22 August 2010

Stories from 22 August 2010

Japan: Photos by Astronaut Soichi Noguchi

The Slick blog is thrilled [ja] that a selection of photos by astronaut Soichi Noguchi will be published as an iPhone/iPad application. As @Astro_Soichi, Noguchi posted more than 600 photos...

22 August 2010

Japan: Hikikomori as a global issue

News that the Japanese word hikikomori was included in the newest edition of the Oxford Dictionary of English prompted some bloggers to think of English equivalents of the word. Perhaps...

22 August 2010

Tanzania: Solar Hope in Tanzania

E.B writes about the work of the non-profit organization Solar Hope in Tanzanian schools: “Nine OIT students and two faculty members have landed in Tanzania and are currently installing the...

22 August 2010