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"The Fairphone is a modular handset designed with repairability and ethical sourcing of its materials as headline features. It sold 60,000 units. Amazingly, for what sounds like a nerd-phone, almost half of those buyers had never owned a smartphone before. Now the Fairphone 2 is launching, and with a totally-new, in-house design. The new phone is even easier to repair, and because it was wholly designed by the FairPhone team, its supply chain is even more responsible than ever. The Fairphone is thicker than the latest iPhone or Samsung flagship, but that's the point. Instead of packing everything into a tiny case and keeping it there with glue, the Fairphone is designed to be taken apart. The lightweight magnesium frame supports modules that can be easily replaced by the user. "We have designed it with an aim to last three to five years, looking at making it robust and modular-for repairability," says Fairphone's chief communications officer, Tessa Wernink. "Obviously how long it lasts depends quite heavily on the user, so what we as a company are doing is offering an ecosystem around the phone that supports long-lasting use, first-hand or second-hand." Inside the case (itself one of several options) you'll find the core unit, containing all the chips and radios; a replaceable battery pack; a display that can be snapped off and replaced without any tools (not even a screwdriver); a receiver unit, which contains the front camera, sensors; the headset connector and microphones; a speaker/vibrator unit; and a camera module. These modules are designed to balance manufacturing complexity with repairability. For instance, the display comes as a standalone unit, but less-vulnerable components are bundled into one module. The camera, which people are most likely to upgrade as better versions become available, is also housed in its own module. That way you don't need to toss out your whole phone just to get a better camera. "In fact, the motto from the maker mo

"Every smartphone in the world has an FM tuner built in. But here in the US, just one-third of them actually works, even though the Federal Emergency Management Agency says radio can save lives in an emergency. "We know that if Internet networks or cell phone networks go down, FM still works so long as you have a battery to turn the device on," says agency spokesman Rafael Lemaitre."

"She demanded that all participating staff members surrender their phones and other such personal devices. The book you hold in your hands would not exist had high school been a pleasant experience for me… It was on those quiet weekend nights when even my parents were out having fun that I began making serious attempts to make stories in comics form. - Adrian Tomine, introduction to 32 Stories Computer Science Professor Calvin Newport's recent book, Deep Work, posits that all that shallow phone time is creating stress, anxiety, and lost creative opportunities, while also doing a number on our personal and professional lives.Author Manoush Zomorodi's recent TED Talk on how boredom can lead to brilliant ideas, below, details a weeklong experiment in battling smartphone habits, with lots of scientific evidence to back up her findings."

"It has me thinking about what it would mean to improve online classes. A few ideas come to mind: Use multiple platforms. I'm not against using an LMS as a central hub. However, I think it's valuable to experiment with the types of productivity tools you will actually use outside of a classroom. Use Google Docs to share ideas, create surveys, and ask questions. Use Google Hangouts to meet as a group. Go project-based. I haven't figured this out entirely with my first class but my hope is that we can go fully project-based in the same way that my face-to-face class is. In fact, the asynchronous nature of online classes actually means there is a better potential of creating a project-based culture that mirrors the way people actually work on projects. Make something together. I use a collaboration grid with co-creating and communicating on separate spectrums (x-axis) and multimedia and text on another spectrum (y-axis). This has been an effective way to think through collaborative tools that allow students to co-create. Embrace a synchronous/asynchronous blend: I love using Voxer because students can speak back and forth in the moment. However, if they miss it, they can listen to it later. The same is true of using a Google Hangouts On Air. Make it more connective. We tend to treat online instruction as if it is a linear process and we don't do enough to link things back and forth and connect ideas, resources, discussions and content creation in a seamless, back-and-forth nature. Incorporate multimedia. It's a simple idea, but I create a short video at the beginning of each week and I encourage students to create video and audio as well. This has a way of making things more concrete. There's something deeply human about hearing an actual human voice. I know, crazy, right? Go mobile. I don't simply mean use a smart phone. I mean assign some things that allow students to get out in the world and create videos, snap pictures,

"It has me thinking about what it would mean to improve online classes. A few ideas come to mind: Use multiple platforms. I'm not against using an LMS as a central hub. However, I think it's valuable to experiment with the types of productivity tools you will actually use outside of a classroom. Use Google Docs to share ideas, create surveys, and ask questions. Use Google Hangouts to meet as a group. Go project-based. I haven't figured this out entirely with my first class but my hope is that we can go fully project-based in the same way that my face-to-face class is. In fact, the asynchronous nature of online classes actually means there is a better potential of creating a project-based culture that mirrors the way people actually work on projects. Make something together. I use a collaboration grid with co-creating and communicating on separate spectrums (x-axis) and multimedia and text on another spectrum (y-axis). This has been an effective way to think through collaborative tools that allow students to co-create. Embrace a synchronous/asynchronous blend: I love using Voxer because students can speak back and forth in the moment. However, if they miss it, they can listen to it later. The same is true of using a Google Hangouts On Air. Make it more connective. We tend to treat online instruction as if it is a linear process and we don't do enough to link things back and forth and connect ideas, resources, discussions and content creation in a seamless, back-and-forth nature. Incorporate multimedia. It's a simple idea, but I create a short video at the beginning of each week and I encourage students to create video and audio as well. This has a way of making things more concrete. There's something deeply human about hearing an actual human voice. I know, crazy, right? Go mobile. I don't simply mean use a smart phone. I mean assign some things that allow students to get out in the world and create videos, snap pictures,

"Our smartphones enable-and encourage-constant connection to information, entertainment, and each other. They put the world at our fingertips, and rarely leave our sides. Although these devices have immense potential to improve welfare, their persistent presence may come at a cognitive cost. In this research, we test the "brain drain" hypothesis that the mere presence of one's own smartphone may occupy limited-capacity cognitive resources, thereby leaving fewer resources available for other tasks and undercutting cognitive performance. Results from two experiments indicate that even when people are successful at maintaining sustained attention-as when avoiding the temptation to check their phones-the mere presence of these devices reduces available cognitive capacity. Moreover, these cognitive costs are highest for those highest in smartphone dependence. We conclude by discussing the practical implications of this smartphone-induced brain drain for consumer decision-making and consumer welfare."

"En Ushuaia, como en otras ciudades, el consumo de alcohol a la hora de conducir es un problema que pone en riesgo la seguridad de todos. Con el claro objetivo de concientizar, ayudar e informar a adultos y adolescentes, los estudiantes de 5º año del Colegio Nacional de Ushuaia, junto con la docente Irina Busowsky, emprendieron el ambicioso proyecto de desarrollar una aplicación móvil que permitiera determinar el índice de alcoholemia de una persona y a su vez prevenir el consumo excesivo de alcohol. Esta experiencia pedagógica se gestó desde la asignatura Biología. Para eso, los chicos investigaron sobre toxicología y los efectos que genera el alcohol en el organismo. Cuando todo estaba encaminado se encontraron con un pequeño obstáculo: no contaban con alguien que pudiera programar la aplicación. Pero eso no resultó ser un problema, más bien fue un impulso para que el alumno Lucas Perreta se adentrara en la web para aprender diseño de aplicaciones. Después de un largo y arduo trabajo, a fines del 2015, se presentó Testcoholemia y actualmente está disponible para descargar en dispositivos con Android y Windows Phone."

"En Ushuaia, como en otras ciudades, el consumo de alcohol a la hora de conducir es un problema que pone en riesgo la seguridad de todos. Con el claro objetivo de concientizar, ayudar e informar a adultos y adolescentes, los estudiantes de 5º año del Colegio Nacional de Ushuaia, junto con la docente Irina Busowsky, emprendieron el ambicioso proyecto de desarrollar una aplicación móvil que permitiera determinar el índice de alcoholemia de una persona y a su vez prevenir el consumo excesivo de alcohol. Esta experiencia pedagógica se gestó desde la asignatura Biología. Para eso, los chicos investigaron sobre toxicología y los efectos que genera el alcohol en el organismo. Cuando todo estaba encaminado se encontraron con un pequeño obstáculo: no contaban con alguien que pudiera programar la aplicación. Pero eso no resultó ser un problema, más bien fue un impulso para que el alumno Lucas Perreta se adentrara en la web para aprender diseño de aplicaciones. Después de un largo y arduo trabajo, a fines del 2015, se presentó Testcoholemia y actualmente está disponible para descargar en dispositivos con Android y Windows Phone."

"Have you ever wanted to get your hands on the latest game, only to find that the Google Play thought it wasn't compatible with your phone? Maybe you don't have a snapdragon device, but youre're pretty sure an old device could handle it still. Have a Kindle Fire and want access to more than just the Amazon AppStore? Until now you've been stuck, but a new online service also come with Chrome extension called APK Downloader will allow you to download an apk file from the Google Play directly to your desktop rather than to your device. "

Selección de aplicaciones y recursos alternativos, abiertos, libres y más éticos, categorizados por funcionalidad y objetivo. + revista, newsletter etc "Ethical.net is a collaborative platform for discovering and sharing ethical product alternatives - whether that means purchasing from a social enterprise, thrift shopping, or learning how to fix your old phone instead of buying a new one. we consider ethical as going in the direction of harmony with other people, animals, and the rest of the natural world"

30 ideas para usar los móviles en el aula

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"- USB DC-DC Boost Converter BUY: http://goo.gl/H4QwUV - Solar Panel BUY: http://goo.gl/KF4mLG - AA Rechargeable Ni-MH Batteries BUY: http://goo.gl/y2n8eI - Latching Pushbutton Switch BUY: http://goo.gl/0gsxTd - Zener Diode BUY: http://goo.gl/0EvPBy - 47k Resistors - 51k Resistors - Electrical Tape - Wire BUY: http://goo.gl/apObBI Schematic: https://goo.gl/wWXtr1"

"Estas son tres representaciones diferentes de la tabla periódica que muestran el consumo irracional de muchos materiales utilizados en aparatos electrónicos: la primera muestra el riesgo de escasez de cada elemento químico, la segunda el impacto en la minería y la tercera cuánto se reciclan. Este 2019 fue designado por Naciones Unidas como el Año Internacional de la Tabla Periódica de los Elementos Químicos, pues se cumplen 150 años de su creación por parte del científico ruso Dmitri Mendeleev. La tabla periódica de la escasez La tabla periódica del impacto en minería La tabla periódica del reciclaje"

Un par de personas deliberan sobre cómo se usaría un teléfono (viejo, a disco)

Un par de personas deliberan sobre cómo se usaría un teléfono (viejo, a disco)