Live from CES, Friday, 9 January 2009

Steve Blum — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:21:34 +0000

OK, she can ride. But can she swim and run?

Last to first, real-time tweets from Las Vegas

On my way home, via Virgin America. An excellent CES, could have stayed longer.

TEC seminar takeaway: development needs financial, institutional, information & energy infrastructure.

Chambers’ development keynote devolved into a tacky Cisco sales pitch.

Cisco CEO John Chambers, standard corporate stump speech, interesting but generic.

Windmill powers mobile phones & radio, info gained lets farmer grow & sell crops efficiently.

Mobile phones primary IT platform in developing countries.

William Kamkwaba from Malawi read library books, built windmill, powers village.

Technology can help with 2 critical needs in developing world: finance & energy.

5 types of capital: financial, institutional, knowledge, human, cultural.

Barrett finishes, room empties. Development panel will be more interesting but not a big draw.

Barrett: small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.

Kiva.org: microcredit powered by web, supports low tech entrepreneurs.

Telemedicine & health education applications, including learning games.

Technology & Emerging Countries seminar at CES. Intel chair Craig Barrett speaking now.

Murata Manufacturing showing a robot that rides a miniaturized bicycle. Interesting proof of technology.

CEATEC breakfast interesting. Nissan car is tricked out with all kinds of detectors, called a “non-collision vehicle.”

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