All good, but the second one is particularly interesting from a PEST point of view.
Yesterday the media puffed away about Barclays and its great leap forward in mobile banking. They are just catching up with Africa, where mpesa has changed the face of finance. If you want a really good person to interview on this, try Jeni Mundy at Vodafone, a woman who, when I interviewed her at least, wears clothes at work. (Lesley will know all about this professional yachtie turned tech superstar.)
Kids seem to have a mobile phone grafted to their bodies soon after birth. Using this as an example where science and technology have made their lives interesting and have done so much for so many other people could be a great addition to the PEST repertoire. Anyone looking for examples of SET in action might do well to start there.
MK
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Hi all
Some really good talks and events coming up at the Academy that thought I thought folks might be interested in:
22 Feb: Professor Nigel Shadbolt FREng in conversation with Roger Highfield:
Open Data: Powering the Information Age
Open Government Data: Data is the new raw material of the 21st century. Data drives transactions and decisions of every kind – but who should get access?
27 Feb: Tom Standage, Digital Editor, The Economist:
How mobile phones promote economic development
How did a yuppie plaything become a tool of economic development? How, exactly, do
mobile phones promote economic growth, and to what extent?
05 March: Dr Charles Elachi - Director, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Engineering and Technological Challenges in Robotic Space and Earth Exploration.
Events are free but booking required: www.raeng.org.uk/events
Cheers
Lesley
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