When I started at DataDyne.org last April, we were just starting to test the MIP. We spent several afternoons sending and logging text messages. Imagine a room full of people talking to our developer via speakerphone and staring deliberately at their cell phones waiting for a
text message to come through.

We here at DataDyne are excited to be teaming up with our Peruvian partners to use MIP technology to support their ongoing efforts to protect the health of children in Peru.

Last week John (Zoltner Consulting) and I went to Lima Peru to meet with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to set up the next MIP project.  We'll be using the MIP technology (already being implemented successfully in Chile as the "DatAgro" program) to implement IMCI materials

It's time for another round of the annual Knight News Challenge, a competition for the best ideas regarding news, journalism, and the digital distribution of information. We know the great people at the Knight Foundation well, having received a previous Knight grant for our Mobile Information Project (MIP) which is currently in operation in Chile. In addition to the funding, the News Challenge has played a great role in connecting us with other innovators and potential funders.

I'm at the Knight News Challenge today on the campus of MIT. It's a conference and awards event for the winners of the Knight News Challenge Grant. DataDyne is a part of this, because we won last year for the DatAgro project in Chile, powered by our MIP technology. But I just want to put in a general plug for the Knight Foundation, and the News Challenge.