Day one: Barcamp Phnom Penh 2009
Today is the first day of Barcamp Phnom Penh held in Cambodia. According to Barcamp website, there were 1158 participants registered. This morning, there are lots of participants from different institutions such as students, private company staff, NGOs staff, and other foreigners from Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma.
It is the second time that Cambodian volunteers [...]
Solar energy car made by Cambodian
It is the first time that one of Cambodian citizen has tried to invent car powered by solar. Kong Pharith, former math and physics teacher in Kompong Chhnang province, used his knowledge to made solar energy car successfully. At the present time, he is the chairman of the Able Builder Organization and also chairman of [...]
Stop or continue updating content of anti-corruption website?
So far, the Anti-corruption website created in Khmer and English reached one year under the management of content and technical by Open Forum of Cambodia. This website is ownership by more than 40 local NGOs under funding support from USAID through Pact-corruption. According to the monthly statistics, there are more than 3,000 visitors and 70,000 [...]
Young people and new ICT
In the modern era, the new technologies are growing much faster than the older information and communication technology (ICT) in developed and developing countries such as internet, mobile phone, computer use and so on. The young people are the main user of the new ICTs, especially the internet and more advanced features of mobile phones. [...]
Technology is engine of education
During three-day debate in workshop organized by the Department of Scientific Research in the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports under fund support from Unesco. The workshop was focusing on International Trends in science and technology and their potential application in developing countries, by attending from other countries such as Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Papua New [...]
XO Laptop given poor student
500 XO Laptops imported into Cambodia on January 2008 through the United Nation Development Program (UNDP) have been distributed to Cambodian poor students in remote rural areas in provinces and city such as Preah Vihear, Siem Reap, Kampong Speu, Kandal and Phnom Penh.
XO Laptop manufactured by OLPC (One Laptop Per Child Association) is a potent [...]