Who is Theo Janson?
Dutch artist Theo Jansen has been working for 16 years to create sculptures that move on their own in eerily lifelike ways.
Video: Theo Jansen creates creatures
Kenya: Citizens Paying Dearly for Internet Access
Kenyans are paying 37 times more for international telecommunications access compared to countries that have broadband access.
This has increased the cost of doing business and robbed the country of competitive advantage in export markets.
Currently, companies connect to the outside world via satellite at $7,500 per megabite per month as compared to other countries like India [...]
Workgroup announces VMware Fusion for Mac
Local VMware distributor, Workgroup, has announced the pre-order availability of
VMware Fusion, which enables Mac users to simultaneously run Mac, Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris-based applications without rebooting.
VMware Fusion enables Mac users to run Windows and other PC-based applications within fast and secure virtual machines. With over 200 000 downloads of the VMware Fusion public beta [...]
Google sponsors new mission to the moon
Google is co-sponsoring a contest that would grant a $30 million prize pot to the first private company that lands a roving space craft on the moon that is also able to transmit high-resolution images and video footages back to Earth.
Google has partnered with non-profit organization X Prize Foundation, which sponsored the first manned [...]
Kenya to license 3 firms to wire Digital Villages
The Kenya government will pre-qualify at least three operators to participate in the provision of connectivity to digital villages under the Digital Village Project, to Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) enterprises, to the e-government project and to universities and colleges throughout the country.
This is in addition to the establishment of the region’s first digital city at [...]