Rajesh Mirchandani presents a new series covering the latest developments and issues in the world of IT.
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Wednesday28th February2007
Whether you've embraced technology willingly, or you’re someone who struggles to find the 'on' switch on a PC, this series will have something for you. Rajesh Mirchandani finds out how modern technology touches people's lives in this lively magazine programme.
Digital Divides starting with The 21st Century Library.
Libraries have played a key role in the government’s plans to bridge the digital divide. Book borrowing may have been through a dip, but the queues for the computers start before the library doors have been unlocked. Rajesh visits Birmingham Central Library to find out who uses the facilities there, why they choose to use the library computers, and what they’re using them for.
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Followed by Getting connected in the developing world – A look at The Grameen Foundation’s Village Phone scheme – which has taken mobile phones to remote villages in some of the poorest parts of the planet.
Technology on the Devons Estate
Hermione Cockburn visits a project where the use of handheld technology and “tagmapping” is giving kids from the Streets of Growth community centre in East London a voice in the redevelopment of their area.
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Green IT: The WEEE directive and computer design
In the UK we throw away more consumer electronic products than anywhere else in Europe. What do you do with your old computer equipment – and will things change as the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment directive kicks in? Cerys Ponting from CardiffUniversity explains what the WEEE directive means for consumers, and Jonathan Chapman,a senior lecturer in 3D designat BrightonUniversity,talks about why we need to rethink the way we relate to gadgets - and build things to last.
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