Cellphones – Third World and Developing Nations – Poverty – Technology – New York Times
Last summer, Chipchase sat through a monsoon-season downpour inside the one-room home of a shoe salesman and his family, who live in the sprawling Dharavi slum of Mumbai. Using an interpreter who spoke Tamil, he quizzed them about the food they [...]
August 19, 2008
Phones for Rural areas
The Microtelecom Revolution Blog | VNL
For rural areas, the scenario is quite different. These are low-density networks (as in few subscribers per square kilometre) where people may only be willing to pay $3, or less, every month for basic phone services. This creates a whole new set of requirements for mobile network infrastructure. Technology that [...]
August 19, 2008
The Rickshaw Project
A project that began in 1998 as a collaboration between IITD, Delhi, and ITDP New York. It continued on as more projects with different people – and continues to be an interest in Pedal Power vehicles.
