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  1. Re:Wish we had these... by LuYu · · Score: 1 · on Linux Handhelds in African Schools

    Web-Surfing Indian Slum Kids Ask: "What's a Computer"

    Hole in the Wall Story

    Hole in the Wall Website

  2. Hole in the Wall by plimsoll · · Score: 4, Informative · on Interview with Founder of Geekcorps
    This reminds me of Sugata Mitra's altruistic "Hole in the Wall" experiment; providing publicly-available ruggedized PC's embedded in protective enclosures for the intellectual arousal and enlightenment of street children.
  3. Hole in the Wall by plimsoll · · Score: 4, Informative · on Interview with Founder of Geekcorps
    This reminds me of Sugata Mitra's altruistic "Hole in the Wall" experiment; providing publicly-available ruggedized PC's embedded in protective enclosures for the intellectual arousal and enlightenment of street children.
  4. Hole in the Wall by plimsoll · · Score: 4, Informative · on Interview with Founder of Geekcorps
    This reminds me of Sugata Mitra's altruistic "Hole in the Wall" experiment; providing publicly-available ruggedized PC's embedded in protective enclosures for the intellectual arousal and enlightenment of street children.
  5. Hole in the Wall by plimsoll · · Score: 4, Informative · on Interview with Founder of Geekcorps
    This reminds me of Sugata Mitra's altruistic "Hole in the Wall" experiment; providing publicly-available ruggedized PC's embedded in protective enclosures for the intellectual arousal and enlightenment of street children.
  6. Minimally Invasive Education experiment by ek-1000-ek · · Score: 2, Informative · on Is Linux Improving Life Of Poor In India?
    Also see

    Experiments conducted ... have shown that semi-literate poor children can quickly teach themselves the rudiments of computers and Internet.

  7. Pictures and Scientific American by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative · on Networking Technology At Work In Rural India
    This topic is covered in an article in the August edition of Scientific American, Demistifying the Digital Divide.

    I found a site on the "hole in the wall" computers. Enjoy the site while it lasts, it doesn't look too promising.

  8. Pictures and Scientific American by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on snopes.com's David Mikkelson Interviewed
    This topic is covered in an article in the August edition of Scientific American, Demistifying the Digital Divide.

    I found a site on the "hole in the wall" computers. Enjoy the site while it lasts, it doesn't look too promising.

  9. Re:Enough with the stereotypes! by Archie+Steel · · Score: 2 · on Simputer Runs Into Problems

    Yes, it's probably true that for the farmers (who still make up 80% of the population, IIRC) computers are not a basic necessity, and that they are only part of the infrastructure. My point was, however, that we cannot decide what indeed they do need or want. Likewise, VCRs and TVs are not essential commodities, and yet they are ubiquitous in India (though not every family owns one). I'm sure having half a dozen computers for each village would prove to be useful, if only to keep abreast of local and national news, as well as help stay in touch with expatriates through e-mail and generally serve as an educational tool for children. As a recent experiment showed, even Delhi slum kids can learn to use a computer by themselves...In the modern world, knowing how to use a computer is becoming as important as knowing how to read (notice the expression "computer-literate"). Would you say that these farmers don't need to know how to read? Certainly it is not necessary for their livelihood - but as human beings it can only help to widen their horizons.

  10. Re:give the children a chance by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Web-Surfing Indian Slum Kids Ask: "What's a Computer"

    Hey its me on that picture!

    I'm the one to the right

    I did not give my consent to the photographer, give me money or I will sue you (yes I just read about legal rights on this color glass machine before it went blue with white text, I can sue and make money)

    wuhaaa.. now I can buy rice and curry.

  11. Re:With Microsoft Paint by cygnusx · · Score: 2 · on Web-Surfing Indian Slum Kids Ask: "What's a Computer"

    Considering that these computers don't use a real keyboard (because of concerns of vandalism/theft and maintenance), it's not surprising that the kids use paintbrush. It's one of the things that can be effectively used without a keyboard.

  12. Dial-up and ISDN by yerricde · · Score: 3, Informative · on Web-Surfing Indian Slum Kids Ask: "What's a Computer"

    So what's their connection at? I bet its the good old fashiond 65 baud tin can and string.

    Hardly an acoustic coupler. From the article:

    Internet connectivity to the kiosks has been provided using various methods including leased lines, ISDN lines and Dial-up connections. Internet access in India is at a nascent stage due to inadequate telecommunications infrastructure.

    The following was more interesting:

    Some kiosk installations have been at places that don't even have phone lines. In such cases, the computers use cached web content to simulate web access.

    That must be a pretty d*ng big cache. How many clicks is it from the average US site to WinMX.com or Kazaa.com? (WinMX and Kazaa are two popular P2P file-sharing apps for Windows.)

  13. License by QuodEratDemonstratum · · Score: 4, Funny · on Web-Surfing Indian Slum Kids Ask: "What's a Computer"

    It's running Windows. I hope that slum has a license.