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New Web-Based Platform to Share Indigenous Knowledge
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December 22, 2010
New Web-Based Platform to Share Indigenous Knowledge
Washington State’s Kim Christen has led the creation of a powerful platform to archive and share indigenous knowledge. The platform is called Mukurtu, named after the Australian indigenous community Warumungu’s word meaning “dilly bag.” Dilly bags hold sacred items and are accessible by acting responsibly within the community and gaining the permission of knowledgeable community leaders. Those who donate to the archive can specify what kinds of permissions are granted to those who would like to use the material.
Mukurtu (MOOK-oo-too)
1. A free and open source community archive platform that provides international standards-based content management tools adaptable to the local cultural protocols and intellectual property systems of indigenous communities, libraries, archives, and museums.
2. A flexible and robust archival platform that creates an interface between source communities and collecting institutions facilitating the exchange and circulation of collections materials, metadata, and indigenous knowledge.
Posted by Anupam Chander on December 22, 2010 at 09:24 AM in Globalization | Permalink
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Remember the scene in the movie Minority Report where Tom Cruise uses hand gestures instead of a mouse to interact with a computer screen displayed on the wall?
Pranav Mistry has brought this to close to reality with USD 320 devices..
Pranav Mistry is the creator of SixthSense, a wearable gesture interface that uses a camera and tiny projector to display data and information onto surfaces, walls, and even your hand. Special fingertip sensors let users manipulate the data and use their hands to interact with it. During a presentation at the TEDIndia conference this week, the PhD student announced plans to release SixthSense under an open source license in the coming months.
"I notice that it's hard to for these kind of things to market in some sense. . . because I don't want this to comply with some of kind of corporate policy," says Mistry. "Rather than waiting for that time to come, I want people to make their own system. Why not?"
"People will be able to make their own hardware. I will give them instructions how to make it. And also provide them key software...give them basic key software layers. . . they will be able to build their own applications. They will be able to modify base level and do anything".
The device, which can be built for about $350, has fascinating implications beyond its infinite coolness. SixthSense has the ability to sense objects around you and displays content relevant to your environment. If you're in a bookstore, for instance, and hold up a copy of Learning the Vi and Vim Editors, SixthSense shows you pricing guides, information about the author, and so on. Mistry's device puts the Internet literally at your fingertips.
Image courtesy of Pranav Mistry and Sam Ogden.
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The importance of regulations and regulators would have been very clear by now. Especially after the Satyam saga. Regulators are the good people who know who should run in which way. If there is a deviation it is the regulators job to tell so and advise corrective action.
The external auditors for Satyam are PWC. It is the job of the auditors of PWC to
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There is a governing agency for all the practitioners in the financial world. Here I am listing down the entity and its governing agency.
| ENTITY | REGULATOR |
| BANKS - ISSUE COLLECTION | SEBI |
| CREDIT RATING AGENCIES | SEBI |
| CUSTODIAL SERVICES | SEBI |
| DEBENTURE TRUSTEES | SEBI |
| DEPOSITORIES | SEBI |
| DEPOSITORY PARTICIPANTS | SEBI |
| FOREIGN BROKERS | SEBI |
| FOREIGN DEBT FUNDS | SEBI |
| FOREIGN INVESTMENT INSTITUTIONS | SEBI |
| INVESTMENT BANKERS | SEBI |
| INVESTOR ASSOCIATIONS | SEBI |
| MUTUAL FUNDS & ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANIES | SEBI |
| PLANTATION COMPANIES | SEBI |
| PORTFOLIO MANAGERS | SEBI |
| REGISTRARS & SHARE TRANSFER AGENTS | SEBI |
| STOCK BROKERS | SEBI |
| STOCK EXCHANGES | SEBI |
| SUB-BROKERS | SEBI |
| VENTURE CAPITAL FUNDS | SEBI |
| BANKS | RBI |
| CHIT FUNDS | RBI |
| NBFCs | RBI |
| PRIMARY DEALERS | RBI |
| CO-OPERATIVE BANKS | RBI |
| INSURANCE BROKERS/ AGENTS | IRDA |
| INSURANCE COMPANIES | IRDA |
| AUDITORS | ICAI/CAG |
| COMPANIES - ALL | MCA/ROC |
| COMPANIES - LISTED | MCA/ROC/SEBI/SE |
| COMPANY SECRETARIES | ICSI |
| MUTUAL FUND BROKERS/ AGENTS | AMFI/SEBI |
| NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES | PCI |
| RADIO | MIB |
| TV | MIB |
| SOLICITORS & LEGAL ADVISORS | BCI |
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