Worldchanging.com describes leapfrogging as the phenomenon that occurs when underdeveloped countries skip a technology generation or more to adopt a cutting-edge system. This has happened in Africa, for example, where…
In rural North America, this leapfrogging could happen at select borders as local and regional developers respond to emerging opportunities.
For the past fifteen to twenty years, remote and rural communities have struggled to access traditional Internet and hardwired communications systems, including cable television. Satellite television offered a modest alternative,…
By skipping hardwired systems, remote communities could build a regional network to compete with national wireless carriers and enter the global business world by building virtual offices.
Over the past two decades, natural gas utilities have brought pipeline tentacles to smaller rural communities but have yet to serve thousands more. However, your Petro-Heat solutions may already have…
A reverse form of connectivity (actually a disconnection of connectivity) has taken place when railroad stub lines were shut down across North America, limiting the ability of agricultural producers to…
distance learning is a variation on leapfrogging, eschewing conventional classrooms in favor of more flexible and portable educational strategies at all levels. This allows for a two-way flow of instruction,…
To use leapfrog strategies effectively, rural development needs to focus less on what it lacks and what it can do without in terms of conventional infrastructure, access or processes while…
Where will the next open door jump industry or technology be? Will it be in off-pavement transportation or in ecological conversion technologies? Will it be in unique energy transfer processes…
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