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We can learn a lot from beaver dams — according to both Indigenous oral history and NASA researchers. Here a beaver nibbles on a small branch near his dam. Mark Ma/Unsplash

When building Indigenous infrastructure, build relationally, like beavers

When it comes to equitable and sustainable infrastructure, we can learn a lot from beaver dams — according to both traditional Indigenous oral history as well as NASA researchers.
An experimental aircraft like this solar-powered airship could someday play a role in providing internet access to rural areas or disaster zones. Thales Alenia Space via Wikimedia Commons

A third of the world’s population lacks internet connectivity − airborne communications stations could change that

Network equipment riding on balloons, airships, gliders and planes could boost internet access, including in disaster zones, and improve scientific monitoring.
Faran Kaplan’s neighbor set up a GoFundMe page for him that raised over $100,000 after his wife was killed and other relatives injured in an accident. Pete Marovich/The Washington Post via Getty Images

What GoFundMe conceals: The campaigns that fail

Most people are left refreshing the page and coming up empty-handed.
Mpho Molutsi from the Children’s Radio Foundation during a live community broadcast in Johannesburg. Gulshan Khan/AFP/Getty Images

100 years of radio in Africa: from propaganda to people’s power

With a dramatic political history, radio is today the number one source of news in Africa.
Cashless payments have advantages, but only to those who have the means to make them. Karolina Grabowska/Pexels

The problem with cashless payments

The slow disappearance of cash has advantages, but it can also exclude the most vulnerable from socio-economic activity. It’s also a privatisation that deteriorates the symbolic dimensions of money.
Wireless sensors and data systems can help farmers use water much more efficiently by monitoring soil conditions. Lance Cheung/USDA via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images

Farmers can save water with wireless technologies, but there are challenges – like transmitting data through mud

The Agricultural Internet of Things is making farming more efficient. An information technology expert describes some of the challenges of working with sensors and antennas underground.

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