This press release about the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System was just slashdotted.
UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura announced that the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System is up and running as scheduled in an address to the Executive Council of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (UNESCO-IOC)
The organization is still working some kinks out of the system but it’s great to see technology deployed that could help save lives in the future.