Create Caribbean: tech to the people | Plugin By Lisa Allen-Agostini | Issue 151 (May/June 2018) Founded by scholar Schuyler Esprit, Dominica’s Create Caribbean was well on its way to making tech tools for education available to all. Then Hurricane Maria hit. Lisa Allen-Agostini discovers how the digital humanities project is putting the pieces back together
The games are afoot | Snapshot By Mark Lyndersay | Issue 148 (November/December 2017) Video games aren’t just for teenagers to have fun — globally, they’re a highly lucrative business, requiring state-of-the-art technical know-how, creative flair, and significant investment. Mark Lyndersay meets the minds behind Couple Six and Coded-Arts, video game developers in Barbados and T&T, whose agenda includes creating games that reflect the culture of their home islands
The energy of the future: renewables in the Caribbean | Green By Erline Andrews | Issue 146 (July/August 2017) Year-round sunshine, endless breezes, gushing rivers: most Caribbean countries have ample natural resources to harness renewable energy. So why is the region so dependent on fossil fuels? Erline Andrews investigates
Electric Avenues By Shelly-Ann Inniss | Issue 143 (January/February 2017) As the world grows more environment- and energy-conscious, electric cars seem like the transport of the future. And most Caribbean countries offer ideal conditions for their adoption, writes Shelly-Ann Inniss
Trinidadian Laurie Voss: unbreaking the internet By Mark Lyndersay | Issue 140 (July/August 2016) Last March, an angry software developer deleted a JavaScript code package from the Internet. It doesn’t sound very exciting, but the result was thousands of broken websites, and a cascade of online errors. In stepped Trinidadian Laurie Voss, CTO of the web company npm. Mark Lyndersay tells the story of a coding rescue mission
Five Caribbean artists in the brave new digital world By Nicole Smythe-Johnson | Issue 139 (May/June 2016) Artists are always eager to experiment with new tools, so it’s no surprise that digital media offer them a creative playground. Nicole Smythe-Johnson surveys how Caribbean artists are exploring digital possibilities, and introduces five young creatives shaping the ways we experience digital images
Troy Weekes: “We too can be creators” By Tracy Assing | Issue 138 (March/April 2016) Barbadian Troy Weekes, systems designer and education entrepreneur, on rethinking how children learn and how Caribbean people interact with digital technology— as told to Tracy Assing
Have internet, will travel By Georgia Popplewell | Issue 138 (March/April 2016) Think of almost any imaginable human behaviour or need, and you can bet someone’s built a website for it. Travel is no exception. Georgia Popplewell compiles a handy survey of the best travel websites and apps to help you make the most of your trip — to the Caribbean or anywhere else in the world
Niven Narain: smarter medicine By Erline Andrews | Issue 137 (January/February 2016) The tragic death of his grandmother inspired Niven Narain’s career in cutting-edge cancer research. Erline Andrews learns how the Guyanese-American scientist is pioneering the use of artificial intellignce to create better, cheaper drugs for all
Patrick Hosein: the quiet innovator By Raymond Ramcharitar | Issue 134 (July/August 2015) If you’ve ever used a smartphone, you’ve probably benefitted from the research of Trinidadian engineer Patrick Hosein. Raymond Ramcharitar finds out how
June too soon! Tracking Caribbean hurricanes By Pat Ganase | Issue 49 (May/June 2001) Between June and November, storms and hurricanes are possible, Fortunately, weather disturbances are tracked from the moment they are born these days, giving everyone not only ample time to prepare, but also providing a wonderful opportunity to observe one of Nature's forces unleashed
Get it while it’s hot: Barbados’ solar energy revolution By Helen Shair-Singh | Issue 132 (March/April 2015) With abundant and free sunshine literally falling out of the sky, why haven’t more Caribbean countries followed the Bajans in adopting solar power? Helen Shair-Singh investigates how Barbados became a global solar pioneer
Are you listening? A decade of Global Voices By Philip Sander | Issue 131 (January/February 2015) For a decade, the international citizen media project Global Voices has helped break through online barriers of country, culture, censorship, and language — and the Caribbean has played a key role almost from the start. Philip Sander finds out more
It takes a crowd By Georgia Popplewell | Issue 130 (November/December 2014) “Crowdfunding” is an ubiquitous buzzword among young creative types. But how much do online platforms like Kickstarter really help? Georgia Popplewell talks to Caribbean filmmakers and artists about their crowdfunding experiences
Netwatch: Caribbean Summer By Michael Goodwin | Issue 44 (July/August 2000) What's happening in the Caribbean on the net
Netwatch: Caribbean Callaloo By Georgia Popplewell | Issue 43 (May/June 2000) The Caribbean on the net
Bevil Wooding: casting the internet wider By Gerard Best | Issue 107 (January/February 2011) Bevil Wooding of Trinidad & Tobago is one of only seven people worldwide who hold keys to the Internet. He tells Gerard Best what he really wants
The Caribbean blogosphere By Kim Youngblood | Issue 79 (May/June 2006) Names to look out for in the Caribbean blogosphere
Great Shakes: UWI’s Seismic Research Centre By Erline Andrews | Issue 123 (September/October 2013) UWI’s Seismic Research Centre helps keep the Eastern Caribbean safe from earthquakes. Erline Andrews talks to the scientists who monitor the tremors under our feet
Alan Emtage: The Codefather By Georgia Popplewell | Issue 122 (July/August 2013) Georgia Popplewell meets Alan Emtage, the Barbadian coder who wrote the world’s first search engine
