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Wireless Technology for Social Change

Read the new report on trends in mobile use by NGOs:

Wireless Technology for Social Change.

The report was commissioned by the UN Foundation/Vodafone Group Foundation Partnership and written by Katrin Verclas and Sheila Kinkade.

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Transborder Immigrant Project

file under:
art, GPS, Immigration, immigration

operates in:
Mexico, United States

contact:

The Transborder Immigrant Tool uses GPS-enabled mobile phones to help immigrants crossing the border between Mexico and the United States.

References / Past Projects

More information available on the MobileActive blog.

Loadstone GPS

file under:
blind, GPS, 4. SOFTWARE PROVIDERS/DEVELOPERS

operates in:
Canada, Germany, United States

contact:
http://www.loadstone-gps.com/

Loadstone GPS is a free navigational application designed to be used with a Bluetooth GPS receiver and a mobile phone using the Series60 platform on the Symbian operating system.

Loadstone GPS was developed to be a low-cost feature-rich navigational assistant for the blind. At this point in time, it is not as powerful as other GPS-Navigation solutions such as those offered by:

References / Past Projects

Also see this story on the MobileActive blog.

Artivists and Mobile Phones: The Transborder Immigrant Project

November 17, 2007 | CorinneRamey

file under:
border politics, GPS, immigrants, mobile, transborder immigrant tool

Ricardo Dominguez calls himself an "artivist." Half political activism and half art, Ricardo's projects blur the boundaries between the aesthetic and the political. "We always view our activism within the frame of art and the poetic," said Ricardo. Ricardo was part of a team that was recently awarded the Transnational Communities Award for a Transborder Immigrant Tool that uses GPS-enabled mobile phones to help immigrants crossing the border between Mexico and the United States.

The New "Seeing-Eye" Dog: Mobile Phone Navigation for Blind People

November 15, 2007 | CorinneRamey

file under:
android, blind, GPS

A new software project called Loadstone-GPS provides navigational assistance to blind and visually impaired individuals. The software, which is open source and can be downloaded for free, uses screen readers such as Mobile Speak and Talks and can be operated on a Nokia phone with the S60 smartphone platform.