Photosynq (Archived at http://www.webcitation.org/6Y5LzH0vQ) is an open research project whose goal is to create a low cost, hand-held measurement device which researchers, educators and citizen scientists can use to build a global database of plant health.
Both serve as valuable opportunities for the community to visualize different low-cost hand washing, pit latrine, and rainwater catchment options and to choose which is the most relevant for their home and lifestyle.
After the water points, the students were shown the community latrinesand bathing facilities as well as the low-cost hand washing device adjacent to the latrines.
The spread of light, low-cost hand-held computers has changed that -- making it much more practical for the government's Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to promote standards for ordering and processing electronic prescriptions.
A low-cost hand-held device which could help save lives across the world by diagnosing skin cancer early has won its inventors a prestigious international award and cash prize of £30,000.
After all, many economists argue that national health reforms must tackle costs hand-in-hand with coverage or else be deemed reckless.
The concern relates to the prospect of EU countries, under pressure from rising healthcare costs, handing over major parts of healthcare provision to the private sector.
And he didn't stop there: He has moved to slash costs, handing pink slips to more than 4,000 workers and shuttering around 8percentt of Sprint's stores.
In response to this global social problem of energy poverty, the founders created a device that is very efficient, low-cost, hand-held, solar-powered LED light and charger.
15 This paper reports a portable, low-cost, hand-powered centrifuge designed for use in low-resource settings.
