This talk was a discussion of the security and policy issues around the use of biometric databases by government, and a brief review of CheapID, which is an open technology which may be able to reconcile our individual need for privacy with the security concerns of the State. Good quality MP3 audio of the talk.
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The Bucky-Gandhi Design Institution
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Biometrics for Freedom at the Temporary School of Thought
by Vinay Gupta • January 15, 2009 • Hexayurt • 0 Comments
Science for Humanity / Hexayurt Project kickoff meeting
by Vinay Gupta • January 13, 2009 • Hexayurt • 0 Comments
Thanks, Victoria, and Science for Humanity.
Read more →Avoiding Capitalism for the Next Four Billion (at the Temporary School of Thought)
by Vinay Gupta • January 10, 2009 • Hexayurt • 0 Comments
I did a very strong general overview of the Global Swadeshi approach to global welfare at the
Read more →CheapID – Rights Respecting Biometrics
by Vinay Gupta • November 9, 2008 • Hexayurt, The Global Picture • 0 Comments
Links to the paper, the Drupal implementation, and so on.
Read more →Factor e Farm update 10: taking dirt out of the ground, making bricks, hexayurts
by Vinay Gupta • October 17, 2008 • Hexayurt, The Global Picture • 0 Comments
They’re financing this on a community supported model – we send them our money and they do the work that the Government should be funding. I really want to stress that: this is work that should be government funded, the most natural channel being university research funding. But universities have narrow cultural mandates, do not [...]
Read more →Blog Action Day: Poverty – Ending Poverty with Open Hardware
by Vinay Gupta • October 15, 2008 • Hexayurt • 1 Comment
I gave this talk – about how appropriate technology can save billions of people from the worst effects of poverty – in Reykjavik earlier this year. Here are the slides from the talk and a link to a discussion thread on Global Swadeshi, a poverty alleviation / appropriate technology social network. (gv link) If you’re [...]
Read more →Another great Pentagon picture
by Vinay Gupta • October 14, 2008 • Hexayurt • 3 Comments
I’m liking those little combined wind/solar units in the background, too.
Read more →Right now, at the Pentagon, they’re building Hexayurts (in the courtyard.)
by Vinay Gupta • October 14, 2008 • Hexayurt • 0 Comments
From the STAR-TIDES image stream on the STAR-TIDES twitter. Thanks, Daniel!
Read more →The Open Toolbox for Domestic Disaster Response – new company, new paper
by Vinay Gupta • October 14, 2008 • Hexayurt, Personal • 0 Comments
The Open Toolbox for Domestic Disaster Response The Open Toolbox is our new brand. It’s a consulting company which is focussed on getting open source appropriate technology (OSAT) into commercial supply chains, using a “Red Hat” approach – consulting, custom engineering, service contracts, and all the other stuff that companies and governments need to have [...]
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