Social Impact
Over the past few months I have come to appreciate how difficult navigating the web in a second language can be.
Media, Social Impact
As laptops have replaced typewriters will e-books replace paper books?
Infrastructure, Social Impact
Is mobile broadband valuable to low-income consumers?
Infrastructure
“The federal government should take a leadership role in improving the energy efficiency of its data centers.”
Media
Outfitted with two digital photo cameras we snapped hundreds of images in our visits around the country.
Policy, Portfolio, Social Impact
Our report on broadband adoption commissioned by the FCC is now available from the Social Science Research Council.
Information Systems, Infrastructure, Manufacturing, Policy, Social Impact
Two architects, an artist, an analyst and an activist go deep on the promises and perils of information and communication technologies vis-à-vis the environment.
Social Impact
While our mobile phone culture seems to be contributing to the swift death of payphones, there are times when they are nice to have.
Media
During our recent research investigating broadband use for the Federal Communications Commission we heard a lot about the Facebook application FarmVille from people across the country.
Manufacturing, Policy
“It’s not Greenpeace versus the IT industry. It’s the IT industry versus some of the laggards in the IT industry.”
Manufacturing
“In Lagos, Nigeria trash isn’t separated, and the e-waste goes to one of seven dumps. I spent time in two of them.”