9 Results for: open-source

How To Avoid AI Features: Open-Source Software Lets You Escape the ‘Walled Garden’

Carbon-hungry AI is everywhere. We explain how to avoid AI features and why open-source software and decentralised networks can help.

Das AirBeam-Device in einer Hand.
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Portable Sensor AirBeam Measures Air Quality—and Shares Its Open-Source Data

Are we really breathing clean air when we sit in our garden or local park? The portable measuring device AirBeam can answer this question—and thanks to its open-source data—also protects other people from the impact of air pollution.

Wood Mold: the Open-Source Solution That Makes Water Filters Accessible to Water-poor Communities

An award winning open-source technology is bringing safe water to remote and water-scarce communities: cheap, easy to assemble and requiring no technical know-how or expensive inputs, it helps people to access clean drinking water fast!

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World Bank for Open-source Geocoding and Mapping for Cities

Cities have got a magnetic pull; everyone nowadays is moving there. The world's urban population is increasing tremendously and stats predict that by 2050, 70 percent of the world’s population will be living in cities. So how do we manage this huge growth?

We Need Digital for Good More Than Ever: Here’s How to Start

Feeling worn out and disillusioned by the news at the moment? Us too. Let's do something about it. Together, we can move towards Digital for Good.

Tracking CO2 Emissions Right From the Coding Stage: Carbonara Takes an Early Approach to Green Coding

Not all code is created equal. The Carbonara tool helps developers code sustainably by estimating how much CO2 their programmes will generate.

Interview: How to Break Free From Google’s Browser Monopoly

Reading on Google Chrome? This interview with Andy Davies from Wholegrain Digital might make you change your browser. Here's how sustainable alternatives can fight Google's monopoly.

Screenshot der verschiedenen Designs der Webseite von Branch.
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Grid-Aware Websites Respond to the Power Grid

Lean websites and green servers reduce CO2 emissions of the internet. Grid-aware websites go one step further: they adapt to the power grid.

Fighting the Search Monopoly With an Open Source Index: An Interview With Michael Granitzer From OpenWebSearch

Free, unbiased access to internet search: that's the vision of the OpenWebSearch project. Their open search index is making it a reality.