Comments on: TED lecturer exploits African women + children

By: yukie

yukie — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:16:12 +0000

Moreover, he just thought of the praises on his works maybe, draw much attention and give an applause. But for me, he would just be successful if his magnificent invention could really help African people. If he really thought about this little people, then there is no reason to call it unethical, but if not, then he deserves to be called that names.

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By: yukie

yukie — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:03:46 +0000

In addition, its no wonder why he receives a tremendous feedbacks from critics and on here. If he only make it thinking the capability of the people of Africa, he maybe receives more applause even he made it not as sophisticated as what he did.

By: yukie

yukie — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 23:49:46 +0000

Whoa, it’s getting a little intense in here.But all of this feedbacks doesn’t necessarily mean what he did was all nothing but a failure. This would give him a chance to upgrade his invention. Maybe at this time he were just wrong on choosing Africa as the people would benefit much about his stuff. In some other areas it might be helpful.

By: yukie

yukie — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:59:05 +0000

What a nice try,,,,but I think though the work was that amazing and really drag media attention, it seems that everybody here agree that the issue of malaria in Africa will be more effectively solved not by new gadget innovation but by serious consideration of the problem itself.

By: dropshippers

dropshippers — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 04:54:22 +0000

In 10 years time if the technology is cheap enough maybe a laser system could work, for now though all that is needed to save lives from malaria is mosquito nets.

By: car dealers chicago

car dealers chicago — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:34:17 +0000

A good lesson from this article is that don't rely too much on all development of new technology, the human sense is also a big part of technology developement. You need to make a clear cost benefit analysis before you make the final decision of what is best for the people.

By: Steve Swanson

Steve Swanson — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 08:41:50 +0000

My sons went to Africa to help build schools for orphanages one summer a few years ago.

Lasers killing misquitoes? Yeah, right. Exploitive and ridiculous, but obviously newsworthy to the gadget are life world. In a place where help was about making bricks one at a time by hand and a daily meal was fly attacked mush, Mhyrvold’s pretense is more than disturbing.

By: Malarious World: Square Nets for Round Huts : Ms Magazine Blog

Malarious World: Square Nets for Round Huts : Ms Magazine Blog — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 23:23:47 +0000

[...] will be cut up into a wall divider or fishing net or wedding veil–is nothing like the silly mosquito-zapping laser I wrote about in March. No, the insecticide-treated bednet is an intervention known to slash [...]

By: Mary Elizabeth Kelley-Bibra

Mary Elizabeth Kelley-Bibra — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:01:01 +0000

Hello, Sonia, are you familiar with the article “Eradicating Malaria Using Ancient Chinese Remedy – Using Artemesinine Combination Therapy (ACT) in the Comoros Islands” (3 April 2009 by Sanjiva Wijesinha)? This is available online as a PDF (but the link is too long to put in here – just google it). Also Aljazeera English (AJE) broadcast a program last year in their “101 East” series on this very subject. This program “Malaria – Finding a Cure” can be viewed online directly. Here’s the link:

I hope that you find it as interesting as I did. All the best to you!

By: The Media’s Post-Colonial Hangover « Burroughs Adding Machine

The Media’s Post-Colonial Hangover « Burroughs Adding Machine — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:48:48 +0000

[...] and corporate interests. In a recent article for Ms. magazine, for example, Shah explains how Microsoft millionaire Nathan Myhrvoid characterizes malaria in African countries “to wrap his business in a cloak of moral urgency.” “Every 43 [...]