Crossposted from Mondoweiss: A recent post by Adam Horowitz asked what it will take for liberal Zionists to come around and support a boycott. My mind was changed by going to Israel on a Birthright trip and seeing firsthand the effects of the wall and checkpoints. However, I doubt that […]
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The morning started with a set of “peer assists”, where the assembled technical expertise was applied to specific problems. Two people from the National Democratic Institute in Lebanon presented their ideas for a project to engage youth in the upcoming Lebanese municipal elections. Because voting patterns tend to closely follow […]
Day 2 was spent without our Iraqi counterparts, so we had more technical discussions. Nadav pitched a delay tolerant network that was immediately called “data mule.” Jeff had a good crowd for his balloon and kite demonstrations, and for Cartagen as a vector mapping platform. I was in a conversation […]
Helping Jeff with his experiments in low cost aerial photography. More pictures on Christina’s Flickr page. Balloon Inflation Jeff Attaching the Payload Liftoff Walking down the Charles MIT Suspenders The somewhat finished product
Today marks the end of the research portion of my trip, and the beginning of a small vacation with Ruth. As such, I thought it suitable to write some thoughts on my progress so far. Over the last three weeks I conducted ten interviews, meeting with representatives from B’Tselem, Souktel, […]