NewsLab

News and stories from the Arab world, the Mediterranean and Europe, from the point of view of 20 women who met for the first time in November 2007, in Alexandria, Egypt

NewsLab header image 4

Entries Tagged as 'Technology'

Le génie Tunisien!

January 24th, 2008 · 13 Comments

$(function(){
wwl.initialize({site: “newslab.netblog”});
});

$(function() {
wwl.widgets[1] = new wwl.Widget({guid: “fe9b65294eb15216717455f12456a6cd”, content: “#wpWWLContainerfe9b65294eb15216717455f12456a6cd”, link: “http%3A%2F%2Fnews-lab.net%2Fblog%2F2008%2F01%2F24%2Fle-genie-tunisien%2F”});
});

Il est Tunisien, il est jeune et il vient de recevoir le prix de la meilleure recherche en matière d’économie d’eau.
Un prix décerné récemment à Dr Belacheheb Chahbani par la commission ministérielle maghrébine chargée de la sécurité alimentaire.
Le chercheur Tunisien, a inventé de [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Agriculture · Community Development · Economics · Environment · Science · Technology

do you BigThink.com?

January 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

$(function() {
wwl.widgets[2] = new wwl.Widget({guid: “30c5bbbb9e04477882e420d838536072″, content: “#wpWWLContainer30c5bbbb9e04477882e420d838536072″, link: “http%3A%2F%2Fnews-lab.net%2Fblog%2F2008%2F01%2F22%2Fdo-you-bigthinkcom%2F”});
});

The idea is brilliant and ambitious: a social network website on the model of You Tube for the discussion of “big ideas”. On BigThink.com – created by Peter Hopkins and Victoria Brown, with the financial support of Lawrence Summers, former Secretary of Treasury in the [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Community Development · Technology

Ecogle, un Google environment-friendly

January 21st, 2008 · 1 Comment

$(function() {
wwl.widgets[3] = new wwl.Widget({guid: “a187f8f8858313be2119f1ef27b886ba”, content: “#wpWWLContainera187f8f8858313be2119f1ef27b886ba”, link: “http%3A%2F%2Fnews-lab.net%2Fblog%2F2008%2F01%2F21%2Fecogle-un-google-environment-friendly%2F”});
});

Un blogueur canadien a démontré il y a quelques temps que si le site Google était noir, on pourrait économiser 750 mégawatts-heures par an, soit toute l’énergie produite par 1000 petites éoliennes ou par 26 turbines du barrage des Trois Gorges en Chine (barrage dont [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Environment · Science · Technology

The new People’s car

January 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment

$(function() {
wwl.widgets[4] = new wwl.Widget({guid: “2f027120ec6ded680c4535957fa4dc8b”, content: “#wpWWLContainer2f027120ec6ded680c4535957fa4dc8b”, link: “http%3A%2F%2Fnews-lab.net%2Fblog%2F2008%2F01%2F11%2Fthe-new-peoples-car%2F”});
});

It might not be the smallest, but it definitely takes the crown as the worlds cheapest…..
With a price tag of only 1.700 euros, it’s set to take over the motor world. The “Nano”, as it’s called, boasts four doors and five passenger seats and is [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Economics · Photo · Technology

Julie, reine de l’Internet à 73 ans !

January 5th, 2008 · 3 Comments

$(function() {
wwl.widgets[5] = new wwl.Widget({guid: “5bba10d0604dffebcce92a88e43f3270″, content: “#wpWWLContainer5bba10d0604dffebcce92a88e43f3270″, link: “http%3A%2F%2Fnews-lab.net%2Fblog%2F2008%2F01%2F05%2Fjulie-reine-de-l%25e2%2580%2599internet-a-73-ans%2F”});
});

Julie a 73 ans et elle est à la pointe de la modernité : chaque jour, environ 200 personnes consultent son blog. Sur un site de photographies personnelles, Julie a déjà déposé plus de 20 000 clichés ! Un modèle pour nous, “apprenties blogueuses”. Ceci [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Arts & Culture · Community Development · History · Personal · Photo · Profile · Society · Technology

Shahinaz story on Greek Tv

December 19th, 2007 · 6 Comments

$(function() {
wwl.widgets[6] = new wwl.Widget({guid: “10f29c6b22716e288bed16fcfefb52ea”, content: “#wpWWLContainer10f29c6b22716e288bed16fcfefb52ea”, link: “http%3A%2F%2Fnews-lab.net%2Fblog%2F2007%2F12%2F19%2Fshahinaz-story-on-greek-tv%2F”});
});

In Egypt, blogging has evolved within the past years to a shaper of the political agenda. Hundreds of Egyptian bloggers are trying to raise their voices of opposition via the internet, eluding government’ s censorship and embarrasing the regime. One of them, 29 years old [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Human Rights · Politics · Technology · Video · Youth

Online love

December 6th, 2007 · 10 Comments

$(function() {
wwl.widgets[7] = new wwl.Widget({guid: “9168076161fad920498f670c105f528e”, content: “#wpWWLContainer9168076161fad920498f670c105f528e”, link: “http%3A%2F%2Fnews-lab.net%2Fblog%2F2007%2F12%2F06%2Fonline-love%2F”});
});

This is a short fantasy story that I wrote. Feel free to share with me what you think about it.
- Sherin
Nora thought she finally found love when she met John by coincidence online. This young British man is not only smart, witty but also [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Personal · Technology

Love-trapped on the net

December 6th, 2007 · 2 Comments

$(function() {
wwl.widgets[8] = new wwl.Widget({guid: “026e7dfb70c3f31cd91bc0ed2f62bb17″, content: “#wpWWLContainer026e7dfb70c3f31cd91bc0ed2f62bb17″, link: “http%3A%2F%2Fnews-lab.net%2Fblog%2F2007%2F12%2F06%2Flove-trapped-on-the-net%2F”});
});

From the diary of a beloved friend….

“I keep wondering…is a double click enough to make you fall in love? Make a new friendship or make you lose your faith in people? It may sound absurd but hundreds of people daily smile, cry, get angry, hurt or even love [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Personal · Technology

Le net & moi

November 29th, 2007 · No Comments

$(function() {
wwl.widgets[9] = new wwl.Widget({guid: “6fafe3ab188e26f66aa1a2e0b4efbf5c”, content: “#wpWWLContainer6fafe3ab188e26f66aa1a2e0b4efbf5c”, link: “http%3A%2F%2Fnews-lab.net%2Fblog%2F2007%2F11%2F29%2Fle-net-moi-2%2F”});
});

Le net & moi
J’ai mis beaucoup de temps avant de considérer le net comme « un monde à découvrir » et un moyen pour découvrir le monde.Un outil de travail, une fenêtre…« Naviguer » était la première expression qui m’a séduite. Naviguer me renvoyait à « glisser », « voyager »…..Comme dans ces [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Technology

Ma vie sur l’internet…

November 28th, 2007 · 1 Comment

$(function() {
wwl.widgets[10] = new wwl.Widget({guid: “520e49c109d8c4e32a43b349230a8bd6″, content: “#wpWWLContainer520e49c109d8c4e32a43b349230a8bd6″, link: “http%3A%2F%2Fnews-lab.net%2Fblog%2F2007%2F11%2F28%2Fma-vie-sur-linternet%2F”});
});

As I work for a digital media research institute, the internet is in many ways crucial to everything I do. From working with artists who made a very early blog exploring the concept of ‘placelessness’, to technologists at SMARTlab who use multimedia communication technologies to [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Arts & Culture · Personal · Technology