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Launching the commercial Secondary PC pilot in the Czech Republic
13 November 08 08:59 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   
Today’s activities in Prague were focused on the launch of the commercial Secondary PC pilot in the Czech Republic. We spent some time with our partner Boxed Ltd. who, through the Community MAR Program , has been helping us deliver refurbished, branded Read More...
On the midnight train to Nizhniy Novgorod
12 November 08 11:25 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 1 Comments   
After an exciting trip on an overnight night train we’ve landed in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. We spent most of today in the community around the Gorky Automobile Plant (GAZ) where Microsoft is working with NGO Free Deed to provide students with PCs loaded Read More...
A visit to Cafemax
10 November 08 10:56 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 1 Comments   
The highlight of our first day on tour in Central and Eastern Europe was a visit to Cafemax iCafes in Moscow. I’ve seen many iCafes but this one struck me as leading edge. Why? Variety. The Cafemax chain understands what their customers want and they Read More...
Mission Moscow
07 November 08 05:36 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   
All eyes are on Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) this week as Michael Rawding and a handful of his Unlimited Potential team members tour the region. We’re heading out this morning to check in on Moscow-based iCafe partner Cafémax and will also catch up Read More...
Continuing Our Commitment - Pamela Passman
26 September 08 11:19 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   
I’m in New York today, and it’s been a really busy week here on the global development front --- with Bill Gates and other leaders addressing a UN special session on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) convening Read More...
Travel Diary: India- Michael Rawding
14 August 08 02:23 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   
Recently, I spent a little under a week traveling throughout India, visiting some of Unlimited Potential’s programs and partners that are working to bring increased social and economic opportunity to the region through the benefits of technology. It’s Read More...
The Rural Innovation Award Finals--Kentaro Toyama, Assistant Managing Director, Microsoft Research India
08 July 08 09:21 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   
This morning, we heard presentations by the five teams in the finals for the Rural Innovation Award at the Imagine Cup 2008 . All five teams did an amazing job, and the enthusiasm and the quality of the work really made me appreciate what the Imagine Read More...
Connecting citizens with government in Indonesia – Team Antarmuka
07 July 08 09:08 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 1 Comments   
The following guest post comes from Antarmuka, a team of finalists for the Imagine Cup Rural Innovation Award from Indonesia. Antarmuka developed a reporting system, Butterfly, which allows users to immediately report environmental problems that they Read More...
The Human Impact on Innovation-Kentaro Toyama, Assistant Managing Director, Microsoft Research India
03 July 08 04:22 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   
I do research in an area called ICT4D, short for “information and communication technology for development” – the goal of which is to invent technologies that support socio-economic development of poor communities worldwide ( http://research.microsoft.com/research/tem Read More...
Improving Rural Mass Transit Information in South Africa – Team Smile
03 July 08 11:45 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 1 Comments   
The following guest post comes from Team Smile, a team of finalists for the Imagine Cup Rural Innovation Award from South Africa. Team Smile developed WhereIsMyShuttle?, which uses GPS/GPRS tracking devices fitted to buses to provide daily schedules of Read More...
Technology’s Impact to Those in Need—Edward Granger-Happ, CIO, Save the Children; Chairman, NetHope
02 July 08 05:04 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   
I’m pleased to be participating in the judging panel of this year’s Rural Innovation Award at Imagine Cup 2008—evaluating the brilliant work of the young students who have created new technology solutions targeted to the needs of the world’s least fortunate Read More...
Innovating with Windows MultiPoint—Kablujen Digerati
02 July 08 09:23 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   
The following guest post comes from Kablujen Digerati, a team of finalists representing Malta at last year’s Imagine Cup Worldwide Finals. They developed an innovative system for the classroom, KIKI, built on Windows MultiPoint technology. We got to know Read More...
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Designing for the Other 90%- Paul Polak
01 July 08 10:27 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   
Hello- I’m Paul Polak, one of the judges of this year’s inaugural Rural Innovation Award at the 2008 Imagine Cup. I’m thrilled to be attending this year in Paris to examine the technology innovations that this amazing crop of young minds has created to Read More...
Addressing food shortages in India-- Novices@Work
30 June 08 09:15 AM | Unlimited Potential team | 1 Comments   
The following guest post comes from Novices@Work, a team of finalists for the Imagine Cup Rural Innovation Award from India. They developed a site-specific crop-management system for farmers called Kalpvriksha . The system employs Wireless Sensor Networks Read More...
Imagine Cup and the Rural Innovation Award — Michael Rawding
26 June 08 05:25 PM | Unlimited Potential team | 0 Comments   
Those of you that follow Microsoft might be familiar with Imagine Cup – an annual student technology competition that Microsoft sponsors. This year Unlimited Potential has worked with Imagine Cup to add a new category -- the Rural Innovation Award . At Read More...
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