Two weeks into Kenya’s risky attack on Somali extremists, the Kenyan military is warning civilians to expect air raids in the vicinity of 10 Somali towns. The heads-up itself is not unusual. What is unusual is the medium: Twitter, the short messaging service. More »
Filming animal documentaries must be gratifying, but there’s always that risk of a giant rhino goring you and knocking over your truck. Instead, why not use some graceful little drones? This is a much more pleasant application than killing people. More »
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Gabriel Nderitu is not an aerospace engineer. He’s an IT professional and self-proclaimed innovator, who built his own aeroplane from scratch. If the plane flies, he’ll be the first in his country to successfully build one. More »
Mi Fone says yes we can…slap some red-and-blue Barack branding on a mobile phone and sell it in Kenya, home of Papa Obama. And they’re selling like the proverbial hot cake.
Elephants are text messaging themselves out of trouble, thanks to an SMS system implemented in a Kenyan nature reserve. The gentle-ish giants are outfitted with SIM cards in their collars, which automatically alert wildlife rangers if they get too close to nearby farms. Rangers can then shoo them away before they do damage to interspecies relations by, say, eating the season’s harvest.
