A strategy for water security
THE WATER deposits at Angat Dam went
down to a critical level recently. That should already be a wakeup call for us,
and that should already...
Automation of production
I REMEMBER those days when it was very
difficult to build and deploy Local Area Networks (LANs) in office and factory
environments. At that time, all...
Development measurement model
AS A
MEMBER country of the United Nations (UN), we are bound by our international
obligations to comply with global development measurement programs such as the
Millennium...
National Water Security Index
I AM FAMILIAR with the concept of food
security, but still I was surprised to find out that the Asian Development Bank
(ADB) cAme up with...
Intelligent cities
I HAD A chance to talk to a visiting
delegation of Singaporean information and technology (ICT) experts when they
presented to a local audience composed of...
Social networking for social change
PERHAPS social media is called such
because it is available for use by everybody, meaning anybody that has access
to the social networking sites in the...
Online technology for prosperity
IT’S ALWAYS good to talk about
anti-poverty programs, but for me, I would prefer to look at it from a positive
angle, and the more appropriate...
Long-term planning of megacities
AS I UNDERSTAND it, an “Agropolis” is
a megacity wherein there is a good balance between agriculture (green) and the
built environment (blue) and so I...
Comelec’s speed and accuracy
A CONCERNED
citizen asked me a layman’s question that needed a technical answer. He wanted
to know what is more important in the automation of the...
Towards sustainable housing and renewable energy, 4
JUST to stress my point, I will also
say that if we could pump gas and water in, we could also pump liquid soap and
cooking...