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Lastly, to ensure that aid workers can communicate with one another and the outside world, there's the NetRelief Kit, a communications hub built specifically for relief work, which combines voice and Internet satellite links with a wi-fi hub. It's not meant for long-term use, but rather for serving as a ready-to-go communications system for immediate-response workers. Inveneo [see ICT4D, p. 299] provides similar services, but over a wider range and longer period of time.

Invest in public amenities (Vancouver's Central Library boasts not only an outstanding collection, but impressive architecture, a green roof, and free wi-fi). Know that the key to a sustainable city is offering a life richer in opportunity and more enjoyable in daily experience than anything that can be found in the suburbs. Left: Vancouver is one of the most livable cities in the world; its commitment to compact communities, walkable streets, and green building make it an icon of sustainable urban planning.

Based in a daylight-filled renovated factory in London, the Hub was designed as a sustainable workspace to provide professionals with access to resources like meeting rooms, reading spaces, and desks; wi-fi, fax machines, copiers, and scanners. There's a library nook and a pleasant cafe for taking breaks. Like the "writing rooms" where writers buy a membership so they have a quiet and respectful place to work, the Hub is a subscription service, rented by the hour, day, or month. For all its well-considered details, the Hub's most important service is conviviality.

Right: A Geekcorps volunteer tests a new wi-fi Internet connection along with a young resident. Yanfolila, Mali. radio and mobile telephones may well be the key information technologies for the developing world. Imagine a world where anyone can speak to anyone else, and where everyone can access the knowledge they need to be productive, healthy, and successful. The researchers, entrepreneurs, and innovators who focus on ICT4D are trying to make that dream a reality. ez Innovative Networking mmmm How do you connect your computer to the Internet?

These tools are based on open-source software, and rely on wi-fi and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)—which uses computers and the Internet to allow people to make phone calls for free—to connect multiple remote locations to one another and to the broader Internet and telephone networks. Equipment at the stations operates on batteries charged by a combination of solar cells and bicycle generators. In short, Inveneo is using open-source technology and renewable power to improve the lives of poor people around the globe through better access to communication.

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