details on the Open Source  Design details  which will be  held
>> at the Ottawa  May 31st   IHTC
>>
>>
>> http://www.ihtc2015.ieee.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/HIC-IEEE-student-design-competition_KinSze1b.pdf
>>
>> If anyone is  interested in these  topics  please contact me
>>
>> Glenn
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Glenn McKnight, B.A, M.A
>> Chair: Foundation for Building Sustainable Communities(FBSC)
>> IEEE HIC  Committee Member
>> IEEE PES CSI  Committee Member
>> ICANN NARALO Member
>> Oshawa, Ontario Canada
>> glenn.mcknight at ieee.org
>> SKYPE:   gmcknight
>>
>>
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