When Josh Radcliffe and his two senior design partners started working on designing a fixed-tuned radio, they never could have imagined the impact this radio — the size of a cellphone — could have worldwide. Every senior engineering student faces a daunting design project. The outcomes, however, are well worth the effort. The vision for the […]
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John grew up with one functioning leg having had polio as a child. Despite this limitation, he was determined to go to medical school. He did, in fact, start studying medicine, but when he contracted a Buruli ulcer, he had to stop his studies due to finances and was in danger of losing his good
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When I first heard about SonSet Solutions, I had no idea there was an organization that uses technology-based solutions to advance the gospel worldwide. At the time, I had just walked away from SonSet Solutions’ table at Urbana22, holding a pamphlet in my hand about their summer internship program, and I knew that the Lord
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Artificial Intelligence. The very words can strike fear into our hearts. Big tech CEOs are warning governments about the need for regulation. These are uncharted waters – even they don’t know where Artificial Intelligence (AI) will lead. But can AI be used to advance the gospel? Our interns explored two AI platforms this summer to
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For almost two decades, we have had the privilege of working with Ben, a Kenyan technician and station installer for a German ministry called DIGUNA. Five years ago, he installed the equipment for a new radio station in northwestern Kenya outside the Kakuma refugee camp. This station was established “with a purpose of sharing the
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t was a hot, dusty road. All she could think of was getting to her destination. The rope in her hand reminded her how badly she wanted it all to end. She just couldn’t do this anymore. Then, suddenly, she found herself hearing a voice that led her into a radio station, Radio Évangile Développement
Death, destruction, uncertainty, floods, food insecurity, bitter-cold winter days, missiles exploding in the night, electricity a “sometimes thing.” These words describe daily life in much of the country of Ukraine. Imagine living like this, raising a family, trying to feed your children, unable to use your cell phone to call relatives and know whether they
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Can you imagine being rejected by your family and thrown out of your village because of something horrible that happened to you? Eddie and Rachel Andersen, missionaries in Dukana, Kenya, work with the Gabra people and have been witnesses of this. Among this people group, there is a group of outcasts — young ladies who
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Imagine 24 choirs coming together to sing praises to the Lord! Imagine six new churches begun in just six years, all due to the influence of a Christian radio station in Tabora, Tanzania. Radio Uhai receives cell phone calls and texts every day, indicating that listeners are attracted by the programs. People who are coming
Two thirds of the country of Mauritania, located in the Sahel region of West Africa, is classified as desert with many communities living in remote, off-the-grid regions. Starvation is a regular threat to areas compromised by poor distribution of rainfall. This results in high food and trade prices leaving already vulnerable families with a lack
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