Posts : technology

Bus really stops at the stop with this!

srinidhi - 4-MAR-2013

Really interesting technology to get the bus stop at a stop..

An App for your potholes!

Ravi_D - 15-JUN-2012

Technology can be real useful, if there is a willingness to make good use of it!

Look at this new SmartPhone App used by the City of Boston. Quoting from the report:

Problem Oriented Policing [POP]

psaram42 - 8-JUN-2012

Policing as any other branch of service needs its own research. It needs to keep one step ahead of the perpetrators of each type of crime [1].

Smart Cities - Can Bangalore become one?

idontspam - 3-NOV-2011

How can Bangalore leverage technology to outsmart corrupt & outdated practices? 

Symposium on smart cities

idontspam - 18-MAY-2011

Symposium on Smart Mobility and Energy Concepts for Megacities organized by IISc jointly with National Academy of Science and Engineering, Germany @ Satish Dhawan Auditorium, IISc. Whole day event starting at 10AM

Hat mounted camera - gadget for Traffic Police

silkboard - 19-APR-2011

Bangalore Traffic Police loves technology, and for good reason, because tech helps them 1) reduce corruption and 2) get more enforcement done from their small troop of 2000 cops. Here is another tech solution for them to take their camera based enforcement to the extreme.

The FIFO concept to reduce corruption

silkboard - 10-NOV-2010

Its probably time for some Praja-style talk on the subject of corruption. What would be some quick win and practical measures to start dealing with this "elephant in the room" we have accepted to live with?

Praja.in Best Social Media Initiative 2010

idontspam - 28-OCT-2010

Praja.in wins the Best Social Media Initiative of the year award by eGov Magazine. The award was received by Pranav Jha of Praja.in at a function organized at the Claridges Hotel, New Delhi on 28th October 2010. A very good encouragement to all those who want to use technology to bring about change for the better

Replicating the real world…

sourav894 - 16-OCT-2010

It is a fact, that the virtual world is a replica of the real world. Atleast it tries to be one! I’ll prove my point with a simple example. Searching, is one of the primary tasks in Information Management. Let’s assume your friend is in a train compartment and you have to find him out. What are the ways possible?

Centralized data in RTO - Filing RTI with Transport Commissioner

kbsyed61 - 12-OCT-2010

I am getting ready to file some RTI's with transport department to find out the state of centralization motor vehicle data and use of same by RTOs. The Transport department's website (http://rto.kar.nic.in/) mentions about computerization of  records.