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Two downloadable reports on this page Towards Green ICT Strategies Measuring the Relationship Between ICT and the Environment

Video: Greening ICT case study QuickTime (Duration: 8.05) Greening ICT case study from Queen Margaret University. Good overview of the problems and solutions.

Video describes use of computers to improve people's lives in sustainable ways.

Lots of resources on Green ICT, mostly pdfs. Useful for background.

Neerjaal is an Information Communication Technology enabled water resource management system for grassroots communities. It is about collation of ground water related content and information and management of water resources with the available information. The Neerjaal software facilitates generating, storing and making public the water related information in a village.  The core objective of Neerjaal is to contribute towards managing scarce water resources across communities in India.

Lots of good advice on Internet research with links to useful tools.

Interactive Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Images

This NASA produced short film (3:30) describes the Global Positioning System. It is a great summary and can be used to augment the Galaxy Explorers Mission Plan on GPS.  

Animated movie about how GPS + Glonass Technolgy works. Basic overview for how GPS technology is utilized in the field

Smog City is an interactive air pollution simulator that shows how your choices, environmental factors, and land use contribute to air pollution.

Good description of basics of satellite communication.

"In Plain English" series of videos. These are no longer available on YouTube but can be seen here. A variety of topics are covered including Hardware, Software, Phishing, Blogs, and Wikis. Very clear explanations in a fun style.

An Eliza for the 21st century. A 'chat' bot that uses neural networks to generate its answers. Users can also 'train' the neural net using word associations. Collaborative AI?

A nice online game where players have to distinguish genuine URLs from those likely to be used by Phishers. Not as easy as you might think!

New York Times article about the infamous AOL search data release. From the "anonymized" numbered search results of AOL users, NYTimes journalists were able to piece together enough about Thelma Arnold to track her down and knock on her front door. A frightening example of how lots of small pieces of data can build up a clear picture about you.

A Google maps and database combination that plots the home and workplace addresses of released criminals. Enter a ZIP code and find out about your area. Includes details of crimes and offenders, including their photographs. Very good for a discussion of what type of information should be available, and the rights of the subjects of that information.

TED talk from Dean Kamen about developments in this area. Even if you don't listen to the talk, the last minute is a must-watch.

Interesting animation showing just how far computer matching and computer profiling could go. Database combination taken to an extreme level.

A demonstration of biometrics using the way you type. The user trains the system 10 times by entering a test sentence. After training, the site can recognise or reject users based on the way that they type. Quite accurate! (tagged with 3.3 networks because that is where it appears in the syllabus)