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changing space shrinking world, interactions and flows, nice vid of twitter over 24 hours. note the times of peak messages and the lack of any in china [Submitted by Tim Shepherd]

Bringing Wireless Connection to Amazonia

Bringing Broadband Internet Provision to LEDC's

Last year, important internet cables connecting Europe to Asia were mysteriously severed, resulting in days of outages for millions of internet users. It was a stark reminder that, no matter how instantaneously our information seems to travel, it is, in fact, moving through cables on the bottom of the ocean. And, while the internet might seem like the cutting edge of technology, it's interesting to note that information has been traveling this way since the first telegraph cables were laid across the Atlantic ocean in the 19th century.