Derek Lomas
- Fellow 2009 Social Innovation Fellows
- Fellow PopTech 2009
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PopTech Editions II: The micro-everything revolution video playlist
Recently, PopTech launched its second Edition, Small is beautiful: The micro-everything revolution. Our Editions explore an emerging theme at the edge of change from the perspective of some of the remarkable innovators shaping it. Over the past few weeks, we’ve been highlighting pieces from contributors who are exploring the dynamics of the micro-everything …
This week in PopTech: Online music, mobile money and good games
Tech@State: Open Source Tweetmap
There’s always something brewing in the PopTech community. From the world-changing people, projects and ideas in our network, a handful of this week’s highlights follows.
Congratulations to FrontlineSMS:Credit on the launch of its new website! 2010 Social Innovation Fellow Ben Lyon founded FrontlineSMS:…Read more »
Educational Games for a $10 Computer: News from Indian Student Teams
What would be the social impact of an educational computer that only cost $10?
Last October, I introduced the PopTech community to an organization that is trying to answer that question. Playpower.org is an open-source community that is helping to make educational games available for “radically affordable” computers—including a $10 computer that is already …
Derek Lomas and the Playpower Foundation
Derek Lomas is a Pop!Tech social innovation fellow. (Here’s a list of all of the 2009 fellows.) Lomas is part of The Playpower Foundation, created “to foster development of affordable, effective and fun learning games for under-privileged children around the world.”
“Derek Lomas is doing something absolutely extraordinary,” says …