Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Designing Mobile Technologies for the Next Billion Users
This MIT course focuses on the challenges faced by the designers of mobile communication devices. Students are challenged to solve the problems and develop the next generation of mobile communication devices.
Creative Science Centre
Creative Science Centre: Demonstration of Radio Waves Generated by Mobile Phone
Described is a simple low cost home-made device that converts the radio wave energy from a mobile phone signal into electricity to light an LED. No battery or complex circuitry is required. The device can form the basis of a range of...
Creative Science Centre
Creative Science Centre: Demonstration to Show Mobile Phones Emit Radio Waves
This is a very simple and cheap device that demonstrates that mobile phones generate radio waves.
New York Times
New York Times: Cellphones Catapult Rural Africa
Read about how cellphone technology is drastically changing life in remote villages of South Africa. Click on link for classroom lesson plan.